The ITA's Kick-off Weekend, which just concluded with the Georgia beating Marshall to take the 15th spot in the women's draw, was a vastly more interesting (and more fair) way to pick the contestants for the Team Indoor titles. This year the men's field will include:
Florida
Georgia
Baylor
Virginia
Texas
Ohio State
Mississippi
Tennessee
Tulsa
Pepperdine
UCLA
USC
Stanford
Florida State
Michigan
Illinois (host)
The Seminoles, Wolverines and Cardinal earned their spots on the road--although as the No. 1 seed, Florida State's win at Penn State wasn't exactly an upset. FSU beat Oklahoma State 4-3, with Chris Cloer at No. 5 getting the fourth point, but Jean Yves Aubone's victory at No. 1 over Oleksandr Nedovyesov might have been the key in securing their berth in Chicago. Michigan, seeded No. 2 to host North Carolina's No. 1, didn't even have to beat the Tar Heels, who lost their opening match to Virginia Commonwealth 4-2. Michigan, a 5-2 winner over Cal in the first round, then beat VCU 5-1. No. 1 seed Stanford, playing without an injured Bradley Klahn, beat host Boise State 6-1 and Auburn 5-2 to advance to Chicago.
In addition to Klahn, I noticed several other players listed in the line-ups who did not play. Alexei Grigorov of Texas A & M did not play, as the Aggies fell to Florida in the second match, nor did Holden Seguso at UCLA (the Bruins cruised to wins over South Alabama and Fresno State). And I neglected to mention in my preview that Daniel Vallverdu was not listed in Miami's lineup, although he is still on their roster, and may still be recovering from the injury that kept him from competing in the semifinals at the Individual Indoor in November. The Hurricanes lost to Alabama in the opening round at Pepperdine.
The women's field in Madison will consist of:
Stanford
UCLA
California
USC
Northwestern
Baylor
Florida
Georgia
Georgia Tech
Duke
Miami
Clemson
Fresno State
Notre Dame
North Carolina
Wisconsin (host)
No. 2 seeds Fresno State, Notre Dame and North Carolina won their spots on the road, with Fresno State upsetting host Vanderbilt, the top seed and Notre Dame ousting host Arkansas, also the top seed. North Carolina wasn't required to beat top seed Texas, as fourth seeded host William and Mary did that in the opening round, with the Tar Heels rolling past the Tribe in the final. Fresno State didn't have much trouble against Vanderbilt in the final, winning the match 4-0, but they barely escaped the Denver team in the opener, winning 4-3, and helped immensely by the fact that Denver was unable to field a player for the No. 6 singles spot and had to forfeit that match, as well as the No. 3 doubles match.
In Duke's 4-2 win over Ohio State, the Blue Devils' No. 1 Tara Iyer did not play, with freshman Mallory Cecil moving into the top spot, while Northwestern's No. 1 Maria Mosolova sat out the Wildcats' opening round win over New Mexico.
See the ITA website for information about the Team Indoor championships, which begin next Friday, Feb. 13.
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