[ColoradoTree]

Today at 1:30pm, Stanford (still ranked #1 for the moment, though that will certainly change with next week's updated rankings) returns home to lick its wounds against St. Mary's, in its only match of the weekend.  As far as I know, we're still missing Melissa Lord (whose absence turned what should have been a close match against Vanderbilt into a rout the likes of which this team rarely endures), so hopefully she'll be back soon.

St. Mary's preview:

I'm not going to spill much ink here.  They got crushed by UCLA last weekend, and Stanford will beat them handily.  But just like with the SJSU opener, perhaps our choppy early season performance continues and St. Mary's steals a point.  No ranked singles players, but they have a ranked doubles team (at #51), so they could keep things close there.  There shouldn't be much suspense here, but at #2 singles, Clementine Clement (great name) took UCLA's Terri Fleming to a third set when the match was abandoned, so perhaps she'll give Gordon or Arbuthnott a run, depending on how the lineup looks. 

How to follow: You can live stream the match here, though hopefully the live scoring has been fixed since it wasn't working for the men's matches against USC and UCLA last weekend: http://streamingtennis.com/Cardinal/index.html

Rankings update:

January 31 team rankings:

Ranked: #1 (though we'll drop, perhaps considerably based on the thrashing we suffered against Vanderbilt, and we'd have no right to complain)

Past opponent watch: #2 Vanderbilt (though they'll rise to #1 next week, presumably, beating Baylor and then rolling us)

Future opponent watch:

#3 Florida (lost 4-1 to Florida State, will drop)
#6 Pepperdine (beat UCSB 7-0)
#11 Texas (lost to Illinois, surprisingly, but beat Northwestern)
#13 UCLA (beat St. Mary's)
#14 Cal (beat San Diego State and Santa Clara, both by 5-2 scores, which should be concerning for Cal, as I would've expected sweeps)
#20 Arizona State (beat UNLV 4-2 and Gonzaga 4-0)
#24 Washington (beat Fresno State 5-2 and Denver 5-2; UW lost the doubles point and at #2 singles in both matches)

Elsewhere in the Pac-12, USC had the week off, Oregon beat Georgia State but lost a competitive match to #7 Georgia Tech, Arizona beat a couple of bad teams, CU won a close one over Air Force, Utah beat Minnesota and DePaul, and Wazzu beat Purdue. 

Individual rankings: 

Singles:

#26 Gordon (down from #13, her season high)
#32 Arbuthnott (down from #22, her season high)
#46 Lord (down from #34; season high was #7 preseason)
#109 Lampl (down from #69; season high was #51 preseason)
NR Higuchi (steady; season high was #44 preseason)
NR Shin (steady)

Doubles:

#6 Arbuthnott/Gordon (down from #3, season high)
NR Lord/Lampl (down from season high of #41)
NR Higuchi/Shin (not yet ranked)

[ColoradoTree]

Today at 1:30pm, Stanford (still ranked #1 for the moment, though that will certainly change with next week's updated rankings) returns home to lick its wounds against St. Mary's, in its only match of the weekend.  As far as I know, we're still missing Melissa Lord (whose absence turned what should have been a close match against Vanderbilt into a rout the likes of which this team rarely endures), so hopefully she'll be back soon.

St. Mary's preview:

I'm not going to spill much ink here.  They got crushed by UCLA last weekend, and Stanford will beat them handily.  But just like with the SJSU opener, perhaps our choppy early season performance continues and St. Mary's steals a point.  No ranked singles players, but they have a ranked doubles team (at #51), so they could keep things close there.  There shouldn't be much suspense here, but at #2 singles, Clementine Clement (great name) took UCLA's Terri Fleming to a third set when the match was abandoned, so perhaps she'll give Gordon or Arbuthnott a run, depending on how the lineup looks. 

How to follow: You can live stream the match here, though hopefully the live scoring has been fixed since it wasn't working for the men's matches against USC and UCLA last weekend: http://streamingtennis.com/Cardinal/index.html

Rankings update:

January 31 team rankings:

Ranked: #1 (though we'll drop, perhaps considerably based on the thrashing we suffered against Vanderbilt, and we'd have no right to complain)

Past opponent watch: #2 Vanderbilt (though they'll rise to #1 next week, presumably, beating Baylor and then rolling us)

Future opponent watch:

#3 Florida (lost 4-1 to Florida State, will drop)
#6 Pepperdine (beat UCSB 7-0)
#11 Texas (lost to Illinois, surprisingly, but beat Northwestern)
#13 UCLA (beat St. Mary's)
#14 Cal (beat San Diego State and Santa Clara, both by 5-2 scores, which should be concerning for Cal, as I would've expected sweeps)
#20 Arizona State (beat UNLV 4-2 and Gonzaga 4-0)
#24 Washington (beat Fresno State 5-2 and Denver 5-2; UW lost the doubles point and at #2 singles in both matches)

Elsewhere in the Pac-12, USC had the week off, Oregon beat Georgia State but lost a competitive match to #7 Georgia Tech, Arizona beat a couple of bad teams, CU won a close one over Air Force, Utah beat Minnesota and DePaul, and Wazzu beat Purdue. 

Individual rankings: 

Singles:

#26 Gordon (down from #13, her season high)
#32 Arbuthnott (down from #22, her season high)
#46 Lord (down from #34; season high was #7 preseason)
#109 Lampl (down from #69; season high was #51 preseason)
NR Higuchi (steady; season high was #44 preseason)
NR Shin (steady)

Doubles:

#6 Arbuthnott/Gordon (down from #3, season high)
NR Lord/Lampl (down from season high of #41)
NR Higuchi/Shin (not yet ranked)

[ColoradoTree]

Today at 1:30pm, Stanford (still ranked #1 for the moment, though that will certainly change with next week's updated rankings) returns home to lick its wounds against St. Mary's, in its only match of the weekend.  As far as I know, we're still missing Melissa Lord (whose absence turned what should have been a close match against Vanderbilt into a rout the likes of which this team rarely endures), so hopefully she'll be back soon.

St. Mary's preview:

I'm not going to spill much ink here.  They got crushed by UCLA last weekend, and Stanford will beat them handily.  But just like with the SJSU opener, perhaps our choppy early season performance continues and St. Mary's steals a point.  No ranked singles players, but they have a ranked doubles team (at #51), so they could keep things close there.  There shouldn't be much suspense here, but at #2 singles, Clementine Clement (great name) took UCLA's Terri Fleming to a third set when the match was abandoned, so perhaps she'll give Gordon or Arbuthnott a run, depending on how the lineup looks. 

How to follow: You can live stream the match here, though hopefully the live scoring has been fixed since it wasn't working for the men's matches against USC and UCLA last weekend: http://streamingtennis.com/Cardinal/index.html

Rankings update:

January 31 team rankings:

Ranked: #1 (though we'll drop, perhaps considerably based on the thrashing we suffered against Vanderbilt, and we'd have no right to complain)

Past opponent watch: #2 Vanderbilt (though they'll rise to #1 next week, presumably, beating Baylor and then rolling us)

Future opponent watch:

#3 Florida (lost 4-1 to Florida State, will drop)
#6 Pepperdine (beat UCSB 7-0)
#11 Texas (lost to Illinois, surprisingly, but beat Northwestern)
#13 UCLA (beat St. Mary's)
#14 Cal (beat San Diego State and Santa Clara, both by 5-2 scores, which should be concerning for Cal, as I would've expected sweeps)
#20 Arizona State (beat UNLV 4-2 and Gonzaga 4-0)
#24 Washington (beat Fresno State 5-2 and Denver 5-2; UW lost the doubles point and at #2 singles in both matches)

Elsewhere in the Pac-12, USC had the week off, Oregon beat Georgia State but lost a competitive match to #7 Georgia Tech, Arizona beat a couple of bad teams, CU won a close one over Air Force, Utah beat Minnesota and DePaul, and Wazzu beat Purdue. 

Individual rankings: 

Singles:

#26 Gordon (down from #13, her season high)
#32 Arbuthnott (down from #22, her season high)
#46 Lord (down from #34; season high was #7 preseason)
#109 Lampl (down from #69; season high was #51 preseason)
NR Higuchi (steady; season high was #44 preseason)
NR Shin (steady)

Doubles:

#6 Arbuthnott/Gordon (down from #3, season high)
NR Lord/Lampl (down from season high of #41)
NR Higuchi/Shin (not yet ranked)

[ColoradoTree]

Today at 1:30pm, Stanford (still ranked #1 for the moment, though that will certainly change with next week's updated rankings) returns home to lick its wounds against St. Mary's, in its only match of the weekend.  As far as I know, we're still missing Melissa Lord (whose absence turned what should have been a close match against Vanderbilt into a rout the likes of which this team rarely endures), so hopefully she'll be back soon.

St. Mary's preview:

I'm not going to spill much ink here.  They got crushed by UCLA last weekend, and Stanford will beat them handily.  But just like with the SJSU opener, perhaps our choppy early season performance continues and St. Mary's steals a point.  No ranked singles players, but they have a ranked doubles team (at #51), so they could keep things close there.  There shouldn't be much suspense here, but at #2 singles, Clementine Clement (great name) took UCLA's Terri Fleming to a third set when the match was abandoned, so perhaps she'll give Gordon or Arbuthnott a run, depending on how the lineup looks. 

How to follow: You can live stream the match here, though hopefully the live scoring has been fixed since it wasn't working for the men's matches against USC and UCLA last weekend: http://streamingtennis.com/Cardinal/index.html

Rankings update:

January 31 team rankings:

Ranked: #1 (though we'll drop, perhaps considerably based on the thrashing we suffered against Vanderbilt, and we'd have no right to complain)

Past opponent watch: #2 Vanderbilt (though they'll rise to #1 next week, presumably, beating Baylor and then rolling us)

Future opponent watch:

#3 Florida (lost 4-1 to Florida State, will drop)
#6 Pepperdine (beat UCSB 7-0)
#11 Texas (lost to Illinois, surprisingly, but beat Northwestern)
#13 UCLA (beat St. Mary's)
#14 Cal (beat San Diego State and Santa Clara, both by 5-2 scores, which should be concerning for Cal, as I would've expected sweeps)
#20 Arizona State (beat UNLV 4-2 and Gonzaga 4-0)
#24 Washington (beat Fresno State 5-2 and Denver 5-2; UW lost the doubles point and at #2 singles in both matches)

Elsewhere in the Pac-12, USC had the week off, Oregon beat Georgia State but lost a competitive match to #7 Georgia Tech, Arizona beat a couple of bad teams, CU won a close one over Air Force, Utah beat Minnesota and DePaul, and Wazzu beat Purdue. 

Individual rankings: 

Singles:

#26 Gordon (down from #13, her season high)
#32 Arbuthnott (down from #22, her season high)
#46 Lord (down from #34; season high was #7 preseason)
#109 Lampl (down from #69; season high was #51 preseason)
NR Higuchi (steady; season high was #44 preseason)
NR Shin (steady)

Doubles:

#6 Arbuthnott/Gordon (down from #3, season high)
NR Lord/Lampl (down from season high of #41)
NR Higuchi/Shin (not yet ranked)

[oldalum]

well we crushed St. Mary's 7-0 as anticipated. Not sure how much it helps us to play these overmatched opponents, while our competition is sharpening up against the best at the National Team Indoor tournament.

Speaking of which, Pepperdine beat Vanderbilt 4-3 today in the semifinals of the National Team Indoor tournament. Pepperdine lost the doubles point in a tiebreaker for the final doubles match, but then won 4 singles matches including both #1 and #2 singles (winning the final sets at 1 and 2 decisively with scores of 6-1 and 6-0 respectively). Gives us a chance for a big win when we host Pepperdine, but even if Lord plays it's looking like a tall assignment. Very impressive for Pepperdine to beat Sharma and Contreras at #1 and #2 (as well as in doubles--those two were 0-2 on the day, which is probably not going to happen often this year).

[oldalum]

well we crushed St. Mary's 7-0 as anticipated. Not sure how much it helps us to play these overmatched opponents, while our competition is sharpening up against the best at the National Team Indoor tournament.

Speaking of which, Pepperdine beat Vanderbilt 4-3 today in the semifinals of the National Team Indoor tournament. Pepperdine lost the doubles point in a tiebreaker for the final doubles match, but then won 4 singles matches including both #1 and #2 singles (winning the final sets at 1 and 2 decisively with scores of 6-1 and 6-0 respectively). Gives us a chance for a big win when we host Pepperdine, but even if Lord plays it's looking like a tall assignment. Very impressive for Pepperdine to beat Sharma and Contreras at #1 and #2 (as well as in doubles--those two were 0-2 on the day, which is probably not going to happen often this year).

[oldalum]

well we crushed St. Mary's 7-0 as anticipated. Not sure how much it helps us to play these overmatched opponents, while our competition is sharpening up against the best at the National Team Indoor tournament.

Speaking of which, Pepperdine beat Vanderbilt 4-3 today in the semifinals of the National Team Indoor tournament. Pepperdine lost the doubles point in a tiebreaker for the final doubles match, but then won 4 singles matches including both #1 and #2 singles (winning the final sets at 1 and 2 decisively with scores of 6-1 and 6-0 respectively). Gives us a chance for a big win when we host Pepperdine, but even if Lord plays it's looking like a tall assignment. Very impressive for Pepperdine to beat Sharma and Contreras at #1 and #2 (as well as in doubles--those two were 0-2 on the day, which is probably not going to happen often this year).

[oldalum]

well we crushed St. Mary's 7-0 as anticipated. Not sure how much it helps us to play these overmatched opponents, while our competition is sharpening up against the best at the National Team Indoor tournament.

Speaking of which, Pepperdine beat Vanderbilt 4-3 today in the semifinals of the National Team Indoor tournament. Pepperdine lost the doubles point in a tiebreaker for the final doubles match, but then won 4 singles matches including both #1 and #2 singles (winning the final sets at 1 and 2 decisively with scores of 6-1 and 6-0 respectively). Gives us a chance for a big win when we host Pepperdine, but even if Lord plays it's looking like a tall assignment. Very impressive for Pepperdine to beat Sharma and Contreras at #1 and #2 (as well as in doubles--those two were 0-2 on the day, which is probably not going to happen often this year).