05-19-2017, 02:12 PM
Thanks, all! This team's near-constant success has made me a pretty avid fan. Plenty of exciting moments throughout the season, and usually some incredible drama in the NCAA tournament. Easy to root for a team that is always in the mix for a national title!
FYI, it's been a disappointing NCAA tournament for the Pac-12 overall. Sure, there's Stanford, and cal is still hanging around (they're the #13 seed, and they just lost the doubles point to #4 Vanderbilt with singles yet to start), but 7 Pac-12 teams made the tournament, and 6 (Stanford, cal, UCLA, SC, UW, and ASU) were favored in their first-round match (only Oregon faced a higher-ranked team in R1). Only Stanford, Cal, and UCLA made it out of the first round, and only Stanford and cal made it to Athens for the Round of 16.Â
Unless cal turns it around against an excellent Vanderbilt team, Stanford will be the only Pac-12 team left. (FYI, Vanderbilt upset #1 Florida to win the SEC. Stanford beat Vanderbilt 4-3 earlier this year at home when Arbuthnott won a third-set tiebreaker shortly after Lampl lost a third-set tiebreaker. Just a heck of a match, that one.)
FYI, it's been a disappointing NCAA tournament for the Pac-12 overall. Sure, there's Stanford, and cal is still hanging around (they're the #13 seed, and they just lost the doubles point to #4 Vanderbilt with singles yet to start), but 7 Pac-12 teams made the tournament, and 6 (Stanford, cal, UCLA, SC, UW, and ASU) were favored in their first-round match (only Oregon faced a higher-ranked team in R1). Only Stanford, Cal, and UCLA made it out of the first round, and only Stanford and cal made it to Athens for the Round of 16.Â
Unless cal turns it around against an excellent Vanderbilt team, Stanford will be the only Pac-12 team left. (FYI, Vanderbilt upset #1 Florida to win the SEC. Stanford beat Vanderbilt 4-3 earlier this year at home when Arbuthnott won a third-set tiebreaker shortly after Lampl lost a third-set tiebreaker. Just a heck of a match, that one.)