05-21-2013, 11:14 PM
If you didn't see it live, or maybe if you did, the 3 hour, 45 minute video is up at
http://www.ncaa.com/video#!playlists/spo...s-women/d1
http://www.ncaa.com/video#!playlists/spo...s-women/d1
Women's Tennis Finals Versus Texas A&M
If you didn't see it live, or maybe if you did, the 3 hour, 45 minute video is up at
http://www.ncaa.com/video#!playlists/spo...s-women/d1
http://www.ncaa.com/video#!playlists/spo...s-women/d1
05-22-2013, 06:40 AM
As Tigger would say, STUPENDEROUS!!
(sorry, my literary choices are heavily influenced by my 2-year-old these days.)
(sorry, my literary choices are heavily influenced by my 2-year-old these days.)
05-22-2013, 07:07 AM
(05-21-2013, 09:10 PM)fullmetal link Wrote:Ahn closing out Stancu was something you had to see...back and forth, back and forth. I wonder if the NCAA sells HD video recordings?After such a tough week I have to believe more rested players will tear the Stanford players up.
Hope the team can get their legs back together to make deep runs in the individual and doubles brackets!
(05-21-2013, 09:10 PM)fullmetal link Wrote:Ahn closing out Stancu was something you had to see...back and forth, back and forth. I wonder if the NCAA sells HD video recordings?After such a tough week I have to believe more rested players will tear the Stanford players up.
Hope the team can get their legs back together to make deep runs in the individual and doubles brackets!
05-22-2013, 07:10 AM
(05-21-2013, 08:40 PM)Spiny_Norman link Wrote:I just got back from the coaches roadshow in LA. After Coaches Dawkins, Vanderveer and Shaw had spoken and taken questions from the audience, Bernard Muir returned to the podium. We all knew that the match had to be close to complete. He said to the crowd, "When the evening began, Stanford had 103 national championships. We now have 104." Son of a gun, they did it. Congratulations on a fantastic effort!! All right now!!
Any insights you can share?
(05-21-2013, 08:40 PM)Spiny_Norman link Wrote:I just got back from the coaches roadshow in LA. After Coaches Dawkins, Vanderveer and Shaw had spoken and taken questions from the audience, Bernard Muir returned to the podium. We all knew that the match had to be close to complete. He said to the crowd, "When the evening began, Stanford had 103 national championships. We now have 104." Son of a gun, they did it. Congratulations on a fantastic effort!! All right now!!
Any insights you can share?
05-22-2013, 07:17 AM
It seems like an inherent disadvantage for the singles and doubles teams from the schools that play in the semi-finals and finals. Hopefully Stanford's training staff has a lot of experience in dealing with just that issue and has a strategy in place to help our ladies be successful.
I wonder if the extra tiny bit of motivation, know that "the streak" was on their shoulders, helped push the players over the edge. There has to be an additional source of pride for them knowing that they saved that streak and also perhaps clinched the D-cup.
I wonder if the extra tiny bit of motivation, know that "the streak" was on their shoulders, helped push the players over the edge. There has to be an additional source of pride for them knowing that they saved that streak and also perhaps clinched the D-cup.
It seems like an inherent disadvantage for the singles and doubles teams from the schools that play in the semi-finals and finals. Hopefully Stanford's training staff has a lot of experience in dealing with just that issue and has a strategy in place to help our ladies be successful.
I wonder if the extra tiny bit of motivation, know that "the streak" was on their shoulders, helped push the players over the edge. There has to be an additional source of pride for them knowing that they saved that streak and also perhaps clinched the D-cup.
I wonder if the extra tiny bit of motivation, know that "the streak" was on their shoulders, helped push the players over the edge. There has to be an additional source of pride for them knowing that they saved that streak and also perhaps clinched the D-cup.
05-22-2013, 07:23 AM
I missed watching this one live, but I highly enjoyed reading the commentary this morning.
Great job by the amazing Stanford athletes. Man, it's fun to be a fan.
Great job by the amazing Stanford athletes. Man, it's fun to be a fan.
05-22-2013, 08:14 AM
So I got to see probably the top two women's sports moments of the season -- beating Baylor in b'ball and winning the tennis championship -- LIVE in a grainy little picture on my computer monitor... Ain't technology wonderful! ;D
05-22-2013, 10:54 AM
(05-21-2013, 08:40 PM)Spiny_Norman link Wrote:I just got back from the coaches roadshow in LA. After Coaches Dawkins, Vanderveer and Shaw had spoken and taken questions from the audience, ...
Anything to report?
(05-21-2013, 08:40 PM)Spiny_Norman link Wrote:I just got back from the coaches roadshow in LA. After Coaches Dawkins, Vanderveer and Shaw had spoken and taken questions from the audience, ...
Anything to report?
05-22-2013, 12:43 PM
(05-22-2013, 10:54 AM)washingtonismoney link Wrote:[quote author=Spiny_Norman link=topic=7917.msg62463#msg62463 date=1369194012]
I just got back from the coaches roadshow in LA. After Coaches Dawkins, Vanderveer and Shaw had spoken and taken questions from the audience, ...
Anything to report?
[/quote]
Am writing up my mental notes and will post on a separate thread soon. Here's a teaser - Tara did provide a direct answer to a question about Toni Kokenis.
"We have an unwritten rule around here not to do anything stupid."
-Casey Jacobsen, Feb 3, 2000
(05-22-2013, 10:54 AM)washingtonismoney link Wrote:[quote author=Spiny_Norman link=topic=7917.msg62463#msg62463 date=1369194012]
I just got back from the coaches roadshow in LA. After Coaches Dawkins, Vanderveer and Shaw had spoken and taken questions from the audience, ...
Anything to report?
[/quote]
Am writing up my mental notes and will post on a separate thread soon. Here's a teaser - Tara did provide a direct answer to a question about Toni Kokenis.
"We have an unwritten rule around here not to do anything stupid."
-Casey Jacobsen, Feb 3, 2000
05-22-2013, 01:17 PM
(05-21-2013, 11:14 PM)MT link Wrote:If you didn't see it live, or maybe if you did, the 3 hour, 45 minute video is up at
http://www.ncaa.com/video#!playlists/spo...s-women/d1
The video here is better quality thank the livestream, and it's got audio! I was getting no audio during the actual event. Amazing!
(05-21-2013, 11:14 PM)MT link Wrote:If you didn't see it live, or maybe if you did, the 3 hour, 45 minute video is up at
http://www.ncaa.com/video#!playlists/spo...s-women/d1
The video here is better quality thank the livestream, and it's got audio! I was getting no audio during the actual event. Amazing!
05-22-2013, 01:26 PM
(05-22-2013, 01:17 PM)fullmetal link Wrote:The video here is better quality thank the livestream, and it's got audio! I was getting no audio during the actual event. Amazing!
Huh, I had audio. I went to the main stream, not an individual court.
05-22-2013, 01:28 PM
(05-21-2013, 07:24 PM)Farm93 link Wrote:The Rose Bowl trip would have felt a little hollow without keeping the NCAA Team Title run alive.Â
Seriously? Wow. I don't feel that way. I love the fact that the NCAA title streak continues. But the streak has nothing to do with the Rose Bowl. For me, if the streak ended, it wouldn't take anything away from the Rose Bowl . . .
(05-21-2013, 07:24 PM)Farm93 link Wrote:The Rose Bowl trip would have felt a little hollow without keeping the NCAA Team Title run alive.Â
Seriously? Wow. I don't feel that way. I love the fact that the NCAA title streak continues. But the streak has nothing to do with the Rose Bowl. For me, if the streak ended, it wouldn't take anything away from the Rose Bowl . . .
05-23-2013, 01:25 PM
(05-22-2013, 07:07 AM)Farm93 link Wrote:[quote author=fullmetal link=topic=7917.msg62469#msg62469 date=1369195828]After such a tough week I have to believe more rested players will tear the Stanford players up.
Ahn closing out Stancu was something you had to see...back and forth, back and forth. I wonder if the NCAA sells HD video recordings?
Hope the team can get their legs back together to make deep runs in the individual and doubles brackets!
[/quote]
Sad to report that our heroine, Kristie Ahn, got knocked out of the singles tournament in the first round. I wonder if she left it ALL on the court to win that last team match. Gibbs and Hardebeck did advance.
I watched the team final with my wife (who played D3 tennis). Terrific to get color commentary for a sport where I only know the basics. She only had to watch a couple games of Ahn to assure me that the championship was in the bag. Her assessment was that Ahn is MUCH more skilled player than her opponent or Herdebeck. Much wider repertoire and better decision-making. Hope Ahn and Gibbs go far in the doubles bracket.
Fullmetal makes an interesting point. I wonder how much effort players, in general, put during the team portion, to save themselves for singles and doubles. If that happens, then kudos to the Women's Tennis team for giving their all for the team and the school.
(05-22-2013, 07:07 AM)Farm93 link Wrote:[quote author=fullmetal link=topic=7917.msg62469#msg62469 date=1369195828]After such a tough week I have to believe more rested players will tear the Stanford players up.
Ahn closing out Stancu was something you had to see...back and forth, back and forth. I wonder if the NCAA sells HD video recordings?
Hope the team can get their legs back together to make deep runs in the individual and doubles brackets!
[/quote]
Sad to report that our heroine, Kristie Ahn, got knocked out of the singles tournament in the first round. I wonder if she left it ALL on the court to win that last team match. Gibbs and Hardebeck did advance.
I watched the team final with my wife (who played D3 tennis). Terrific to get color commentary for a sport where I only know the basics. She only had to watch a couple games of Ahn to assure me that the championship was in the bag. Her assessment was that Ahn is MUCH more skilled player than her opponent or Herdebeck. Much wider repertoire and better decision-making. Hope Ahn and Gibbs go far in the doubles bracket.
Fullmetal makes an interesting point. I wonder how much effort players, in general, put during the team portion, to save themselves for singles and doubles. If that happens, then kudos to the Women's Tennis team for giving their all for the team and the school.
05-23-2013, 09:51 PM
Ahn might have been subconsciously saving herself for the doubles bracket, which is being concurrently run with the singles bracket. Both brackets end with championships on the 27th.
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