i purposely stayed away from this forum after i saw tu won...again. i strongly believe we had the best outdoor team in the nation this year, and i'm disappointed that our team had to play ou indoors. i think at that point it became a 50/50 match, and we were just a few points shy of advancing on a surface we rarely get much time on. to put things into perspective, we will have a very good team next season again, also. i think we need carson to solidify that #1 spot. she's had some good wins, but if she could just stay on the court a bit longer and grind more it will give the entire team a boost. congrats to pielet for getting that monkey off of her back and getting a good win in the elite 8. i'll be honest, that is a match that i had already penciled in for ou when i saw the lineup (shame on me). i was so sorry to see tati lose the last team match she played. she has been so strong for us, and i think she just could not adapt to the indoor air vs the outdoor climate. mcbryde and pielet were so solid all year. i enjoyed watching them slam the door on so many teams. let's not forget how they came back and ensured that we beat florida in the sec tournament. had they lost that match we would have lost to florida 4-2 and may not have been a #7 national seed. they had a rough match on friday night, and, ugh, to lose your last college match like that is hard (i can relate!!). so many positives. it's hard to see a national championship caliber team not reach their ultimate goal, but we are in new air now and the expectations will be so much higher.

having said all of this, i implore all of us - every single supporter PLEASE; contact Ross and his staff and ask for updates on an indoor facility. we are competing on unfair terrain when we don't have the same facilities to train in that some of the other national powers. it will benefit both teams.

secondly, mark weaver deserves a huge raise (and his staff does, too). he is the alum that keeps on giving and i guarantee with the right support he will win more than one national championship.

Tati is up on the #13, Irina Siemers (OSU) seed right now, 6-3, 1-0. Come on Tati!

Tatiana advances 6-3, 6-0. What a match! Congrats!

That didn't take long. WHO'S NEXT?

Here's the live scoring:

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aggiedrjdub said:

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Here's the draw

https://www.ncaa.com/_flysystem/public-s3/files/2022%20W%20Singles%20Bracket%20052122.pdf



Carson is the #8 seed and plays Virginia's #2 player Subhash (very good) at 3:30.

Tati moves on to play North Carolina's Fiona Crawley.

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Great, smart match by Tati. Fiona is good and from San Antonio. She was the former #1 recruit.

Aceswimmer09 said:

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If only she could have won her OU match…dang so close

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too soon

aggiedrjdub said:

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one other thing i'd like to point out is that coaching is largely based on relationships built and connections created. just like everything else, it's not a lot of what you know, but many times who you know (as sad as that sounds, but people just like to play for people they like and know). that doesn't mean there aren't great coaches out there. but, for this, i'd like to point to the aggie network. i'm not sure many of us know that carson is actually dating an ex-men's and current professional tennis player (hady habib). without that connection, we likely wouldn't have even been in the running for bringing someone like carson over to a&m. the entire line-up slides up and we go from being a great team to a good team. now that we have her, let's support the hell out of her (as we always have). she has so much potential and i want to see her win an individual natty, too!

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Edit: To say Carson loses 7-5, 6-2

Mark has known Carson since she was 15 years old. He recruited and signed her older sister Constance to play for the Aggies, but she backed out at the last minute. Mark was undoubtedly gracious and a gentleman about it all and left a good impression on Carson and her family even though it didn't work out. I'm sure Hady's recommendation had a lot to do with it too, but Mark has known her since even before Hady was an Aggie. I write this because Mark doesn't get a lot of credit because he's not attention-seeking or self-promoting, but I hate to see credit for his hard work and relationship-building being given to "the Aggie Network" or a former men's player.

What's more important is how Carson feels

taylorswift13 said:

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What's more important is how Carson feels

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Love. This!