03-25-2019, 01:08 PM
Yeah, that Vanderbilt win over Florida was big. Texas's 4-3 win over #18 Kansas (after also getting ranked wins over KSU and Illlinois) was similarly big, and should get them comfortably back in the top 10 in tomorrow's rankings. LSU picked up a couple of good wins, so hopefully they don't slide too much more. Princeton beat #42 Rice, which is useful for our rankings for the time being, too.
Interesting match between San Diego and Gonzaga, with San Diego winning 4-3, despite Solymar Colling's close loss to #8 Sophie Whittle on Court 1 (Whittle won 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.) It won't help Gordon's ranking any, but it puts that NCTC loss to Colling in some perspective, where Gordon may not have been coming in expecting that level of competition and wasn't able to adjust on the fly.
Around the conference:
* Both Arizona schools beat newly-ranked Utah. ASU's win isn't surprising, but Arizona's is, and suggests that Arizona's 4-3 loss to UCLA isn't a total fluke and Arizona is legitimately improving. ASU also beat Colorado, but Colorado beat Arizona 4-3.
* Both UCLA and USC beat Oregon (UCLA by 6-1 and USC by 5-2). Oregon's best player, Shweta Sangwan, didn't play, so Oregon (who only has 7 players on the roster) had to forfeit #3 doubles and #6 singles, making an already-hard road even harder. Sangwan had missed time with injury earlier this year, but came back for a few matches (including the one against Stanford), but missed the UCLA and USC matches. Oddly, she's not currently listed on the team roster, but I don't see any mention anywhere.
* UW was idle, while WSU beat Boise State comfortably.
* Cal beat Hawaii 4-3, an interesting comparison to Stanford's thorough demolishing of Hawaii.
Current Conference Standings:
T1. #10 Washington (13-1, 3-0)
T1. #4 Stanford (11-1, 3-0)
T1. #13 USC (12-2, 3-0)
T1. #9 UCLA (10-3, 3-0)
T1. #19 Cal (9-3, 3-0)
6. Colorado (9-8, 2-2)
7. Arizona State (7-8, 2-4)
8. #33 Washington State (16-4, 1-2)
9. #38 Utah (10-5, 1-3)
10. Arizona (9-8, 1-5)
11. Oregon (6-11, 0-6)
I don't mind at all that the conference is that top-heavy. A lot of wins over teams in the 30s and 40s (like other power conferences have) is good for team rankings now, but it doesn't do much for you when NCAA seeds are on the line.
Interesting match between San Diego and Gonzaga, with San Diego winning 4-3, despite Solymar Colling's close loss to #8 Sophie Whittle on Court 1 (Whittle won 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.) It won't help Gordon's ranking any, but it puts that NCTC loss to Colling in some perspective, where Gordon may not have been coming in expecting that level of competition and wasn't able to adjust on the fly.
Around the conference:
* Both Arizona schools beat newly-ranked Utah. ASU's win isn't surprising, but Arizona's is, and suggests that Arizona's 4-3 loss to UCLA isn't a total fluke and Arizona is legitimately improving. ASU also beat Colorado, but Colorado beat Arizona 4-3.
* Both UCLA and USC beat Oregon (UCLA by 6-1 and USC by 5-2). Oregon's best player, Shweta Sangwan, didn't play, so Oregon (who only has 7 players on the roster) had to forfeit #3 doubles and #6 singles, making an already-hard road even harder. Sangwan had missed time with injury earlier this year, but came back for a few matches (including the one against Stanford), but missed the UCLA and USC matches. Oddly, she's not currently listed on the team roster, but I don't see any mention anywhere.
* UW was idle, while WSU beat Boise State comfortably.
* Cal beat Hawaii 4-3, an interesting comparison to Stanford's thorough demolishing of Hawaii.
Current Conference Standings:
T1. #10 Washington (13-1, 3-0)
T1. #4 Stanford (11-1, 3-0)
T1. #13 USC (12-2, 3-0)
T1. #9 UCLA (10-3, 3-0)
T1. #19 Cal (9-3, 3-0)
6. Colorado (9-8, 2-2)
7. Arizona State (7-8, 2-4)
8. #33 Washington State (16-4, 1-2)
9. #38 Utah (10-5, 1-3)
10. Arizona (9-8, 1-5)
11. Oregon (6-11, 0-6)
I don't mind at all that the conference is that top-heavy. A lot of wins over teams in the 30s and 40s (like other power conferences have) is good for team rankings now, but it doesn't do much for you when NCAA seeds are on the line.