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RE: Women's Tennis 2024 - Lorcan - 08-19-2024
If you want a sneak preview of the future, Valerie Glozman is playing in US Open Qualies this morning on ESPN+.
She's taken the first set against Bai, 6-1 and looks good so far!
RE: Women's Tennis 2024 - OCcardinal - 08-19-2024
(08-19-2024, 08:40 AM)Lorcan Wrote: If you want a sneak preview of the future, Valerie Glozman is playing in US Open Qualies this morning on ESPN+.Bummer. Lost the 2nd set on a tiebreaker. On to the 3rd!
She's taken the first set against Bai, 6-1 and looks good so far!
RE: Women's Tennis 2024 - Lorcan - 08-19-2024
(08-19-2024, 09:38 AM)OCcardinal Wrote:(08-19-2024, 08:40 AM)Lorcan Wrote: If you want a sneak preview of the future, Valerie Glozman is playing in US Open Qualies this morning on ESPN+.Bummer. Lost the 2nd set on a tiebreaker. On to the 3rd!
She's taken the first set against Bai, 6-1 and looks good so far!
Glozman has charged out to a 4-1 lead in the third - just remains to be seen if she can hold her nerve with her Marion Bartoli-esque double handed swings on both sides.
Glozman is safely through!
6-1 6-7(5) 6-2.
She has an interesting match next against Varvara Lepchenko - a player who used to consistently hover in the top 30/40 in the world before she was disgraced due to a doping violation if I recall correctly. Hopefully, Glozman can come through against the veteran.
RE: Women's Tennis 2024 - Sakibomb25 - 08-20-2024
Whoa… ColoradoTree… big news! Did you have any idea?
How do you think it will affect recruiting, esp. after those two big gets?
RE: Women's Tennis 2024 - BobK - 08-20-2024
Saki bomb was too busy to write
Lele Forood is retiring
https://gostanford.com/news/2024/08/20/lele-forood-steps-down-as-head-coach
RE: Women's Tennis 2024 - PVTree - 08-20-2024
Tara and Lele, both coaching legends in their respective sports retire. Which coaches remain at Stanford that are long-tenured and legendary?
RE: Women's Tennis 2024 - Jamesy - 08-21-2024
(08-20-2024, 10:54 PM)PVTree Wrote: Tara and Lele, both coaching legends in their respective sports retire. Which coaches remain at Stanford that are long-tenured and legendary?
https://thecardboard.org/board/showthread.php?tid=25043
RE: Women's Tennis 2024 - terry - 08-21-2024
Wow, Lele Forood had an amazing coaching career at Stanford! I'm sorry to see her go, and I'm grateful for all she has done.
Just wondering, is there any significance to the fact that Stanford's press release says she is "stepping down" rather than "retiring"?
RE: Women's Tennis 2024 - ColoradoTree - 08-21-2024
(08-20-2024, 05:32 PM)Sakibomb25 Wrote: Whoa… ColoradoTree… big news! Did you have any idea?
How do you think it will affect recruiting, esp. after those two big gets?
Nah, I had no idea--I am nothing more than a fan who follows the team closely.
But holy mackerel. Pretty stunned. Don't know how old she is, but I think late 60s? So it's a totally reasonable choice for where she is. She has nothing left to prove, of course. But she's always been there, so even if it's reasonable, it's still shocking, and it leaves a void.
I don't know how much it affects recruiting because Stanford is so much more important than the coaching itself, but Lele is obviously a legend. Having Frankie as the interim head coach--since he's been there since '97--when his dad was the head women's coach for 20 years himself certainly helps with continuity, though.
It's the gold standard program, so I guess I can understand not immediately naming a replacement and wanting to take some time to see who emerges. But on the other hand, Frankie is an incredibly respected assistant, and he's been on the job 27 years! How can you pass over the guy? I wonder if he'll get the interim tag taken off at some point in the future to allow this moment to be fully about Lele, and then he can have his own moment down the road.
RE: Women's Tennis 2024 - StanfordMatt - 08-21-2024
(08-21-2024, 01:32 PM)ColoradoTree Wrote:(08-20-2024, 05:32 PM)Sakibomb25 Wrote: Whoa… ColoradoTree… big news! Did you have any idea?
How do you think it will affect recruiting, esp. after those two big gets?
Nah, I had no idea--I am nothing more than a fan who follows the team closely.
But holy mackerel. Pretty stunned. Don't know how old she is, but I think late 60s? So it's a totally reasonable choice for where she is. She has nothing left to prove, of course. But she's always been there, so even if it's reasonable, it's still shocking, and it leaves a void.
I don't know how much it affects recruiting because Stanford is so much more important than the coaching itself, but Lele is obviously a legend. Having Frankie as the interim head coach--since he's been there since '97--when his dad was the head women's coach for 20 years himself certainly helps with continuity, though.
It's the gold standard program, so I guess I can understand not immediately naming a replacement and wanting to take some time to see who emerges. But on the other hand, Frankie is an incredibly respected assistant, and he's been on the job 27 years! How can you pass over the guy? I wonder if he'll get the interim tag taken off at some point in the future to allow this moment to be fully about Lele, and then he can have his own moment down the road.
Agreed on Frankie although it's worth noting that this situation is almost identical to Whit being promoted to replace Dick and Whit's tenure was an unmitigated disaster.
RE: Women's Tennis 2024 - Spiny_Norman - 08-21-2024
Anson Dorrance, Lele Forood, Tara Vanderveer. All time greats who have stepped down within the last few months. You have to wonder if the current college athletic environment (and the projected future) is a factor in their decisions.
RE: Women's Tennis 2024 - BobK - 08-21-2024
Not sure who left Dorrance but a number entered the portal after last season.
RE: Women's Tennis 2024 - 82lsju - 08-21-2024
(08-21-2024, 02:11 PM)Spiny_Norman Wrote: Anson Dorrance, Lele Forood, Tara Vanderveer. All time greats who have stepped down within the last few months. You have to wonder if the current college athletic environment (and the projected future) is a factor in their decisions.
probably, but they are all +/- 70 years old, probably reasonably financially secure, and might be looking to do some other things with their lives without the time constraints of being a head coach...
RE: Women's Tennis 2024 - Sakibomb25 - 08-21-2024
Wow… I did not know about Dorrance. Super shocked… I mean I know he is getting up there in age, but I just always assumed he would be a staple in college athletics, haha.
RE: Women's Tennis 2024 - OCcardinal - 08-21-2024
(08-21-2024, 02:37 PM)BobK Wrote: Not sure who left Dorrance but a number entered the portal after last season.The transfer situation for UNC's women's soccer team this year was rough. Compare Florida State, UNC and Stanford:
Florida State - Inbound Transfers (7):
Giana Riley (junior, transfer from Gonzaga)
Marianyela Jiménez (senior, transfer from William Carey)
Nina Norshie (junior, transfer from Barton Community College)
Camille Ashe (graduate, transfer from Portland)
Carissa Boeckmann (senior, transfer from Texas A&M)
Kameron Simmonds (junior, transfer from Tennessee)
Maddie Smith (graduate, transfer from Maryland)
Florida State - Outbound Transfers (2):
Maggie Taitano (Transferred to South Carolina)
Maria Alagoa (Transferred to USC)
North Carolina Inbound Transfers (none)
North Carolina Outbound Transfers (9):
Emily Colton (Transferred to Wake Forest) [5 star midfielder; will play in the U20 world cup]
Mia Oliaro (Transferred to Duke)
Kayleigh Herr (Transferred to Penn State)
Melina Rebimbas (Transferred to Alabama)
Kai Hayes (Transferred to Baylor)
Paige Tolentino (Transferred to NC State)
Maci Teater (Transferred to Vanderbilt)
Nona Reason (Transferred to Clemson)
Sydney Cheesman (Transferred to LSU)
Stanford - Inbound Transfers (none)
Stanford - Outbound Transfers (sort of 1)
Ryan Campbell (graduate transfer to UCLA for COVID year)
RE: Women's Tennis 2024 - oldalum - 08-21-2024
(08-19-2024, 10:04 AM)Lorcan Wrote: [Valerie Glozman, 2025 recruit] has an interesting match next against Varvara Lepchenko - a player who used to consistently hover in the top 30/40 in the world before she was disgraced due to a doping violation if I recall correctly. Hopefully, Glozman can come through against the veteran.She lost in 3 close sets, 6-4, 4-6, 3-6. Good showing!
RE: Women's Tennis 2024 - Jamesy - 08-21-2024
(08-21-2024, 03:33 PM)Sakibomb25 Wrote: Wow… I did not know about Dorrance. Super shocked… I mean I know he is getting up there in age, but I just always assumed he would be a staple in college athletics, haha.
Dorrance was more of a forced retirement than voluntary.
RE: Women's Tennis 2024 - 82lsju - 08-21-2024
(08-21-2024, 04:39 PM)Jamesy Wrote:(08-21-2024, 03:33 PM)Sakibomb25 Wrote: Wow… I did not know about Dorrance. Super shocked… I mean I know he is getting up there in age, but I just always assumed he would be a staple in college athletics, haha.
Dorrance was more of a forced retirement than voluntary.
that's my take after reading these
https://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2024/08/sports-anson-dorrance-retirement-unc-womens-soccer-national-championships
https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/luke-decock/article290974810.html
RE: Women's Tennis 2024 - BostonCard - 08-30-2024
Looks like we picked up another 2025:
https://x.com/ParsaBombs/status/1829368445017977223
Tianmei Wang (UTR 10.39 / #5 in class of 2025 / #2 in CA @TennisRecNet) a Harvard de-commit.
BC