COLLEGE TENNIS RESULTS FROM INDIAN WELLS

Wild Semis, Finals Today, In The Collegiate Challenge at BNP Paribas Open

 

If you only had nosebleed seats in Stadium 1 yesterday, we sure do hope you chose to watch some exciting college tennis happening on the Practice Courts instead. These young men laid it all on the line for their schools, gunning for a shot at the 2nd Collegiate Challenge Trophy.

 

In the first semifinal match of the day, Columbia (15) faced off against top-ranked Oklahoma. Tennis fans might recognize Oklahoma’s head coach, John, because he looks an awful lot like his younger brother, Andy Roddick.

 

The Columbia Lions jumped out to an early 1-0 lead as they took the doubles point. It looked like they were on track to pull off a real upset when they also took 3 first sets against the Sooners. But Coach Roddick got his men back on track quickly, allowing Columbia only one win at Line 6 singles. Here is a recap of the match:

 

#1 Oklahoma 4, #29 Columbia 2

 

Singles competition

1. #19 Andrew Harris (OU) def. #16 Winston Lin (COL) 6-2, 6-2

2. #7 Axel Alvarez (OU) def. #83 Dragos Ignat (COL) 6-4, 6-1

3. #26 Dane Webb (OU) def. Max Schnur (COL) 6-7 (5-7), 6-2, 6-3

4. #53 Alex Ghilea (OU) vs. Ashok Narayana (COL) 4-6, 6-4, 2-3, unfinished

5. Spencer Papa (OU) def. Shawn Hadavi (COL) 6-1, 6-3

6. Mike Vermeer (COL) def. Florin Bragusi (OU) 6-2, 6-4

Doubles competition

1. #5 Dane Webb/Axel Alvarez (OU) def. #20 Max Schnur/Ashok Narayana (COL) 6-4

2. #57 Winston Lin/Mike Vermeer (COL) def. #69 Alex Ghilea/Andrew Harris (OU) 7-6 (7-2)

3. Dragos Ignat/Bert Vancura (COL) def. Spencer Papa/Florin Bragusi (OU) 6-4

 

In the day’s second semifinal, 4th-ranked USC faced #3 Baylor in what would prove to be a very tight contest.

 

The doubles started off with each team taking one match, so it all came down to the Line 2 guys. The Baylor duo of Julian Lenz and Diego Galeano proved too tough during the deciding tiebreak, and Baylor jumped to a 1-0 lead.

 

First sets were evenly split in the singles competition, and, as it turned out, so were second sets. Each singles match was won in straight sets, 3 for Baylor and 3 for USC, giving Baylor the overall victory and a spot in today’s Final.

 

#3 Baylor 4, #4 Southern California 3

 

Singles competition

1. #4 Julian Lenz (BU) def. #8 Yannick Hanfmann (USC) 6-2, 7-5

2. #20 Roberto Quiroz (USC) def. #29 Tony Lupieri (BU) 6-4, 6-3

3. Eric Johnson (USC) def. #36 Max Tchoutakian (BU) 6-3, 7-5

4. #35 Jonny Wang (USC) def. Vince Schneider (BU) 6-2, 7-5

5. Mate Zsiga (BU) def. #50 Max de Vroome (USC) 6-4, 6-4

6. Felipe Rios (BU) def. #51 Nick Crystal (USC) 6-2, 6-3

Doubles competition

1. #4 Yannick Hanfmann/Roberto Quiroz (USC) def. #40 Mate Zsiga/Tony Lupieri (BU) 6-4

2. #77 Julian Lenz/Diego Galeano (BU) def. #50 Eric Johnson/Max de Vroome (USC) 7-6 (7-1)

3. Vince Schneider/Felipe Rios (BU) def. Thibault Forget/Nick Crystal (USC) 6-3

 

The Final will be played today at 10am on Practice Courts 3-8. Admission is open to any ticket holders. Livestreaming will again be provided by Playsight at http://www.playsight.com/livestreaming/courts/53?SPID=127253&DB_OEM_ID=31000. Good luck to both the Sooners and the Bears!

Topics: BNP Paribas Open, College Tennis, Indian Wells, Tennis

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