10-31-2019, 09:31 AM
Well, it looks like the fall season won't quite be over after Fall Nationals, at least for Michaela Gordon: https://www.usta.com/en/home/stay-curren...-bid-.html.
She's a part of Team USA for the International Collegiate Team Competition (like a Fed/Davis/Ryder Cup for collegiate tennis, apparently), which takes place in Grenoble, France, from Nov. 29 to Dec. 1. From what I can tell, she's the first Stanford woman to be selected for this event for Team USA (who started going to it in 2008). Team USA has won 9 times in 12 outings (though the tournament has been held 14 times). Also on the team is UCLA senior Jada Hart and UNC senior Alexa Graham. Three men join the team as well, including our own Alexandre Rotsaert, Illinois senior Aleks Kovacevic, and UCLA junior Keegan Smith.
Also in the tournament are Belgium, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, and Italy. Perhaps we'll see Arbuthnott named to Team GB (though she wasn't last year)? We could see some familiar names on some of those other teams, like WSU's Michaela Bayerlova for Germany, or Texas's Bianca and Anna Turati playing for Italy.
The format is two women's singles matches, two men's singles matches, a women's doubles match, a men's doubles match, and a mixed doubles match. The first to four matches wins, though they usually play it out until the final itself, apparently.
She's a part of Team USA for the International Collegiate Team Competition (like a Fed/Davis/Ryder Cup for collegiate tennis, apparently), which takes place in Grenoble, France, from Nov. 29 to Dec. 1. From what I can tell, she's the first Stanford woman to be selected for this event for Team USA (who started going to it in 2008). Team USA has won 9 times in 12 outings (though the tournament has been held 14 times). Also on the team is UCLA senior Jada Hart and UNC senior Alexa Graham. Three men join the team as well, including our own Alexandre Rotsaert, Illinois senior Aleks Kovacevic, and UCLA junior Keegan Smith.
Also in the tournament are Belgium, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, and Italy. Perhaps we'll see Arbuthnott named to Team GB (though she wasn't last year)? We could see some familiar names on some of those other teams, like WSU's Michaela Bayerlova for Germany, or Texas's Bianca and Anna Turati playing for Italy.
The format is two women's singles matches, two men's singles matches, a women's doubles match, a men's doubles match, and a mixed doubles match. The first to four matches wins, though they usually play it out until the final itself, apparently.