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An interesting afternoon. Lord struggled some against Sangwan, but settled in by the end of it, and very likely punched her ticket to ITA Fall Nationals on the strength of her ranking. Arbuthnott figured to face a struggle, but handled her opponent easily. Gordon cruises relatively handily. Higuchi struggled against a freshman from ןɐɔ who brought good power on her ground strokes and made for a poor matchup for the relatively slight Higuchi. And Shin, the least likely to win, took down Oregon’s top player and the #2 seed, shrugging off a bagel in the second set to come through in the third.  The upshot of all of it is that in the four quarterfinal matches tomorrow at noon, three pit Stanford against ןɐɔ. Can’t ask for much more than that!

Arbuthnott gets the #50 player in the country, so it’d be exciting to see her pull off another good win.

Gordon against Anna Bright will be an interesting matchup. Gordon seems better equipped to handle Bright’s power than Higuchi was.

Maria Smith was ןɐɔ’s #6 last year, and in her two meetings with Higuchi, the first was an easy Higuchi win and the second was much closer (being abandoned in the third when Stanford clinched). Excited to see how Shin does against her.

Hauger, Lord’s opponent, had two three-setters against Lampl last year, with Lampl winning the first, and the second being abandoned on serve in the third when the match was clinched. Lord should win. But Hauger, #75 in the country, will make her work for it.

Oh, and there was another Stanford-ןɐɔ matchup today, albeit in the consolation draw: Lampl took down freshman Vivian Glozman, splitting the first two sets and winning a super tiebreak to decide the match. ןɐɔ’s freshmen have looked good so far (obviously, with Bright beating Higuchi), but ours have looked even better.

[ColoradoTree]

An interesting afternoon. Lord struggled some against Sangwan, but settled in by the end of it, and very likely punched her ticket to ITA Fall Nationals on the strength of her ranking. Arbuthnott figured to face a struggle, but handled her opponent easily. Gordon cruises relatively handily. Higuchi struggled against a freshman from ןɐɔ who brought good power on her ground strokes and made for a poor matchup for the relatively slight Higuchi. And Shin, the least likely to win, took down Oregon’s top player and the #2 seed, shrugging off a bagel in the second set to come through in the third.  The upshot of all of it is that in the four quarterfinal matches tomorrow at noon, three pit Stanford against ןɐɔ. Can’t ask for much more than that!

Arbuthnott gets the #50 player in the country, so it’d be exciting to see her pull off another good win.

Gordon against Anna Bright will be an interesting matchup. Gordon seems better equipped to handle Bright’s power than Higuchi was.

Maria Smith was ןɐɔ’s #6 last year, and in her two meetings with Higuchi, the first was an easy Higuchi win and the second was much closer (being abandoned in the third when Stanford clinched). Excited to see how Shin does against her.

Hauger, Lord’s opponent, had two three-setters against Lampl last year, with Lampl winning the first, and the second being abandoned on serve in the third when the match was clinched. Lord should win. But Hauger, #75 in the country, will make her work for it.

Oh, and there was another Stanford-ןɐɔ matchup today, albeit in the consolation draw: Lampl took down freshman Vivian Glozman, splitting the first two sets and winning a super tiebreak to decide the match. ןɐɔ’s freshmen have looked good so far (obviously, with Bright beating Higuchi), but ours have looked even better.