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Women's Tennis Preview Vol. II: Northwest Regionals - ColoradoTree - 10-18-2018
This Friday, the ITA Northwest Regionals kick off from Stanford, with the singles finalists and the doubles champions claiming a spot at ITA Fall Nationals in November. Before we delve into the draws, here are some things to remember:
* In doubles, the Stanford teams of Emily Arbuthnott/Michaela Gordon and Caroline Lampl/Kimberly Yee have already qualified for Fall Nationals through their performances at the ITA All-American Championships a couple of weeks ago (Arbuthnott/Gordon as consolation champions, Lampl/Yee as main draw runners-up), so they're not participating here (though Yee is partnering with Niluka Madurawe). Why, you ask? If they don't play, then perhaps a third Stanford team can get to Fall Nationals, but if they play and win, then that just opens up another at-large spot that wouldn't go to a Stanford team.
* In singles, no one has yet qualified for Fall Nationals, but three Stanford players have a great shot. The rankings of Gordon, Lord, and Arbuthnott mean they might make it even without making the finals of Northwest Regionals, as there are 20 at-large selections to that tournament, and they're selected from a list in order after averaging preseason ranking, UTR, and the unpublished ITA ranking as of October 24. But in order to even be eligible, you need to have reached the Round of 16 at ITA All-Americans (which Lord and Arbuthnott both did) or the regional quarterfinals. Thus, Lord and Arbuthnott are likely already good to go, while Gordon needs to reach the quarterfinals at Northwest Regionals to become eligible for an at-large pick. Remember that most of the top 20 either has already qualified through how they did at All-Americans or will qualify through the regional route, so those three would be near the top of the at-large list and comfortably in the top 20. Lord qualified for an at-large pick last year, but didn't go, presumably due to injury.
* At this tournament last year, Gordon beat Arbuthnott in the singles final, which sent both of them to Fall Nationals. Gordon/Arbuthnott didn't qualify for Fall Nationals in doubles, but because they were both already there for the singles tournament and there was a withdrawal, they got slotted in and then won the whole darn thing.
* Northwest Regionals was an all-Stanford set of semifinals last year, with Arbuthnott beating Lord (7-6, 6-4) and Gordon beating Shin (6-1, 6-0). That'll be tough to top this year, with top 50 players from Washington (#9 Stacey Fung and #25 Vanessa Wong), Cal (#28 Julia Rosenqvist, #29 Anna Bright, and #34 Olivia Hauger), and Oregon (#42 Shweta Sangwan). We dodged two bullets, as much-improved Sophie Whittle from Gonzaga (the ITA All-Americans Champion) is only entering the doubles tournament, as she's already qualified for Fall Nationals in singles, and Washington State decided not to show up, so #17 Michaela Bayerlova isn't in the draw.
Onto the draws!
Singles
On the singles side, here are the seeds, with ranking in parentheses:
(1) Stacey Fung, UW (#9)
(2) Michaela Gordon (#10)
(3) Melissa Lord (#13)
(4) Emily Arbuthnott (#24)
(5) Vanessa Wong, UW (#25)
(6) Julia Rosenqvist, Cal (#28)
(7) Anna Bright, Cal (#29)
(8) Olivia Hauger, Cal (#34)
(9-16) Shweta Sangwan, Oregon (#42)
(9-16) Caroline Lampl (#47)
(9-16) Janice Shin (#56)
(9-16) Emma Higuchi (#63)
(9-16) Maria Kozyreva, St. Mary's (#85)
(9-16) Maddie Pothoff, Santa Clara (#110)
(9-16) Daniela Nasser, Oregon (NR)
(9-16) Niluka Madurawe (NR, freshman)
Cool that Madurawe grabbed a seed there, and that St. Mary's Invitational title obviously loomed large there. The other freshman, Sara Choy, is unseeded, as are the walk-ons. (This tournament is great because the entire Stanford roster participates, scholarship or not.)
Top quarter:
UW's Fung is the #1 seed, which is fair, since she's ranked higher than Gordon (by a single spot, but still). The Stanford players in her quarter of the draw are Lampl and Choy. Lampl would run into Fung in the Round of 16, absent an upset, and Choy will need to knock off Oregon's Nasser (maybe) and then Cal's Rosenqvist (very doubtful) to make a deep run.
Second quarter:
Lord is the top seed here, and it all sets up nicely for her to go through to the semifinal here. #85 Kozyreva of St. Mary's is the seed she'll face in the Round of 16, and the quarterfinal matchup would be either Higuchi or Cal's Hauger, both players Lord should solidly beat when healthy.
Third quarter:
Arbuthnott and Wong are the top seeds, but they don't have much of a history if they meet in the quarterfinal. Last year, Lord lost a tough three-setter to Wong when we played UW in Seattle, but quickly exorcised those demons a couple weeks later at the Pac-12 tournament, 6-1, 6-1. Wong would have to get past Janice Shin in the Round of 16, and I'm looking forward to seeing how she competes with Wong.
Fourth quarter:
This is Gordon's quarter, and the other high seed she'll face is 7th-seeded Anna Bright of Cal. Bright has done well, but Gordon is the better player, and I'd expect Gordon to get through (she beat Bright 6-1, 6-0 in the quarterfinals of last year's Northwest Regionals, for what it's worth). But Bright will have to get past Stanford's Madurawe first, and that match is one I'm looking forward to seeing. And Gordon would have to get past Oregon's Sangwan first, who's no easy out. (Lord needed three tough sets to beat her in last year's Northwest Regionals.)
Doubles
Less Stanford action because we've already qualified two teams for Fall Nationals, but Madurawe-Yee have the 4 seed, and Lord-Shin have the 3 seed. Assuming they start to advance, I'll pay a little more attention, but (1) Rosenqvist/Bright (Cal) will be tough, as will (2) Sangwan/Eshet of Oregon (Sangwan won the title last year with the since-graduated Alyssa Tobita).
Can I watch?
For the first time this year, you can! Live scoring and video is available at the usual site, http://streamingtennis.com/Cardinal/?DB_OEM_ID=30600. If you're in town, head on by Taube and check it out!
Tomorrow’s action really should be routine, though, and you should expect every Stanford scholarship athlete to roll convincingly. Lampl kicks things off at 10:15, Sara Choy is up at 11:30, Kimberly Yee is at 12:00, Janice Shin is at 1:00, Emily Arbuthnott is at 2:00, and Madurawe is at 2:30. Gordon and Lord have first-round byes, and Higuchi is through to the second round because her opponent withdrew due to injury. Second round action follows later in the afternoon, with Gordon and Lampl up at 3:30 with the others to follow.
In doubles, Higuchi and Choy are up at 9:15, but the other doubles teams don’t play until Saturday.
This is a fun tournament. Enjoy, folks.
RE: Women's Tennis Preview Vol. II: Northwest Regionals - M T - 10-19-2018
Thanks for posting this. I tried to find info elsewhere on the web (incl gostanford.com) and got almost nothing.
EDIT: Ah... Here is the info page.
RE: Women's Tennis Preview Vol. II: Northwest Regionals - ColoradoTree - 10-19-2018
Yep, MT's link gets you the draws and results. FYI, this is the only ITA regional, from what I can tell, that is sticking by the old USTA website rather than migrating to the R2Sports site that was used for ITA All-Americans. I don't recall exactly how quickly they populated completed matches last year, but IIRC, it was a good deal better than R2Sports.
Just so it's all in one spot, you can get live scoring and video here: http://streamingtennis.com/Cardinal/?DB_OEM_ID=30600
And info on draws and completed matches here: https://tennislink.usta.com/Tournaments/TournamentHome/Tournament.aspx?T=229306
RE: Women's Tennis Preview Vol. II: Northwest Regionals - ColoradoTree - 10-19-2018
I think Choy and Higuchi are on Court 1 right now playing doubles, but there isn't any live scoring after all--just the live video. That said, the USTA site has been very good at updating scores so far.
Santa Clara's Maddie Pothoff has withdrawn due to injury, so Arbuthnott's section of the draw just got a little easier, since Pothoff was the lower seed there. Now the first seed Arbuthnott would be slated to play is the winner between Shin and UW's Vanessa Wong, barring upsets.
Pothoff's withdrawal is good news for Stanford in doubles, as she was part of the 8th-seeded doubles team, and Choy/Higuchi would've played them in the second round, but will instead play a team from Gonzaga (not Gonzaga's top team, as Whittle isn't playing, but probably what might be the #3 team this year). The first seeded team Choy/Higuchi would face (if they advance, of course) is 2nd seeded Sangwan/Eshet from Oregon in the quarterfinals.
Just saw this on Twitter--this is really cool:
https://twitter.com/praisethemlord/status/1053307361325023232
RE: Women's Tennis Preview Vol. II: Northwest Regionals - ColoradoTree - 10-19-2018
First round results are coming in, and things have gone as expected so far (I'll edit this post with results as they come in):
First Round
Singles:
(9) Lampl d. Vinolas (UOP) 6-2, 6-0
(9) Higuchi d. Madison Clarke (Santa Clara), w/o (injury)
Nina Nikitovic (Portland State) d. Choy 6-0, 6-2 (note: this is what the website says, but it's such a shocking result that I'm assuming they inputted the winner wrong. Nikitovic was a freshman for Portland last year, barely played, didn't win a competitive match, and then transferred to Portland State, and now she's wiping the floor with blue chips at the top program in the country? No, either this is an error, or Choy is injured, or Choy isn't who we thought she was.)
Yee d. Jayden Nielsen (Sac State) 2-6, 6-1, 6-1
(9) Shin d. Savannah Sendar (SJSU) (score is shown on website as Sendar winning 6-0, 6-0, but I watched Shin win a few games, so they must have this reversed, too)
(4) Arbuthnott vs. Jane Ellis (Fresno State)
(9) Madurawe vs. Nikita Pradeep (UC Davis)
Doubles:
Higuchi/Choy d. Townsend/Vyrlan (UOP) 8-2.
Second Round (also today for singles, tomorrow in doubles):
Singles:
(2) Gordon vs. Alessa Dario (Fresno State), 6-2, 6-0
(9) Lampl d. Jessica Zeynel (Cal), 6-1, 6-2
Choy d. Anneroos Nederstigt (UOP), 6-2, 6-3
(3) Lord d. Tamara Culibrk (SJSU), 6-0, 6-2
(8) Olivia Hauger (Cal) d. Yee, 6-4, 6-2
(9) Higuchi won 6-0, 6-0
(9) Shin won 6-2, 6-0
(4) Arbuthnott won 6-0, 6-3
(9) Madurawe d. Garley (Gonzaga) 6-4, 4-6, 7-5
Doubles:
(3) Lord/Shin vs. Bryant/van Ebbe (UC Davis), 9:00am Saturday
(4) Madurawe/Yee vs. Lee/Nederstigt (UOP), 9:00am Saturday
Higuchi/Choy vs. Day/Ketels (Gonzaga), 9:00am Saturday
RE: Women's Tennis Preview Vol. II: Northwest Regionals - Lorcan - 10-19-2018
You were correct on the Sara Choy being reversed. She's now into the third round with a win over Anneroos Nederstigt 6-2 6-3. Daniela Nasser of Oregon is next for her.
RE: Women's Tennis Preview Vol. II: Northwest Regionals - BobK - 10-20-2018
Results and today’s schedule
https://gostanford.com/news/2018/10/20/womens-tennis-strong-opening-day.aspx
RE: Women's Tennis Preview Vol. II: Northwest Regionals - ColoradoTree - 10-20-2018
So, every scholarship singles player advanced to the Round of 32 except for Yee, who had the bad luck to draw Cal’s Olivia Hauger in the second round. And now that we’ve mostly gotten through the UOPs and Sac States of the world (still a few more in this round), the real matches start.
Round of 32 (all matches at 10:30):
(9) Lampl vs. Jessica Walker (UC Davis) (winner will likely get top seed Stacey Fung of UW this afternoon)
Choy vs. (9) Daniela Nasser (Oregon) (winner will likely get (6) Rosenqvist of Cal this afternoon)
(3) Lord vs. Katarina Kopcalic (UW) (winner will likely get (9) Kozyreva of St. Mary’s this afternoon)
(9) Higuchi vs. Lourdes Ramalle (Portland) (winner will likely get (8) Hauger of Cal this afternoon)
(4) Arbuthnott vs. Aubane Ville (St. Mary’s)(winner will get an unseeded player)
(9) Shin vs. Jelena Lukic (Portland) (winner will likely get (5) Wong from UW this afternoon)
(9) Madurawe vs. Kimberley Bhunu (Portland) (winner will likely get (7) Anna Bright of Cal this afternoon)
(2) Gordon vs. Delara Zamani (UW) (winner will likely get (9) Sangwan of Oregon this afternoon
The Round of 16 matches will start at 1:30 this afternoon, with the quarterfinals tomorrow. I’d expect Madurawe to beat a player like this, but she needed three long sets yesterday, so she may be tired. Remember that Gordon likely locks up an at-large bid to Fall Nationals with two wins today.
Choy has the toughest match in this round, as Nasser took Lampl to the limit in last year’s dual match, with Lampl winning 7-6, 7-5. UW’s Kopcalic gave Higuchi a tough match last year, with Higuchi needing a third set (though she rolled in it), and Shin was about to beat her at Pac-12s, up 6-2, 5-4 when the match was clinched. But we’re mostly past the matches where we’ll just outclass opponents. Lord will have to work a little in this one, though she should still win comfortably.
In doubles, all three teams are playing now, and I’d expect all three to win, with the Round of 16 coming tomorrow.
Indeed, doubles went just fine:
(3) Lord/Shin d. Bryant/van Ebbe (UC Davis), 8-2
(4) Madurawe/Yee d. Lee/Nederstigt (UOP), 8-1
Higuchi/Choy d. Day/Ketels (Gonzaga), 8-2
Up next is the Round of 16 tomorrow morning at 10:00am:
(3) Lord/Shin vs. Boyden/Olyphant (Cal Poly)
(4) Madurawe/Yee vs. Smith/Stloukalova (Cal)
Higuchi/Choy vs. Borjeson/Colyer (USF)
With wins, they'd advance to the quarterfinals tomorrow at 2:00pm, with Lord/Shin likely facing Cal's Bright/Dunk (the 7 seed), Higuchi/Choy likely facing Eshet/Sangwan of Oregon (the 2 seed), and Madurawe/Yee facing Gonzaga's Garley/Rosas.
RE: Women's Tennis Preview Vol. II: Northwest Regionals - ColoradoTree - 10-20-2018
Everyone won their round of 32 matches, and only Shin and Choy needed a third set. Really nice result for Choy!
RE: Women's Tennis Preview Vol. II: Northwest Regionals - ColoradoTree - 10-20-2018
And, my goodness, the results keep coming.
Today, our two freshmen—who are highly unlikely to see the court this spring—knocked off Cal’s #1 and #2 players, with Choy beating Rosenqvist 3-6, 6-4, 7-5, and Madurawe beating Bright 7-6, 7-6.
We took care of Washington’s top two players as well, with Lampl scoring a terrific win over Fung, 6-4, 7-6, and Shin knocking off Wong 7-5, 6-1.
Also through to the quarterfinals are Melissa Lord (who struggled a bit to put away St. Mary’s Kozyreva, 6-3, 2-6, 6-4) and Emily Arbuthnott, who rolled 6-0, 6-2.
Gordon’s match hasn’t gone final yet (or at least hasn’t been uploaded), but pending that result, only one non-Stanford player is through to the quarters, and that’s Cal’s Olivia Hauger, who beat Higuchi rather handily. No shame there, though; Hauger is Cal’s #3 and a tough matchup for Emma.
But that’s six spots in the quarters, folks. And it might soon be seven. Goodness.
RE: Women's Tennis Preview Vol. II: Northwest Regionals - ColoradoTree - 10-20-2018
And indeed, it is seven. Gordon takes down Sangwan, 6-4, 7-6.
3 of 4 quarterfinals tomorrow will have the feel of challenge matches. Let’s hope Lord takes down Hauger (and she should, she’s better and she’s playing at home) to make it another set of all-Stanford semifinals just like last year.
It’ll be Lampl vs. Choy, Lord vs. Cal’s Hauger, Shin vs. Arbuthnott, and Gordon vs. Madurawe. All tomorrow at noon.
RE: Women's Tennis Preview Vol. II: Northwest Regionals - Lorcan - 10-21-2018
I'm pretty sure Melissa Lord just lost the first set to Hauger. Hauger's mixing up her shots and giving Lord no pace, but honestly, Lord is just missing shots by going for too much.
RE: Women's Tennis Preview Vol. II: Northwest Regionals - Lorcan - 10-21-2018
Olivia Hauger has now defeated Yee, Higuchi, and Lord en route to the semi-finals with a 6-1 6-4 over Lord. I really do wonder if Yee had been in a different section of the draw if she would've been able to make a run. Caroline Lampl also advanced with a 6-1 6-4 win over Choy.
RE: Women's Tennis Preview Vol. II: Northwest Regionals - ColoradoTree - 10-21-2018
Ugh, what a disappointing result for Lord. She’s just too good to drop a set 6-1 to Hauger, though Hauger is good, too! This tournament isn’t the one that matters, so if Lord were doing some “range finding” to better calibrate those sideline and baseline shots, that’s morw important than booking a win. But, obviously, winning is good and has its own positive effects on your game.
Lampl can keep Hauger from booking a trip to Fall Nationals by winning that semi, and it should be a great match. Lampl is playing great here, and Hauger had just taken the first set in a tiebreaker over Lampl last year when the match was called.
The other semi will be Gordon (who beat Madurawe 6-3, 6-2) against the Arbuthnott/Shin winner.
The results from the Lampl-Choy and Gordon-Madurawe matches are basically what I would consider ideal. The better, more experienced players prevailed, but they had to work for it. (5 games across 2 sets was the standard for keeping a match from blowout territory when I played; not sure if that’s still the case.)
RE: Women's Tennis Preview Vol. II: Northwest Regionals - Lorcan - 10-21-2018
Arbuthnott with a tough 3-set victory over Shin 6-4 5-7 6-2 sees her join Lampl, Gordon, and Hauger in the semis.
RE: Women's Tennis Preview Vol. II: Northwest Regionals - ColoradoTree - 10-22-2018
(10-21-2018, 05:51 PM)Lorcan Wrote: Arbuthnott with a tough 3-set victory over Shin 6-4 5-7 6-2 sees her join Lampl, Gordon, and Hauger in the semis.
This result took some of the sting out of Lord losing to Hauger. Arbuthnott has shown she can compete with top players in the country, and that's borne out by her Top 25 ranking. Shin has just one year of college tennis under her belt (an excellent year, I'll grant you), and she's pushing Arbuthnott to the limit. Good! That's what we want to see out of our younger players!
The singles semifinals are today at 1:00pm. At this point, Gordon, Lord, and Arbuthnott have all effectively locked up at-large bids to Fall Nationals, but one of Gordon or Arbuthnott will make it official by making the final. Lampl could make it four Stanford singles players at Fall Nationals if she can make the final over Hauger. (Hauger, for what it's worth, is probably also going to get an at-large spot with her performance here, whether she wins today or not, but Lampl probably needs the automatic berth.) I don't think Lampl is scared of anyone right now, having knocked off #9 Stacey Fung of UW. And it's fair to say she knows Hauger pretty well:
* Three years ago, in the #5 slot, Lampl beat Hauger 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 in the first Stanford-Cal match of the year, and won again 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 to clinch the second match (that year, as we used to, we played Cal twice, with only one of the matches counting for conference standings). But she then lost to Hauger in the Pac-12 tournament singles final, 6-1, 6-4. (This was before the Pac-12 moved to having a team tournament, rather than singles and doubles tournaments).
* Two years ago, in the #4 slot, Lampl beat Hauger 6-2, 6-7, 6-4 at the #4 spot in the dual match, and then was on serve early in the third set of the Pac-12 championship when the match was called (Hauger was technically leading 6-7, 6-2, 1-0, but they were on serve).
* Last year, in the #3 slot, Hauger won the first set in a tiebreaker, but Lampl was up 1-0 in the second set.
So, from my quick research, it looks like Lampl has a 3-1 career record over Hauger, with all three of Lampl's wins coming in three-set marathons in team play. Hauger's lone win was in individual tournament play, however, and like I've said about Lampl before, she is the consummate team player--she elevates her play when a team result is on the line, but her individual tournament play sometime hasn't reached that level. In short, Lampl knows she can beat her, but Hauger knows she can beat Lampl. If I were in town early for the reunion weekend, I'd be at this match today.
In the other semifinal, I want Gordon to win for the same reason I wanted Lampl to beat Choy and Gordon to beat Madurawe. I want our best players to consistently be our best players. I want Gordon to have a little more of a killer instinct than she did last year, so ideally, Arbuthnott pushes her, but Gordon finds another gear and pulls it off. Something like last year's Northwest Regional championship scoreline of 7-5, 6-2 would fit the bill nicely.
P.S. If Hauger ends up winning this tournament, I'm going to scream.
Oh, and the doubles semifinals will also be at 1:00pm. Madurawe/Yee are into the semis vs. Washington's Fung/Zupancic, while the other semifinal is Cal's Bright/Dunk vs. Oregon's Eshet/Sangwan.
After Shin's lengthy and tough loss to Arbuthnott in singles, she had to turn around and play her doubles quarterfinal with Lord against Cal's Anna Bright and Jasie Dunk, and Lord/Shin lost 8-6, so the gambit to send another team to Fall Nationals fell short. Sure, Madurawe/Yee are still alive, but Yee already qualified for Fall Nationals with Lampl, and that's the team this spring, so Madurawe won't book a ticket with a win at this tournament. (I suppose it's possible that Fall Nationals might let Madurawe partner with another player, but when this situation happened last year, and UCLA's Jada Hart qualified for doubles with two different partners, the second partner stayed home, so based on that, I'm assuming they won't allow it.) More likely is that since Lord will be there already for singles, they might let her play with Shin if there's a withdrawal and a need for an alternate, but I suspect a team of two already-qualified singles players would take precedent. But tournament wins are tournament wins, so let's get both titles!
RE: Women's Tennis Preview Vol. II: Northwest Regionals - ColoradoTree - 10-22-2018
The semis were all supposed to be at 1:00pm, but they're happening now anyway! Gordon-Arbuthnott is on Court 1, Lampl-Hauger is on Court 2, and Madurawe/Yee vs. Fung/Zupancic is on Court 3.
I haven't been paying attention well enough to have a solid take on how the matches are going, but I think Lampl just lost. We'll find out soon enough.
Well, all three Stanford-involved matches are done; I just don't know how they all turned out.
good news! - oldalum - 10-22-2018
Lampl beat Hauger 6-1 6-4, yeah! I love it when we beat Hauger, not just because she's Cal, but also because she's one of those human backboard defensive returners and I hate playing those kind of players! A pox on them all!
Yee and Madurawe also won and will play Cal in the doubles final.
Don't know about Gordon/Arbuthnott. (but I predict a victory for Stanford)
RE: good news! - ColoradoTree - 10-22-2018
(10-22-2018, 02:46 PM)oldalum Wrote: Lampl beat Hauger 6-1 6-4, yeah! I love it when we beat Hauger, not just because she's Cal, but also because she's one of those human backboard defensive returners and I hate playing those kind of players! A pox on them all!
Yee and Madurawe also won and will play Cal in the doubles final.
Don't know about Gordon/Arbuthnott. (but I predict a victory for Stanford)
Man, did I misread the post-match demeanor. Hauger came over, enthusiastically high-fived her coach, and they then fist-bumped as they watched Gordon and Arbuthnott play. Sure, one should be congratulated for a tournament run like that, but it just seemed out of place for someone who just lost and apparently was competitive in the second set.
I see those results from Cal's Twitter account, but I haven't seen the official tournament update yet. Good eye!
RE: Women's Tennis Preview Vol. II: Northwest Regionals - ColoradoTree - 10-22-2018
With that win over Hauger, Lampl books a spot at Fall Nationals! She was already going in doubles, but she's now qualified for both singles and doubles. Assuming the at-large berths work as expected, this will be the group we send to that tournament:
Singles: Gordon, Lord, Arbuthnott, and Lampl
Doubles: Arbuthnott/Gordon and Lampl/Yee
Quote:In the other semifinal, I want Gordon to win for the same reason I wanted Lampl to beat Choy and Gordon to beat Madurawe. I want our best players to consistently be our best players. I want Gordon to have a little more of a killer instinct than she did last year, so ideally, Arbuthnott pushes her, but Gordon finds another gear and pulls it off. Something like last year's Northwest Regional championship scoreline of 7-5, 6-2 would fit the bill nicely.
And Gordon pulled it off 7-5, 6-1, so that's just about perfect. She books her own spot at Fall Nationals (though she was a lock to get an at-large berth).
Madurawe/Yee beat Fung/Zupancic by a 7-5, 6-4 scoreline, so both winning teams had to put in some work today (Cal's Bright/Dunk won their match, 7-6, 7-6).
Both finals will be tomorrow at 11:00am at Taube:
Singles: (2) Gordon vs. (9) Lampl
Doubles: (4) Madurawe/Yee vs. (7) Bright/Dunk (Cal)