Watching the matches this weekend, I have to be in complete agreement with everyone here. This team is going to be something special. IMHO, the key to the whole scenario is Tatiana and Jayci. Here are the sweetest young ladies anybody could ever want to meet, taking on the responsibilities of lower lines in the lineup, without letting their egos get in the way. This gives Mark and Jordan a myriad of options that maybe 3 or 4 coaches in the country have to play with. After watching Carson play this weekend, I am not one to buy into too much hype, but brothers and sisters I am here to tell you, this gal is the Real Thing. If you are close to a match, enjoy team tennis (and WINNING) you need to find a way to get to a match or two.
The indoor championships will be an absolutely super proving ground to see how far we can go this year, on two fronts. Indoors, and playing against the best there is this year. At this point in the season only the #6, 10, 12, 14, and 16 teams didn't make the cut. The pairings aren't finalized yet, but if you go by strictly the ITA rankings of 1/26 our opponent would be #8 North Carolina State. Since a couple of "unranked" teams won their round robin the probability of those rankings changing is pretty good since 2 teams ranked above us lost.