May 15, 20232 yr Tale of the UTR tape: (UNC player v. Texas player) 1. Brantmeier (11.11) v. Khirin (10.88) 2. Crawley (11.33) v. Chavatipon (10.70) 3. Tanguilig (10.83) v. Zeynalova (10.78) 4. Forbes (10.54) v. Pachkaleva (10.36) 5. Scotty (10.55) v. Rivkin (10.14) 6. Tran (10.55) v. Rapolu (10.36) UNC will be favored in all 6 singles matches. Texas' best path to win are through upsets on line 3, 4, 6, and winning the doubles point.
May 17, 20232 yr they just got started in nc. texas getting smashed in one of the doubles matches but currently a slim lead in the other two.
May 17, 20232 yr Author 1 minute ago, perfectchaos007 said: UNC took first sets on 4 courts in singles. Not ideal Charlotte is doing well to force a third set. As is Khirin and Rapolou. Rivkin just getting slaughtered
May 17, 20232 yr Author Texas has to force a third set at #2 (down 6-5) or #6 (down 5-3) or we are done.
May 17, 20232 yr Making the elite 8 was a round further than I expected for this team. Ovrootsky's injury that kept her out for the entire season was difficult enough to overcome, but after Zein quit the team it was pretty much impossible for us to repeat with only 6 scholarship players available. Joffee needs to add a couple of blue chips in the offseason that can play near the top of the lineup.
May 17, 20232 yr Always not fun to lose but the team put on a solid season. I'd grade the season a solid B+. With Kempenaers-Pocz coming next year, Texas will be in the thick of it again next year.
May 17, 20232 yr Author Three peat is hard. We were one of the final 8 teams and got further than we probably should have. Another pretty good year for Texas Women Tennis under Joffe
May 18, 20232 yr #2 aggy were swept in the quarterfinals by Stanford 4-0. Wasn't even that close..... Edited May 18, 20232 yr by perfectchaos007
May 18, 20232 yr 51 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said: #2 aggy were swept in the quarterfinals by Stanford 4-0. Wasn't even that close.....
May 18, 20232 yr ISU's coach of the year also lost in the Elite 8 to NCST. Schnaider won her match 6-0, 6-0. Cheat code player
May 18, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, perfectchaos007 said: #2 aggy were swept in the quarterfinals by Stanford 4-0. Wasn't even that close..... Aggies will be good next year but this year their fans really billed as 'their year' with a stud USC transfer, Carson Branstine (two time junior grand slam doubles champion) finally having a complete college season after having to sit out two years, an instate girl coming back for a super senior year...only to have Branstine having a season ending injury in the middle of conference. Will be a big 'What if?' for the Ags.
May 21, 20232 yr UNC and NCST are playing the champ match on tennis channel right now. Broadcast quality between CrackedRackets v.. Tennis channel is night and day. I didn't realize how hot these UNC women are.....god damn. Shout out To San Antonios Fiona Crawley who would make Charles Barkley eat his words with a churro on the side
May 22, 20232 yr On 5/20/2023 at 7:05 PM, perfectchaos007 said: UNC and NCST are playing the champ match on tennis channel right now. Broadcast quality between CrackedRackets v.. Tennis channel is night and day. I didn't realize how hot these UNC women are.....god damn. Shout out To San Antonios Fiona Crawley who would make Charles Barkley eat his words with a churro on the side Personally I find the CrackedRackets coverage earnest but ear screeching. I know the commentator Alex is doing his best but it disrupts the broadcast so much every thirty seconds he's barking at some guy off screen to switch cameras. "Let's go to court 2...no don't put it on the side, I want it on the big screen....wait don't cut out court 5, they're playing a deciding point....." I remember back in 2008 ESPN was broadcasting the men's final (Georgia vs. Texas). Then in the early 2010s there was a huge push to make NCAA tennis more appealing on TV (cutting doubles to a 6 game set, no warm up for singles, making third sets supertiebreakers if the match has been decided, etc.). Well that hasn't worked, tennis is not more televised. NCAA should be ashamed with how they dealt with tennis coverage.
May 22, 20232 yr 36 minutes ago, Aleemay said: Personally I find the CrackedRackets coverage earnest but ear screeching. I know the commentator Alex is doing his best but it disrupts the broadcast so much every thirty seconds he's barking at some guy off screen to switch cameras. "Let's go to court 2...no don't put it on the side, I want it on the big screen....wait don't cut out court 5, they're playing a deciding point....." I remember back in 2008 ESPN was broadcasting the men's final (Georgia vs. Texas). Then in the early 2010s there was a huge push to make NCAA tennis more appealing on TV (cutting doubles to a 6 game set, no warm up for singles, making third sets supertiebreakers if the match has been decided, etc.). Well that hasn't worked, tennis is not more televised. NCAA should be ashamed with how they dealt with tennis coverage. I appreciate Alex's passion and enthusiasm for college tennis, but his erratic whiparound coverage of the courts created a stressful viewing experience. I was pleasantly surprised when the womens final aired on TC, but at the same time frustrated that there was no promotion for it. ESPN has mostly moved away from airing pro/college tennis save for a few events here and there, so I think that ship has sailed. Its really up to the NCAA and tennis channel to boost interest in college tennis, and unfortunately I don't have a lot of faith they'll be motivated enough to make progress.
May 30, 20232 yr Author #33 was her second to last ITA ranking for this season - the final one comes out tomorrow Khirin is our highest ranked individual at #75, so.... this would be a really good addition to the roster.
May 31, 20232 yr Author #25 final ranking for our incoming transfer Khirin finished #38, Sabina #67, Charlotte #101
June 1, 20232 yr Stearns is quietly going to end up being one of the best athletes ever on the 40 acres. Having a talent like her with an almost automatic W at #1 is how you win two national titles in a row.
June 5, 20232 yr Lots of news the past two weeks: Unfortunately word is that Khirin is in the transfer portal. While it's not definite (TTU's number one men's player entered and withdrew from the portal), it would make sense scholarship number wise if Sasnouskaya were to transfer in. ISU's coach has been hired at Clemson. Expect quite a few attrition in that roster. Both Carmen Corley and Layne Sleeth at OU have opted not to take the extra COVID year. Baylor is losing its number one player Alina Shcherbinina to OU. OSU is gaining Anastasiya Komar (top 10 ranking last season) from LSU.
June 5, 20232 yr Damn, losing Khirin would be a major blow. ISU will rapidly go back to the basement of the conference without Boomer Saia
July 15, 20232 yr Our preferred walk-on Grace Thomas transferred to Furman on full scholarship. Good for her. Joffee only has 7 scholarship players on his roster right now, so hopefully he is able to find a high UTR player to transfer in before the spring.
July 26, 20232 yr Author It’s 2024, but blue chip Ariana Pursoo from NY committed to Texas. #6 ranked recruit
July 28, 20232 yr She and other recruit Maya Joint have played doubles together on the ITF circuit. Also noticed that Joint has recently switched to representing Australia.
September 6, 20232 yr Author Tanya #18 preseason, Sabina 50, Charlotte 74, Rapolu 99 Charlotte/Tanya #18 in doubles and Tasiya and Rivkin #54
September 6, 20232 yr We still only have 7 scholarship players out of 8 available scholarships. I guess if Joffee can't find anyone in the portal by January he'll give it to a walk-on for a semester
September 6, 20232 yr Author I feel stupid I didn’t realize Tanya is Tatsiana the grad transfer. So many Eastern European last names on the roster I just didn’t put it together that she goes by a more Americanized version of her name Edited September 6, 20232 yr by Js1
September 6, 20232 yr We have a Russian, Ukrainian, and Belarussian on our team now. Team world peace
September 22, 20232 yr Author New assistant is Cristina Sanchez-Quintanar. Former HC at Arky and national assistant coach of the year at UCF. Good hire
November 8, 20232 yr Author Seems like a big signing: Quote University of Texas Women's Tennis has signed international standout Charlotte Kempenaers-Pocz to an Athletic Scholarship Agreement (ASA), head coach Howard Joffe announced Wednesday. Kempenaers-Pocz will enroll and join the program this January. A native of Glengowrie, Australia, Kempenaers-Pocz is one of the top juniors players in the world with a career high ranking of No. 35, while she has also been ranked as high as No. 760 in singles and No. 447 in doubles by the WTA. In 2022, Kempenaers-Pocz reached the doubles round of 32 at the Australian Open, while also receiving a qualifying wildcard in singles. Additionally, she played in the doubles rounds of 64 at Roland Garros in 2022 and the Australian Open in 2021. In juniors, she was both a singles and doubles semifinalist at the 2022 Australian Open. That year, she also played in the singles round of 64 at Roland Garros and the US Open, along with the doubles round of 16 at the US Open, and the round of 32 at Roland Garros. Professionally, she reached the semifinals of the 2019 W15 Port Pirie in Australia where she faced former Longhorn Lulu Sun, but more recently, she registered wins over two players with career-high WTA rankings better than 165 in Ellen Perez and Himeno Sakatsume at the 2022 W60 Canberra in Australia. Kempenaers-Pocz also won five ITF juniors titles with three in singles and two in doubles, including taking both at the J3 Gold Coast in Australia in 2021.
November 8, 20232 yr Yeah that’s huge. We had a scholarship to spare for the spring, so it’s good news Joffee found someone to put it to use.
November 11, 20232 yr FYI, this commitment has been known for a while (See post #42 in this thread); so not really a recent development Texas looking like the conference favorite again. OU is probably the biggest challenger before it's off to the SEC.
December 17, 20232 yr Unfortunately, Nicole Rivkin has left team. Looks like she decided to go pro after winning a pro doubles title last week. This will leave us with an open scholarship this spring even with the addition of Kempenaers-Pocz.
January 19, 20241 yr I haven't created a 2024 womens tennis thread because I knew it would be too gloomy. Today was Texas' season opener against UCLA, and we defaulted two singles lines. Even during the disastrous Danielle Lund McNamara era, I can't recall the team defaulting 2 singles lines. The two new players who Joffee supposedly brought in for the spring are still not on the roster for reasons unknown. Regardless, with 8 available scholarships, it is unacceptable to ever default one line of singles, let alone two. As for my brief season preview, I don't expect much from this team. Even if Kempenaers-Pocz and Lieberman (who is barely a D1 level player) are eligible to play later on this season, OKST is still the favorite to win the conference as they have the 3 best players in the conference on their roster based on UTR. OU/Texas/UCF/Texas Tech/Baylor are all in contention for 2nd place, but if Texas only has 4 or 5 healthy bodies this year, they could finish in the middle of the pack. This team's peak if everything goes right/team gets healthy by May is Elite 8. Floor is missing the tournament. My prediction is a sweet 16 finish. Edited January 19, 20241 yr by perfectchaos007
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