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2012 National Team Indoors: OSU Upsets UVA, USC wins title 4-3

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#1 · (Edited)
Any predictions? Virginia for title #5 in a row?

Draw
1 USC vs 16 Tennessee
8 UCLA vs 10 Duke
4 Georgia vs 13 California
5 Florida vs 12 Pepperdine
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6 Kentucky vs 11 Texas A&M
3 Ohio State vs 14 Texas
7 Baylor vs 9 Stanford
2 Virginia vs 15 Auburn
 
#2 ·
Re: 2012 National Team Indoors

Yeah I like Virginia. Always such a good indoor team. There will be so many good 2nd rounds here. Georgia-Florida will decide who the frontrunner is in the SEC, UCLA will try to scare USC, if the Bruins get past Duke, Kentucky-Ohio State will determine who is for real outside the big 2, and Baylor/Stanford (probably Stanford) could give Virginia some trouble. It will e interesting
 
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Posible upsets are Pepperdine over Florida. Florida is much deeper so the Waves will have to play well at 1-4 and doubles. But it is possible because Fanselow and Tearney are strong at the top.

UCLA vs Duke is the most interesting first round matchup. I give UCLA the edge due to their stronger players than Duke in the 4-6 parts of the line-up. It's more likely that Thompson can beat Mengel at the top than it is likely that Tahir and Hemmeler can beat Puget and Mkrtchian
 
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Too bad for Pepperdine. On the bright side, two good wins for their top 2 singles players.

Duke very impressive with 4 singles wins against UCLA. Doubles was really tight too, with all 3 going to tiebreaks.

USC as expected wins easily over Tennessee. Virginia appears to be headed for an easy win as well.
 
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Scores are here. It's 1-4 in the semis, Ohio State with the closest call in the quarter. Strong singles performance by Georgia to beat Florida after dropping the doubles point
 
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Mitchell Frank def Bradley Klahn 7-6(6) 6-3 in a titanic singles tilt. For a while it actually looked liek Stanford was in control, but UVA turned it on and swept singles.
 
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Virginia vs Ohio State

Ohio State up 1-0. This is one of the closest matches I have ever seen, every one of the singles matches are at 5-all at least. Kobelt putting in the performance of his life vs Frank he's up 7-5 2-2.
 
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darklucia you should edit the title of this thrad to announce the upset and the pending final.

Major props to the Buckeyes today. One of the more impressive performances I have seen in a while. Every match was so tough and nail close in the 1st set. Nobody blinked. Kobelt became a legend today, from a #3 sacrifice stack to a player who knocks off the #1 player in the nation in 2 tight sets. Kept expecting Frank to make a move but never could.
 
#22 ·
USC wins 4-3 over OSU. OSU picks up the doubles point. USC's Hanfmann clinches at #5.

Doubles
Buchanan/Rola [OSU] def S. Johnson/Hanfmann 8-5
McCarthy/Van Engelen [OSU] v Nguyen/Sarmiento 7-6 DNF
Kobelt/Smith [OSU] def Gomez/Quiroz 9-8 (7-4)

Singles [finish order 3,4,6,1,2,5]
S. Johnson [USC] def Buchanan 6-3, 6-4
Rola [OSU] def Sarmiento 7-5, 6-3
Nguyen [USC] def Kobelt 6-1, 6-2
Gomez [USC] def Van Engelen 6-3, 6-4
Hanfmann [USC] def McCarthy 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
Smith [OSU] def E. Johnson 6-3, 7-6 (8-6)
 
#23 ·
Rola did a great job at #2 rallying from 5-3 down in the 1st to give OSU 3 first sets, but it looked like Hanfmann was too tough at 5 for the Trojans. I must say OSU doubles is the real deal. They've always been dominate over the years at doubs
 
#25 ·
USC should have put Quiroz at 6. Almsot cost them. Yes he got killed by Pasha but still he could have beaten Smith I think.

All these teams are so clos. Ohio State made the finals but nearly lost to UK in the quarters. Georgia gave a good fight vs USC. It would have likely ended 4-3 had it been played out.
 
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