trawatts48

"of course they lost horribly" you make me laugh. do you realize Tech is nationally ranked (39)and new mexico state is avery good D1 program. The talent level on lu's men and womens team this year is tremendous. the new mens coach is very positive , like night and day friom last year. as long as he gets left alone he'll keep improving the roster. i can only imagine what he could with the talent on the womens team. they should walk away w/ conference but sadly , probably won't. I wonder how many girls will walk before next year? I'm sure some program in Mid county can send in some top prospects (yeah right!)

I kinda think that maybe they had practice? Sunday and monday are their only days off from workouts. I really don't think their are any local players on anyones radar at Lamar. Those days are over. No more brother in law deals to be made.

pathetic is an appropriate term. whats really pathetic is the # of players who got NO $ from the school yet busted their ass for the program, stayed gone for 5 weeks or so after Rita hit yet when it comes down to looking at who could help the program they got shut out. Pathetic, thats a great word. Pathetic's the girl's problem now, but their dropping like flies, and the excuses 'll surely be next. Pathetic!

Lamar played really well saturday. they are now 3-1 in conference! congratsto the guys! they are headed to lubbock this weekend and its gonna be a tough 2 days. ya know i've heard that at dIII schools that you can get $ just not in the form of an athletic sholarship. some people were shocked to say the least when the previous coach signed the 2 local kids to scholarships. hell the walkons were head and shoulders better than them.Lots of promises made and none kept. One did'n't last the semester and i don't think the other will play much.

Lamar plays its first and 1 of only 2 home matches( thanks to the previous coach)for the men sunday april 1st. play starts at noon w/ doubles and singles to follow. come support Lamar and see some quality tennis to boot . Go LU

babolat2, you're partially correct. Last year was a very bad year for the men's program. they had alot of injuries and had no good recruiting to speak of. they had some walkons that performed reasonably well at times, but D1 tennis is very tough. They now have a new mens coach who knows his stuff and has to be a great improvement. He did not recruit those 2 kids you speak of, and I agree they are not D1 scholarship caliber . DIII doesn't give scholarships but they could probably play at that level. The neymar kid was recommended to the previous coach who passed. Lamar plays in a very tough conference w/ schools that have recruited alot of very good foreign players. You ought to come out to a match when you can. the level of play will amaze you. lastly , their top 3 guys are very very good. one is atransfer from texas tech, who was just named slc player of the week.