05-19-2017, 08:02 AM
(05-16-2017, 03:23 PM)ColoradoTree link Wrote:If Stanford ends up beating Michigan, it'll likely start like many other contested matches this year: get the doubles point (doubles has been much more successful this year than last year) and get a quick win from Higuchi to go up 2-0. Then, just get two more points however you can--often, it's Lord at #2, Lampl at #4, or Arbuthnott at #5, but every player has clinched a dual match this year, including Doyle (vs. Texas and ×ÉÉ in the Pac-12 championship match) and Davidson (against Under Stanford Control (again) and Oklahoma State).
True to form, Stanford won the doubles point handily, with the #1 combo of Taylor Davidson and Emily Arbuthnott winning 6-1 and the #3 pair of Caroline Lampl and Emma Higuchi winning 6-0. Higuchi was then the first to book a win, 6-0, 6-2 at the #6 spot to make it 2-0.Â
In singles, Stanford won first sets from Melissa Lord at #2, Taylor Davidson at #3, and Emma Higuchi at #6, who has since won. Here's a brief update, with a reminder that Stanford needs just two more wins to win the match:Â
#1: Doyle lost the first set 6-3, but won the second 6-1, with the third yet to start.
#2: Lord is up 6-4, 5-4 and will serve for her match.
#3: Davidson won her first set 6-4, her game deserted her in the second and she lost it 6-1, and she now leads 2-1 in the third.
#4. Lampl lost her first set 7-5 and trails 3-2 in the second set.Â
#5. Arbuthnott lost her first set 6-3, but turned on the gas in the second set and won that set 6-0 to force a third. She is on serve in the third set, down 1-0.
