[Tennisace]

It's very early in the season but I think it would be interesting to see how line-ups change over the course of the dual match and possibly speculate at questionable line-ups. Most teams have challenge matches once a week to "determine" line-ups. Teams are suppose to set-up line-ups based on order of strength (i.e. challenges).

The Watch List
Duke
Arkansas
Georgia Tech
Tennessee

First team of interest is Duke. They played twice this week. The person of interest is Elizabeth Plotkin, who played No. 1 (without Zsilinszka in the line-up) in the first dual match of the year and then three days later she is playing No. 4 behind Zsilinszka, Nze, and Granson.

I know its early in the season but what's with the big switch on Plotkin? I'm curious at what the line-up will be for Indoor qualifying next week.

#1 Duke 7, Memphis 0
Jan 19, 2010 at Durham, N.C. (Sheffield Tennis Center)
Singles competition
1. Elizabeth Plotkin (DU) def. Ashley Murdock (MEMPHIS) 6-3, 6-1
2. #91 Ellah Nze (DU) def. Courtney Collins (MEMPHIS) 6-0, 6-1
3. #80 Amanda Granson (DU) def. Marjorie Ondeck (MEMPHIS) 6-0, 6-1
4. Mary Clayton (DU) def. Amanda Brown (MEMPHIS) 6-0, 6-1
5. #63 Monica Gorny (DU) def. Kelly Gray (MEMPHIS) 6-1, 6-0
6. Jessica Stiles (DU) def. Andrea Arques-Garcia (MEMPHIS) 6-0, 6-0

Doubles competition
1. Amanda Granson/Ellah Nze (DU) def. Ashley Murdock/Courtney Collins (MEMPHIS) 8-3
2. Elizabeth Plotkin/Jessica Stiles (DU) def. Dara Toulch/Amanda Brown (MEMPHIS) 8-2
3. Monica Gorny/Mary Clayton (DU) def. Marjorie Ondeck/Kelly Gray (MEMPHIS) 8-3

#1 Duke 6, Old Dominion 1
Jan 22, 2010 at Durham, N.C. (Sheffield Tennis Center)
Singles competition
1. #21 Nadine Fahoum (ODU) def. #20 Reka Zsilinszka (DU) 5-5, retired
2. #91 Ellah Nze (DU) def. Joanna Dobrowolska (ODU) 6-3, 7-6 (7-5)
3. #80 Amanda Granson (DU) def. Irina Dementyeva (ODU) 6-0, 6-0
4. Elizabeth Plotkin (DU) def. Diana Ivanova (ODU) 6-1, 6-0
5. Mary Clayton (DU) def. Juliana Pires (ODU) 6-3, 6-1
6. Jessica Stiles (DU) def. Marija Citic (ODU) 6-1, 6-1

Doubles competition
1. Amanda Granson/Ellah Nze (DU) def. Nadine Fahoum/Joanna Dobrowolska (ODU) 8-2
2. Elizabeth Plotkin/Reka Zsilinszka (DU) def. Irina Dementyeva/Juliana Pires (ODU) 8-0
3. Jessica Stiles/Monica Gorny (DU) def. #44 Diana Ivanova/Marija Citic (ODU) 8-1

[fantic]

such a drastic change

[Tennisace]

I know that Amanda McDowell is coming back from injury but playing No. 4 singles against early competition (Yes, Auburn is pretty good but not good enough where you have to put McDowell at No. 4)? This is her second match at No. 4. Or is Coach Shelton putting Amanda at No. 4 now so he can put her at No. 4 against ASU in Indoor qualifying.

#10 Georgia Tech 7, #35 Auburn 0
Jan 24, 2010 at Auburn, Ala.
Singles competition
1. #1 Irina Falconi (GT) def. #71 Fani Chifchieva (AU) 6-1, 6-1
2. #66 Sasha Krupina (GT) def. Myrthe Molenveld (AU) 6-2, 7-5
3. Viet Ha Ngo (GT) def. Caroline Thornton (AU) 6-1, 6-1
4. Amanda McDowell (GT) def. Daniela Vukadinovic (AU) 6-1, 6-0
5. Lynn Blau (GT) def. Paulina Schippers (AU) 6-4, 6-3
6. Elizabeth Kilborn (GT) def. Jil Hastenrath (AU) 6-2, 6-4

Doubles competition
1. Irina Falconi/Sasha Krupina (GT) def. Fani Chifchieva/Caroline Thornton (AU) 8-1
2. Hillary Davis/Viet Ha Ngo (GT) def. Myrthe Molenveld/Daniela Vukadinovic (AU) 8-1
3. Paulina Schippers/Plamena Kurteva (AU) def. Lynn Blau/Elizabeth Kilborn (GT) 8-7

#10 Georgia Tech 7, Chattanooga 0
Jan 18, 2010 at Atlanta, Ga.
Singles competition
1. #1 Irina Falconi (GT) def. Jenna Nurik (CHAT) 6-1, 6-2
2. #66 Sasha Krupina (GT) def. Emily Hangstefer (CHAT) 6-2, 6-2
3. Viet Ha Ngo (GT) def. Shaina Singh (CHAT) 6-0, 6-1
4. Amanda McDowell (GT) def. Charlotte Bossy (CHAT) 6-0, 6-0
5. Lynn Blau (GT) def. Jennifer Taylor (CHAT) 6-2, 6-0
6. Elizabeth Kilborn (GT) def. Annie Green (CHAT) 6-2, 6-2

Doubles competition
1. Irina Falconi/Sasha Krupina (GT) def. Jenna Nurik/Emily Hangstefer (CHAT) 8-0
2. Viet Ha Ngo/Hillary Davis (GT) def. Shaina Singh/Grace Robinette (CHAT) 8-3
3. Lynn Blau/Elizabeth Kilborn (GT) def. Jennifer Taylor/Annie Green (CHAT) 8-0

[fantic]

hmmm I dunno which position Smith will play, but last year's ASU single lineup was
McKenna, Abdala, Hein, Abdala(Graduated), Bricki..so B might play at #4 and she is a good player..

[Tennisace]

Looks like Arkansas is doing some shady shuffling to avoid being upset by Washington. They moved up their No. 4 player to the No. 2 spot (against #3 ranked Dy). Let's see if it works.

Arkansas 7 Oklahoma State 0

Doubles
Order of Finish: 2, 1, 3

No. 1: Anouk Tigu / Claudine Paulson (ARK) def. Alisa Buslaieva / Iryna Khatstsko (OSU) 8-5
No. 2: Kate Lukomskaya / Kelsey Sundaram (ARK) def. Sara Meghoufel / Malika Rose (OSU) 8-0
No. 3: Stephanie Roy/Valentina Starkova (ARK) def. Nataliya Shatkovskaya/Alexandria Cristello (OSU) 8-6

Singles
Order of Finish: 1, 6, 2*, 4, 3, 5

No. 1: Anouk Tigu (ARK) def. Nataliya Shatkovskaya (OSU) 6-4, 6-0
No. 2: Kate Lukomskaya (ARK) def. Alisa Buslaieva (OSU) 6-1, 7-6 (4)
No. 3: Emily Carbone (ARK) def. Sara Meghoufel (OSU) 6-3, 6-4
No. 4: Stephanie Roy (ARK) def. Iryna Khastsko (OSU) 6-4, 2-6, 6-1
No. 5: Kelsey Sundaram (ARK) def. Malika Rose (OSU) 6-0, 7-5
No. 6: Claudine Paulson (ARK) def. Alexandria Cristello (OSU) 6-4, 6-0

Complete Results vs. Saint Louis

Arkansas 6 Saint Louis 1

Doubles
Order of Finish: 1, 2, 3

No. 1: Kate Lukomakaya/Kelsey Sundaram (ARK) def. Casey Miller/Sara Septein (SLU) 8-0
No. 1: Claudine Paulson/Annemijin Koenen (ARK) def. Hailee Elmore/Mia Elmore (SLU) 8-2
No. 1: Stephanie Roy/Valentina Starkova (ARK) def. Cailtin McKenna/Kasia Tomalak (SLU) 8-4

Singles
Order of Finish: 6, 5, 3, 4, 2, 1

No. 1: Hailee Elmore (SLU) def. Emily Carbone (ARK) 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (4)
No. 2: Stephanie Roy (ARK) def. Casey Miller (SLU) 6-7(4), 6-1, 1-0(7)
No. 3: Valentina Starkova (ARK) def. Sarah Septein (SLU) 6-2, 6-0
No. 4: Kelsey Sundaram (ARK) def. Mia Elmore (SLU) 6-1, 6-2
No. 5: Claudine Paulson (ARK) def. Caitlin McKenna (SLU) 6-4, 6-1
No. 6: Fernanda Perrotta (ARK) def. Kasia Tomalak (SLU) 6-1, 6-2

Arkansas 5 Washington 2
Singles
1. Anouk Tigu (UA) def. No. 11 Venise Chan (WU) 6-4, 5-7, 7-5
2. No. 3 Denise Dy (WU) def. Stephanie Roy (UA) 6-1, 6-1
3. Kate Lukomskaya (UA) def. Lina Xu 6-0, 6-7(5), 6-4
4. Joyce Ardies (WU) def. Emily Carbone 4-6, 6-3, 6-0
5. Kelsey Sundaram (UA) def. Samantha Smith 0-6, 6-4, 6-1
6. Claudine Paulson (UA) def. Aleksandra Malovic (WU) 6-2, 7-6(6)

Doubles
1. No. 11 Ardies/Dy (WU) def. Tigu/Paulson (UA) 8-6
2. Lukomskaya/Sundaram (UA) def. Smith/Chan (WU) 8-2
3. Roy/Starkova (UA) def. Malovic/Xu (WU) 8-2

[johnnytennis]

Originally Posted by Tennisace

Looks like Arkansas is doing some shady shuffling to avoid being upset by Washington. They moved up their No. 4 player to the No. 2 spot (against #3 ranked Dy). Let's see if it works.

I was thinking the exact same thing. Dont they know people are watching?

[Tennisace]

Add Tennessee to the list. I can't believe they were not called out on this. In the first dual match of the season, Pluskota is slotted at No. 3 and defaults her match. Then two days later, she is put at No. 5 and defaults again. Why is this such a problem? Well not only is she moved down the line-up but Tennessee has more than 6 players so they easily could have put another player at No. 6. But of course doing so would increase the chances of an upset (which almost happened) and keeping Pluskota in the line-up would prevent players behind her from playing up a spot. Shady.

#11 Tennessee 4, #33 Illinois 3
Jan 22, 2010 at Knoxville, Tenn. (Goodfriend Tennis Center)
Singles competition
1. #6 Caitlin Whoriskey (TENN) def. #33 Rachael White (ILLINOIS) 6-4, 7-6 (7-5)
2. #51 Maria Sorbello (TENN) def. Megan Fudge (ILLINOIS) 7-6 (7-4), 6-1
3. Chelcie Abajian (ILLINOIS) def. Natalie Pluskota (TENN), by default
4. Breanne Smutko (ILLINOIS) def. Rosalia Alda (TENN) 5-7, 6-3, 7-5
5. Zsofia Zubor (TENN) def. Amy Allin (ILLINOIS) 6-1, 6-1
6. Marisa Lambropoulos (ILLINOIS) def. Katie Lee (TENN) 6-0, 6-3

Doubles competition
1. #1 Caitlin Whoriskey/Natalie Pluskota (TENN) def. Chelcie Abajian/Leigh Finnegan (ILLINOIS) 8-4
2. Rosalia Alda/Zsofia Zubor (TENN) def. Rachael White/Marisa Lambropoulos (ILLINOIS) 8-6
3. Maria Sorbello/Katie Lee (TENN) def. Kristina Minor/Megan Fudge (ILLINOIS) 8-7 (7-4)

#11 Tennessee 4, ETSU 3
Jan 24, 2010 at Knoxville, Tenn. (Goodfriend Tennis Center)
Singles competition
1. #6 Caitlin Whoriskey (TENN) def. Yevgeniya Stupak (ETSU) 6-0, 6-1
2. Paula Jaime (ETSU) def. #51 Maria Sorbello (TENN) 6-0, 5-7, 1-0 (10-8)
3. Rosalia Alda (TENN) def. Kelly Hotzhausen (ETSU) 6-2, 6-3
4. Zs�fia Zubor (TENN) def. Karina Kedzo (ETSU) 6-3, 6-4
5. Diana Navrostska (ETSU) def. Natalie Pluskota (TENN), by walkover
6. Andra Voinea (ETSU) def. Katie Lee (TENN) 3-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-4)

Doubles competition
1. #1 Caitlin Whoriskey/Natalie Pluskota (TENN) def. Yevgeniya Stupak/Kelly Hotzhausen (ETSU) 8-2
2. Rosalia Alda/Zs�fia Zubor (TENN) def. Paula Jaime/Karina Kedzo (ETSU) 8-4
3. Katie Lee/Maria Sorbello (TENN) def. Andra Voinea/Tara Sheets (ETSU) 8-2

[Tennisace]

Originally Posted by johnnytennis

I was thinking the exact same thing. Dont they know people are watching?

Apparently coaches had to submit their line-ups for Indoors and there was a procedure for coaches to challenge line-ups...what are Michigan, South Carolina, and Washington thinking especially considering that this regional is one of the closest on paper.

[Tennisace]

Duke doing some more flip flops. Last time out it was:

1. Zsilinszka,
2. Nze
3. Granson
4. Plotkin

And now they are:
1. Zsilinszka
2. Plotkin
3. Granson
4. Nze

[gouci]

#51 Long Beach St. def. Maryland 6-1

Doubles

1. #58 Alawi/Manasse, LBSU def. Miller/MacKeever, UM 8-6
2. Armstrong/Dallara, LBSU def. Hansbrough/Brand, UM 8-6
3. Cantlay/Luzar, LBSU def. Huschke/Kurkan, UM 8-6

Singles

1. Deborah Armstrong, LBSU def. Lisa Miller, UM 6-3, 6-1
2. Anais Dallara, LBSU def. Maggie MacKeever, UM 6-2, 6-3
3. Jaklin Alawi, LBSU def. Julia Huschke, UM 6-2, 6-0
4. Rachel Manasse, LBSU def. Jordan Hansbrough, UM 6-2, 6-3
5. Lexi Brand, UM def. Julie Luzar, LBSU 7-6, 6-7, 10-8
6. Anna Jeczmionka, LBSU def. Bruce Kurkan, UM 6-2, 6-4

- Lexi Brand was probably Maryland's best player based on her Fall results of beating 5 stars like Virginia's Neela Vaez and Harvard's Agnes Sibilski. But Maryland planted her at #5 to get their lone point.

- Anais Dallara was Long Beach St.'s only nationally ranked singles player at #121 in the pre-season raising eyebrows why she didn't play #1 against USC. Then after Dallara easily defeated USC's #2 Sarah Fansler and still didn't get bumped up to #1 LBS has some explaining to do.

[gouci]

Syracuse def. Rutgers 7-0

1. Harman def. Zhang 6-2, 6-2
2. Parra def. Holzberg 6-1, 3-6, 6-2
3. Tan def. Arlak 6-1, 2-6, 10-2
4. Peters def. Mulchutsky 6-2, 6-1
5. #102 Kalhorn def. Michelle Green 6-2, 6-2
6. #74 Sardinha def. Slatnick 6-1, 6-1

For the 3rd straight match blue chippers Elenor Peters and #74 C.C. Sardinha have played #4 & #6 singles for Syracuse.
If Sardinha is really their #6 singles then Syracuse is a contender for the national title this year.

This shadiness coming from a coaching staff that likes to squat their school name on neglected top player profiles at TRN.

[gouci]

The Watch List Continued

Syracuse
Oklahoma
Long Beach St.

Maryland

[form]

New year but same gouci Karl Rove like baloney.

LB

Where did Armsrong and Dallara play in line up last year?

Who was hurt much of fall and barely played?

How much did USCPlay Fansler this weekend?

In comparing results, are the opponents at 1 harder than 2 typically so its not apples to apples?

Has LB flipped players more than 1 spot per match like most other examples on this thread?

Is gouci really jealous and thus a false accusation throwing amateur with no real understanding of this subject?

Last thought: Fantic... I find ur posts informative as you personally observe and do not rely on envy and hunch. Welcome.

[Tennisace]

It was interesting to see that Arkansas did not use Stephanie Roy in the singles line-up against Michigan. I wonder if some of the coaches caught wift of what was going on.

Tennessee on the other hand has no business being at the Indoors given their antics they used to get there. I hope the other teams figure out the Pluskota trick they have been pulling all dual match season so far.

I wonder what would have happened had Cal left Ilcinkas in the line-up of the NCAA team championships final and then defaulted her so that the rest of the singles line-up could stay intact. It wouldn't fly because that's poor sportsmanship. Tennessee shame on you.

[gouci]

Originally Posted by form

New year but same gouci Karl Rove like baloney.

Where did Armsrong and Dallara play in line up last year?

Form how did you know I was a Republican?

You bring up a very good point! Last season Dallara won 21 of her last 22 matches playing at #4 singles and NEVER got moved up to #3 singles once.

I suspect with San Diego St. coming up LBS will have Deborah "sacrificial lamb" Armstrong at #1 to lose to Trunks and Dallara to steal a point at #2. SDSU's #5 beat UCI so why not drop Julie Luzar to #6 and flip Anna Jeczmionka up to #5.