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• Easter Bowl 18s Finals Videos; No Changes Atop ITA D-I Rankings Entering Home Stretch of Season; Roland Garros Entry Lists; Four Americans Competing at ITF J300 in France

It's time to put a bow on the 2024 Easter Bowl, with the last of the finals videos, the 18s, below. To see the 12s, 14s, and 16s videos, go to the tenniskalamazoo YouTube channel, where you'll also find videos of the ITF J300 boys and girls finals in Indian Wells and San Diego.My Easter Bowl photo gallery is up at Tennis Recruiting Network, with links to my recaps of all the Southern Californian...2024
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• March Aces; Urhobo and Joint Advance to W35 Semifinals in Mississippi; North Carolina Women Beat No. 4 Virginia; Stanford Women Blank No. 3 Pepperdine

March was packed with great results from former collegians, and as regularly been the case recently, I couldn't feature all of them in my monthly Aces column for Tennis Recruiting Network. But I do highlight several former collegians who either won two titles or claimed their first, along with the juniors who won major ITF Junior Circuit titles and those who captured their first ITF men's and...2024
• My Easter Bowl 12s and 14s Recap; Easter Bowl Sportsmanship Awards; List of Easter Bowl Singles and Doubles Finals Results, Third Place and Consolation Winners

I've been submitting articles to the Tennis Recruiting Network recapping the past three weeks of tournaments in Southern California with the first, published a week ago last Friday, covering the ITF J300 FILA International Championships in Indian Wells. The second, published last Wednesday, reviews the second week's ITF J300 in San Diego and the third, covering last week's FILA...2024
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• San Diego ITF J300 Recap; Winter National Champions Seek Second Straight USTA Gold Balls Thursday at Easter Bowl, Top Seed Grumet Saves Six Match Points to Advance to B16s Quarterfinals

©Colette Lewis 2024--Indian Wells California--Wednesday was another busy day in Tennis Paradise, with the 16s and 18s hitting the midway point of the FILA Easter Bowl USTA Spring National Championships and the 12s and 14s deciding their finalists on a warm and sunny day in the desert.But before we get to those results, check out my recap, up today at Tennis Recruiting Network, of last week's ITF...2024
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• Indian Wells ITF J300 Recap; Mayew Versus Kennedy in Boys ITF J300 San Diego Final, Jovic and Penickova Reach Girls Championship Match; Stanford Teammates, SMU's Svajda Reach Calabasas $25K Semifinals

©Colette Lewis 2024--San Diego California--Wild card Rudy Quan and unseeded Valerie Glozman were not projected to claim their first ITF Junior Circuit titles last week in Indian Wells, but the former Easter Bowl champions proved their mettle once again at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. If you weren't able to follow my daily coverage, my recap, posted today at the Tennis Recruiting Network, will...2024
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• February Aces; Kessler, Kypson Among Americans Receiving BNP Paribas Open Main Draw Wild Cards; Lucky Loser Jovic Avenges Qualifying Loss to Reach W35 Semifinals in Texas; Virginia Men Escape with 4-3 Win Over Wake Forest

My monthly Aces column for Tennis Recruiting Network was published today, with the 18 players featured in February including juniors, current collegians and many former collegians. Several of those highlighted are taking that success into March, with Laura Samson of the Czech Republic, Martin Landaluce of Spain and Philip Henning of Georgia all advancing to the semifinals of tournaments to start...2024
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• December Aces; Three Current Collegians Advance to Arcadia W35 Semifinals; Australian Open Wild Cards Announced

My monthly Aces column at the Tennis Recruiting Network is out today, and, as is customary for December, the Eddie Herr, Orange Bowl and Junior Orange Bowl champions make up the bulk of the entries. If you took a break from tennis news in December, this is a crash course on the major junior results that closed out 2023, filled with history-making performances.The only Pro Circuit tournament in...2024
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"My monthly Aces column at the Tennis Recruiting Network is out today, and, as is customary for December, the Eddie Herr, Orange Bowl and Junior Orange Bowl champions make up the bulk of the entries."

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"If you didn't follow my daily coverage, make sure to read my recap of the titles for Clervie Ngounoue and Cooper Woestendick at the Tennis Recruiting Network."

• My Tennis Recruiting Network Article on Colson Wells' Gamble; Arkansas Names New Coach; Big 12, Big Ten Women's Awards; Krueger Beats Shnaider at Charlottesville $60K; Boyer and Kypson Advance at Savannah Challenger

I haven't written many college commitment articles lately, but once I heard about the recruiting journey of Michigan's Colson Wells, I knew there was an interesting backstory in his signing with Nebraska. When I talked with him at the Easter Bowl for this Tennis Recruiting Network article, he spoke candidly about the reality of his position as a senior without the offers he wanted, and the...2023
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• March Aces; Urhobo and Joint Advance to W35 Semifinals in Mississippi; North Carolina Women Beat No. 4 Virginia; Stanford Women Blank No. 3 Pepperdine
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• San Diego ITF J300 Recap; Winter National Champions Seek Second Straight USTA Gold Balls Thursday at Easter Bowl, Top Seed Grumet Saves Six Match Points to Advance to B16s Quarterfinals
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• December Aces; Three Current Collegians Advance to Arcadia W35 Semifinals; Australian Open Wild Cards Announced
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• August Aces; Four US Girls Qualify for US Open Junior Championships; Shelton, Paul, Tiafoe, Fritz and Gauff Reach US Open Round of 16; ITF J300 College Park Videos

With so much going on in the junior realm in August, keeping track of all the tournaments outside the US wasn't easy, but I hope I was able to feature many of the results that I may have missed while covering Kalamazoo and College Park in my monthly Aces column for the Tennis Recruiting Network. While I'm not able to feature all the titles won by juniors and college players at the $15K level, I...2023
• Kalamazoo 18s Video, My Recap of Tien's Second Straight Title, Ganesan and Frusina's Doubles Championship; Tennis Recruiting Network Reviews Ngounoue's 18s Title in San Diego; ITF J300 in College Park Wild Cards, Qualifying Begins Saturday

My recap of Learner Tien's defense of his USTA National 18s title is up today at the Tennis Recruiting Network, along with a look and the unexpected doubles championship for No. 7 seeds Adhithya Ganesan and Alexander Frusina, who were playing together for the first time. The top seed in singles also won in San Diego, with Clervie Ngounoue adding to her great summer results, which include her...2023
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• McNeil and Ji Take USTA Clay Court 18s Titles; Michelsen Wins Chicago Challenger; Brantmeier and Dostanic Close out SoCal Pro Series with First Pro Singles Titles; Americans Sweep at Dallas $25k

My onsite coverage of the Wimbledon Junior Championships has kept be from following the tennis going on in the United States as much as I would like, but I hope to catch up on that as well as the results from the ITF Junior Circuit.The USTA National Clay Court Championships concluded yesterday, with the results of the singles and doubles finals listed below. Tennis Recruiting Network will have...2023
• Part II of NCAA D-I Roundtable at Tennis Recruiting Network; All No. 1 Seeds Move on to Second Round; Georgia's Jeff Wallace Announces Retirement; Another SEC Vacancy Opens at Miss State; Quevedo, Kim Fall in Quarterfinals

The second installment of Tennis Recruiting Network's Roundtable for the Division I NCAA Team Championships is up today, with the five panelists making their dark horse picks and championship predictions. My track record is certainly nothing to brag about, but I have been right once or twice over the past dozen years that I've been participating, so I'm always hopeful.Below are the results of...2023
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• Part I of NCAA Roundtable at Tennis Recruiting Network; 48 First Round D-I Regional Matches Scheduled for Friday; Quevedo Reaches Bonita Springs $100K Quarterfinals; Kim Advances to $15K Orange Park Quarterfinals

Part I of the annual NCAA Roundtable that Tennis Recruiting Network organizes for the Division I team championships is up today. I've lost count of how many times I've participated, but it always motivates me to dig a little deeper into past NCAA tournaments as I try to look into this year's future results. Part II, with my predictions for the champions, will be out Friday.If you'd like to put...2023

• Iva Jovic Profile; Australian Open Junior Wild Cards; Wild Card Kessler Among Americans Advancing to AO Round Two; Indian Wells Challenger Underway

Joel Drucker, a preeminent tennis writer, has written an in-depth profile of Southern Californian Iva Jovic, one of the world's top juniors, with that story appearing today on the Tennis Recruiting Network. Drucker spent time with Iva and her family and attended a practice with coach Peter Smith, which provides insight into the daily routine of an ambitious junior who seeks to improve. ...2024
• Tennis Recruiting Network's Tribute to David Filer; Texas Men and UNC Women Remain No. 1; Women's $25K in Jackson Underway; Shnaider Defeats Parks at WTA 500 in Charleston

Rhiannon Potkey at the Tennis Recruiting Network has written a beautiful article, published today, on 16-year-old David Filer, who died last month after a year-long battle with brain cancer. The inevitable grief and sadness that accompanies such a tragedy is lightened a bit by the perspective of David and his family, who have endured the unendurable. May his friends and family find solace in all...2023

• Easter Bowl 18s Finals Videos; No Changes Atop ITA D-I Rankings Entering Home Stretch of Season; Roland Garros Entry Lists; Four Americans Competing at ITF J300 in France
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• March Aces; Urhobo and Joint Advance to W35 Semifinals in Mississippi; North Carolina Women Beat No. 4 Virginia; Stanford Women Blank No. 3 Pepperdine
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• My Easter Bowl 12s and 14s Recap; Easter Bowl Sportsmanship Awards; List of Easter Bowl Singles and Doubles Finals Results, Third Place and Consolation Winners
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• San Diego ITF J300 Recap; Winter National Champions Seek Second Straight USTA Gold Balls Thursday at Easter Bowl, Top Seed Grumet Saves Six Match Points to Advance to B16s Quarterfinals
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• Indian Wells ITF J300 Recap; Mayew Versus Kennedy in Boys ITF J300 San Diego Final, Jovic and Penickova Reach Girls Championship Match; Stanford Teammates, SMU's Svajda Reach Calabasas $25K Semifinals
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• February Aces; Kessler, Kypson Among Americans Receiving BNP Paribas Open Main Draw Wild Cards; Lucky Loser Jovic Avenges Qualifying Loss to Reach W35 Semifinals in Texas; Virginia Men Escape with 4-3 Win Over Wake Forest
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• My Article on Johnny Mac Tennis Project Director Ryann Cutillo; Kessler Claims WTA 125 Title in Mexico; Satterfield and Rodriguez Double Up on J60 Titles; Barry Wins D-II Women's Indoor; D-I Team Indoor All-Tournament Teams Released

Ryann Cutillo with John McEnroeI always enjoy talking with players I covered in juniors as they move into their careers after college, and when I heard that former blue chip Ryann Cutillo was now executive director of the Johnny Mac Tennis Project, I wanted to learn more about that non-profit and her role in leading it. That led to this article for the Tennis Recruiting Network, which describes...2024
• Blue Chip Bowers Chooses Longhorns; No. 3 Stanford Survives No. 4 Texas; Top Four Seeds Advance to Semifinals at ITA D-III Men's Team Indoor; Revised D-I Team Rankings; Caldwell, Hoo Claim First ITF Junior Circuit Titles

Ashton Bowers was released from her National Letter of Intent after Caroline Lilley was fired from the head coaching position last month, and she recently announced a commitment to attend the University of Texas this fall, joining good friend Maya Joint and a third blue chip, Ariana Pursoo. Bowers spoke with Rhiannon Potkey of Tennis Recruiting Network about the extremely unusual situation she...2024