This is sad

[jaretac]

I admit, I don't know much about Tennis, but this is a embarrassing quote.

"The Iowa State tennis team came within a few points of upsetting No. 69 Minnesota Sunday afternoon, but fell short 4-3 in its spring dual-match opener."

Cyclone Tennis Keeps No. 69 Minnesota on the Ropes - Iowa State University Athletics Official Web Site - www.CYCLONES.com - The home of Iowa State Cyclone Sports

 

[Tre4ISU]

I don't know much either but I would guess our tennis team is not powerful.

 

[gwoodclone]

Isn't our tennis program just about the worst in the country? Maybe it's some other obscure sport that I'm thinking of, but I thought we pretty much never win a tennis match.

Also, why do they rank so many teams?!?

 

[MNCyGuy]

I think you're right, I don't remember Tennis ever being very good.

 

[SCNCY]

Yeah, our tennis team is not that good if you look at the historical records in the schedule are at cyclones.com

 

[Ficklone02]

They are better than our men's team.

 

[cyfan964]

The thing about tennis is a lot of small D1 schools have good tennis programs because it doesn't require a lot of money. Pepperdine, Radford, Furman... all of these smaller schools traditionally have very good tennis programs. Having a warmer climate also helps quite a bit.

 

[LindenCy]

I know it will get me in trouble, but the main reason we have a women's tennis team is Title IX.

 

[everyyard]

I know it will get me in trouble, but the main reason we have a women's tennis team is Title IX.

Actually that is probably the reason we don't have men's tennis.

 

[Dormeezy]

I know a couple years back ISU had a girl on the team who was about 300 lbs.

 

[vmbplayer]

Actually that is probably the reason we don't have men's tennis.

Actually, I think you're both right.

 

[jaretac]

Actually, I think you're both right.

I think they are, however, considering we didn't even have a Tennis team until not to long ago I would have to say that title IX is the reason we have a womens team.

 

[Wesley]

I did not know there were that many tennis teams still around.

 

[cstrunk]

I admit, I don't know much about Tennis, but this is a embarrassing quote.

"The Iowa State tennis team came within a few points of upsetting No. 69 Minnesota Sunday afternoon, but fell short 4-3 in its spring dual-match opener."

Cyclone Tennis Keeps No. 69 Minnesota on the Ropes - Iowa State University Athletics Official Web Site - www.CYCLONES.com - The home of Iowa State Cyclone Sports

What's so embarrassing about the quote?

 

[jaretac]

What's so embarrassing about the quote?

We failed to UPSET the # 69 team in the country. Boy, I don't know what is embarrassing about that?

 

[LindenCy]

Actually that is probably the reason we don't have men's tennis.

Actually, I think you're both right.

I think they are, however, considering we didn't even have a Tennis team until not to long ago I would have to say that title IX is the reason we have a womens team.

Pretty sure in the mid-1990s we dropped men's tennis and added women's. I may be wrong on the exact dates. It seems a result of Title IX. I would love it if our team became competitive and they did actually win a conference match or 2 last year, so they may be improving.

 

[JohnnyAppleseed]

Historically speaking, ISU tennis has been pretty horrible. But the past few years they have made huge strides. They have a regionally ranked player and doubles team. Coach Espinosa is getting better recruits and is a much better coach than the previous one. I have watched pretty much every home match the last 3 years and I could see the team competing for the middle of the big 12 this year.

 

[LindenCy]

Historically speaking, ISU tennis has been pretty horrible. But the past few years they have made huge strides. They have a regionally ranked player and doubles team. Coach Espinosa is getting better recruits and is a much better coach than the previous one. I have watched pretty much every home match the last 3 years and I could see the team competing for the middle of the big 12 this year.

That's good to hear. I root for all ISU teams and would love for us to be competitive here.

 

[Havs]

Assistant Coach Chris Williams was a coach of mine in high school, so hopefully ISU succeeds under him and Espinosa so my tennis education looks better. :smile:

 

[CycloneWarning]

I admit, I don't know much about Tennis, but this is a embarrassing quote.

"The Iowa State tennis team came within a few points of upsetting No. 69 Minnesota Sunday afternoon, but fell short 4-3 in its spring dual-match opener."

Cyclone Tennis Keeps No. 69 Minnesota on the Ropes - Iowa State University Athletics Official Web Site - www.CYCLONES.com - The home of Iowa State Cyclone Sports

I had the same thought when I saw this yesterday. At first I thought it was a typo and UM was #6 or #9. I actually spent the time to look up the link with National Rankings. It was true. For some lame reason, tennis publishes a Top 75 ranking. wtf is the purpose of that?

The cyclones.com story should have just read that ISU came close to upsetting UM. To list the #69 ranking is so weak to be laughable.

I just imagine Beavis saying, "you said 69, huh huh".:wink: