[ColoradoTree]

Oh, and there's been some news on the recruiting front as well, as the Tennis Recruiting Network is showing top 5 player India Houghton (from Belvedere/Tiburon, CA) as having verbally committed to Stanford. Houghton's profile has climbed, from a top 50-ish player as a freshman to peaking at #43 as a sophomore to peaking at #20 last year. But this year, she's currently #4 (and the top player in California) in the Babolat national recruiting rankings, and she's #3 in the Dunlop RPI rankings. I can't find an announcement of the commitment, but TRN wouldn't have made it up. 

So, here's a quick look at our current scholarship roster math (we're finally balanced after the departure of the great class of Lord, Lampl, and Yee):

Seniors: Arbuthnott and Higuchi
Juniors: Gordon and Shin
Sophomores: Choy and Madurawe
Freshmen: Blake and Mossmer
HS Class of 2020: Ana Geller (from Argentina), and now India Houghton. 

Unless someone decides to leave early or one of Geller/Houghton backs out of the commitment, then we're done with recruiting this year on the early side.

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Stanford has now posted the fall schedule:

* October 3-6: Women's Collegiate Classic (hosted by Pepperdine in Malibu)

* October 4-6: St. Mary's Invitational, Moraga, CA

* October 18-22: ITA Northwest Regionals at Stanford.

* November 6-10: ITA National Fall Championships ("Fall Nationals") at Newport Beach, CA. To qualify for Fall Nationals, our singles players need to be quarterfinalists (or consolation finalists) at ITA All-Americans (so that's out as an option), finalists at Northwest Regionals, or be ranked highly enough to be one of 21 at-large selections. For doubles, teams need to either be semifinalists (or consolation finalists) at All-Americans, champions at Northwest Regionals, or be ranked highly enough to be one of 10 at-large duos.

* November 8-10: San Diego State Fall Classic

So, in lieu of ITA All-Americans, Stanford adds a second, higher-profile invitational tournament at the same time as the St. Mary's Invitational (and the same time as ITA All-Americans). I'm not sure exactly how many top players will be there, since the entry list at ITA All-Americans looks to have swept up the top players and teams, but we'll be there. FYI, the Pepperdine website lists this tournament as the Riviera Invitational, and until ITA All-Americans left Malibu for Tulsa, the tournament had been known in recent years as the Riviera/ITA All-American Championships. Also, for whatever players don't qualify for Fall Nationals, we'll have the San Diego State Fall Classic to get some good matches in before the fall season ends. 

[ColoradoTree]

Oh, and there's been some news on the recruiting front as well, as the Tennis Recruiting Network is showing top 5 player India Houghton (from Belvedere/Tiburon, CA) as having verbally committed to Stanford. Houghton's profile has climbed, from a top 50-ish player as a freshman to peaking at #43 as a sophomore to peaking at #20 last year. But this year, she's currently #4 (and the top player in California) in the Babolat national recruiting rankings, and she's #3 in the Dunlop RPI rankings. I can't find an announcement of the commitment, but TRN wouldn't have made it up. 

So, here's a quick look at our current scholarship roster math (we're finally balanced after the departure of the great class of Lord, Lampl, and Yee):

Seniors: Arbuthnott and Higuchi
Juniors: Gordon and Shin
Sophomores: Choy and Madurawe
Freshmen: Blake and Mossmer
HS Class of 2020: Ana Geller (from Argentina), and now India Houghton. 

Unless someone decides to leave early or one of Geller/Houghton backs out of the commitment, then we're done with recruiting this year on the early side.

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Stanford has now posted the fall schedule:

* October 3-6: Women's Collegiate Classic (hosted by Pepperdine in Malibu)

* October 4-6: St. Mary's Invitational, Moraga, CA

* October 18-22: ITA Northwest Regionals at Stanford.

* November 6-10: ITA National Fall Championships ("Fall Nationals") at Newport Beach, CA. To qualify for Fall Nationals, our singles players need to be quarterfinalists (or consolation finalists) at ITA All-Americans (so that's out as an option), finalists at Northwest Regionals, or be ranked highly enough to be one of 21 at-large selections. For doubles, teams need to either be semifinalists (or consolation finalists) at All-Americans, champions at Northwest Regionals, or be ranked highly enough to be one of 10 at-large duos.

* November 8-10: San Diego State Fall Classic

So, in lieu of ITA All-Americans, Stanford adds a second, higher-profile invitational tournament at the same time as the St. Mary's Invitational (and the same time as ITA All-Americans). I'm not sure exactly how many top players will be there, since the entry list at ITA All-Americans looks to have swept up the top players and teams, but we'll be there. FYI, the Pepperdine website lists this tournament as the Riviera Invitational, and until ITA All-Americans left Malibu for Tulsa, the tournament had been known in recent years as the Riviera/ITA All-American Championships. Also, for whatever players don't qualify for Fall Nationals, we'll have the San Diego State Fall Classic to get some good matches in before the fall season ends.