05-07-2025, 01:14 PM
(01-27-2025, 04:15 PM)ColoradoTree Wrote: That would put next year's roster like this:
Seniors: Driscoll (and Sun)
Juniors: Hui
Sophomores: Glozman (and Shaffer)
Freshmen: Ahn, Ekstrand, Wang
Not sure precisely how those freshmen line up, but presumably it would be Glozman at 1, Hui at 2, then the three freshmen, then Driscoll at 6. That's a pretty good lineup, albeit a young one. And if Yepifanova ends up redshirting this year and comes back for next spring (probably unlikely if a pro career is beckoning at that point, but hope springs eternal), we could really have something going.
Revisiting these thoughts from a few months ago, and Driscoll's performance over the course of the year certainly puts her higher in next year's pecking order than I was thinking back then. Precisely how it all shakes out remains to be seen, and often times the projected order of freshmen coming in doesn't match the first lineups we see in the spring.
Of note, Ekstrand got a wild card to a 35K-level professional even in Jackson, MS in early April, and she ended up winning the whole thing for her first professional title. Congrats to her!
