It took way too long before I had enough information to conclude that you were talking about tennis.

...but thanks for the info and all MGoVictories are good!

I was leaning toward hockey till I realized Vandy probably didn't have a hockey team.

for the update

Very exciting as it was my first competitive tennis match (college or pro).

Randomly ran into the head coach outside before the match.  He greeted my sister and I with a handshake as we were both decked out with maize and blue.  Aside from Petrone's mom and dad, we were the only other Michigan fans really in attendance (his mom was quite friendly - It was interesting to hear her speak about Michigan.  She spoke like it was by far the best university ever).  I assume there were more since there was a match write-up on MGoBlue.com but that may have been done without attending the event.

Petrone had a huge win.  The kid he was playing against was another freshman with a killer inside out forehand that was killing Petrone up the line constantly.  Classic battle of power vs placement.  Petrone's patience and placement really helped him in this match.

The biggest match in my mind was on Court #5.  Barrett Franks really battled it out from behind in both sets down a break and survived a fury of attempts to be broken back late in the match to hang on for the win and at the time the tie.

I was mostly watching Courts #3 and #5.  I could see all of Court #1, the other two were too far away to keep track of.  King seemed lackadaisical at times.  He was playing Vanderbilt's #2 guy since their #1 was out with an injury...so basically everyone was playing down an opponent.  I was a bit surprised seeing King play as I knew going in he was the #8 ranked player in the country.  I thought he would have been more polished than what I was seeing during his match.  I think his opponent was going all out and was probably feeling it during the second set to get the set like he did.  He was definitely making some impressive shots from what I was seeing of him...he was more going for broke as playing his normal game would have done him in anyway.  He was definitely taking some chances and having them pay off but not consistently enough to take down King.  During the doubles match, I thought that one of the players he played doubles against would have been playing him in singles...that player ended up playing in the #2 slot against Shaun Bernstein.

I have a few photos and video from my phone I can upload and share with others soon.

Pain huh? Good one.

competitive woodworking?

Thanks for the tennis updates. I was hoping I could see the men play this year but was not scheduled to play on the West Coast. The women are even better ranking wise, favored to be Big Ten Champions and in the NCAAs with a yop 10 team. Great coaches for both teams.

If you're a big tennis fan, or know someone on the womens team, would it be possible to discover how many (or if, but I'm assuming how many is the correct question) womens singles and doubles Big Ten titles M has? I've checked their page on MGoBlue, their team website, their Facebook page and searched their Twitter with no luck. I also checked Bentley and came up with nothing.

My diary The Michigan Wolverines and Their Championship Tradition (two below this diary) chronicles every M championship in every sport, at least briefly. The only missing statistic comes in the "individual" category for womens tennis*, and I would like it filled out of respect for the achievement of winning a Big Ten title.

*Doubles and track/swimming relays count as individual for the purposes of the diary.

history in the Big Ten unlike the mens tennis. However, that seems to be changing. UM womens tennis has won at least a share the last couple of seasons. I believe they have
won the outright Big Ten conference title but then lost to Northwestern both times in the
BT tournament.

Northwestern until recently had completely dominated the BT for about 10 years or so. UM should have another quality shot at winning the title this year..we will see.

Hope that helps.

John W.

I believe the men have had 1 champion (Mike Leach). He was the only unseeded player
ever to win the NCAA's. Malivai Washington lost in the finals. Barry McKay won a team
title.

I don't believe any women have won a NCAA championship but I assume some lady has won
a Big Ten championship which is your question. Let me see if I can find something out.

Updated link.

http://bentley.umich.edu/athdept/tennwom/tennwom.htm

John W.