Starting off with the ITA All-American:
Mitchell Frank of Virginia took home the singles title back to Virginia for the 4th straight year. With Alex Domijan sitting the tournament out due to personal reasons, Frank took advantage and found his way through the draw only dropping 1 set. That set came in the first round at the hands of UCLA freshman Mackie McDonald. A lot of seeds when out early in the singles draw. Peter Kobelt (Ohio State), Japie de Klerk (Tulsa), Jeremy Efferding (Texas A&M), Ryan Lipman (Vanderbilt) and Tsvetan Mihov (South Carolina) all went out in the first round. In the second round, top seed Mikelis Libietis (Tennessee), Nik Scholtz (Ole Miss), Ben Wagland (Georgia), Marcos Giron (UCLA), Mac Styslinger (Virginia), Romain Baogarts (Wake Forest) and Soren Hess-Olsen (Texas) also went down. So in the 3rd round, out of the last 16 players there were only 4 seeds standing. The Spaniard from Oklahoma Guillermo Alcorta was one of the players to take advantage as he reached the final of the tournament. Freshman George Goldhoff of Texas was the only freshman to reach the quarterfinals and clinch a spot at the ITA Intercollegiate Indoors. 2 Baylor players in Julien Lenz and Patrick Pradella clinched a spot, as well as Illinois' Jared Hiltzik, Georgia's Austin Smith and Vanderbilt's Gonzales Austin. UCLA senior Clay Thompson clinched a spot as well by winning the consolation championship.
In the doubles, the top seeds Mikelis Libietis and Hunter Reese backed up their seeding and won the tournament. They came back from 6-2 down in the championship to knock off the qualifying UCLA team of McDonald and Giron 2-6, 6-1, 7-6. The Oklahoma team of Dane Webb and Andrew Harris also qualified into the main draw to earn an a semifinal spot before falling to the UCLA team. The Illinois team of Ross Guignon and Tim Kopinski won the consolation draw.
ITA Regionals:
Ohio State, California and USC all swept their regionals. Starting with the Northwest Regional, Campbell Johnson from California will be going to the ITA Indoors with teammates Chase Melton and Gregory Bayane as they won the singles and doubles title respectively. Down to the Southwest, USC's Yannick Hanfman defeated Pepperdine's Alex Sarkkisian 6-0 in the 3rd set to take the singles title. UCLA's Marcos Giron did not play in this (probably riding on a wildcard to the Indoors) and UCLA freshman Mackie McDonald reached the semis before falling to Sarkissian. In the doubles, USC's Max de Vroome and Eric Johnson took out teammates Ray Sarmiento and Roberto Quiroz (who were the top seeds). In the Mountain regional, Henry Craig of Denver (who was a Kalamazoo doubles runner up this year) took the singles title, as the Idaho team of Jose Bendeck and Cristobal Ramos won the doubles. Diego Galeano is the 3rd Baylor Bear in the Indoor Championships as he won the singles in Texas, as the Texas team of Lloyd Glasspool and Soren Hess-Olsen took the doubles. Oklahoma's Axel Alverez and the team of Robin Goodman/Ravi Patel of Drake won the Central singles and doubles titles respectively. Ohio State's Peter Kobelt was the only player to win both a singles and doubles title, as he teamed with Kevin Metka to win the doubles in the Midwest. Shifting sides of the country, Columbia's Winston Lin will not need to rely on the wildcard given to a member of the Columbia team (since they are the host) as he won the Northeast regional in singles, and Cornell's team of Chris Vrabel and Sam Fleck won the doubles. Hunter Reese of Tennessee beat his teammate Mikelis Libietis (Number 1 player in the nation) in the final of the Ohio Valley. The Memphis team of David O'Hare and Joe Salisbury took the doubles title there. Carlos Lopez Villa (Old Dominion) and Joran Vliegan (ECU) won their regionals in singles, as the team of Thomas/Azuero (Liberty) and Aita/Williams (UNCW) won theirs in doubles. In the Southern Regional, Malte Stropp of Mississippi State won the singles and William Kallberg and Stefan Lindmark of Ole Miss won the doubles. In the final regional, Georgia's Nathan Pasha beat South Florida's Alexandru Gozun to win the singles, and Benjamin Lock and Marco Nunez of Florida State won the doubles.
ITA Indoor Championships List of Qualified Players (Singles):
ITA All-American Champion: Mitchell Frank, Virginia
ITA All-American Runner-Up: Guillermo Alcorta, Oklahoma
ITA All-American Semifinalist: Julian Lenz, Baylor
ITA All-American Semifinalist: Gonzales Austin, Vanderbilt
ITA All-American Quarterfinalist: George Goldhoff, Texas
ITA All-American Quarterfinalist: Jared Hiltzik, Illinois
ITA All-American Quarterfinalist: Austin Smith, Georgia
ITA All-American Quarterfinalist: Patrick Pradella, Baylor
ITA All-American Consolation Champion: Clay Thompson, UCLA
ITA Ohio Valley Regional Champion: Hunter Reese, Tennessee
ITA Southern Regional Champion: Malte Stropp, Mississippi State
ITA Southeast Regional Champion: Nathan Pasha, Georgia
ITA Midwest Regional Champion: Peter Kobelt, Ohio State
ITA Northwest Regional Champion: Campbell Johnson, California
ITA Southwest Regional Champion: Yannick Hanfman, USC
ITA Mountain Champion: Henry Craig, Denver
ITA Texas Champion: Diego Galeano, Baylor
ITA Central Champion: Axel Alvarez, Oklahoma
ITA Northeast Champion: Winston Lin, Columbia
ITA Atlantic Champion: Carlos Lopez Villa, Old Dominion
ITA Carolina Champion: Joran Vliegan, Eastern Carolina
ITA Small College Super Bowl: Deni Zmak, Embry-Riddle
Columbia Wildcard: TBA
Possible Wildcard Entrees (9 Up for Bid)
Alex Domijan, Virginia
Marcos Giron, UCLA
Mikelis Libietis, Tennesee
Nik Sholtz, Ole Miss
Ray Sarmiento, USC
Mackie McDonald, UCLA
Ryan Lipman, Vanderbilt
Mac Styslinger, Virginia
Romain Baogarts, Wake Forest
Japie de Klerk, Tulsa
Jeremy Efferding, Texas A&M
My Previous Singles Rankings:
1. Rola, Ohio State
2. Libietis, Tennessee
3. Kobelt, Ohio State
4. Domijan, Virginia
5. Giron, UCLA
6. Sarmiento, USC
7. de Klerk, Tulsa
8. Lipman, Vanderbilt
9. Frank, Virginia
10. Hess-Olsen, Texas
My Updated Rankings:
I have been informed Blaz Rola may not come back to school so I will not include him for now.
1. Peter Kobelt, Ohio State
2. Alex Domijan, Virginia
3. Mitchell Frank, Virginia
4. Giron, UCLA
5. Libietis, Tennessee
6. Hiltzik, Illinois
7. Sarmiento, USC
8. de Klerk, Tulsa
9. Hanfmann, USC
10. McDonald, UCLA
Previous Doubles Rankings (Round of NCAA Tournament Last Year):
1. Libietis/Reese, Tennessee (Round of 16)
2. Pieters/Wagland, Georgia (Quaterfinals)
3. Withrow/Ore, Texas A&M (Round of 16)
4. Stropp/Angus, Mississippi State (Round of 16)
5. Domijan/Frank, Virginia (1st Round)
6. Cotrone/Davis, Florida State (Round of 16)
7. Brasseux/Pasha, Georgia (1st Round)
8. Jomby/Lai, Kentucky (1st Round)
9. Vinsant/Adams, Texas A&M (N/A)
10. Saba/Hemmeler, Duke (N/A)
Updated Doubles Rankings:
1. Libietis/Reese, Tennessee
2. Giron/McDonald, UCLA
3. Withrow/Ore, Texas A&M
4. Harris/Webb, Oklahoma
5. Frank/Domijan, Virginia
6. Stropp/Angus, Mississippi State
7. Pieters/Wagland, Georgia
8. Kobelt/Metka, Ohio State
9. Vinsant/Adams, Texas A&M
10. Semenzato/Hemmeler, Duke
Previous Team Rankings:
1. Virginia
2. UCLA
3. Duke
4. Ohio State
5. USC
6. Texas A&M
7. Georgia
8. Tennessee
9. Illinois
10. Texas
Updated Team Rankings:
1. Virginia
2. UCLA
3. Georgia
4. USC
5. Ohio State
6. Oklahoma
7. Duke
8. Texas
9. Texas A&M
10. Tennessee
I know, a lot to take in. Have a Great Day.
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