10-18-2019, 11:35 AM
(This post was last modified: 10-18-2019, 01:14 PM by ColoradoTree.)
So far, so good. Choy/Madurawe won their first round match, 8-1, over the Fresno State pair, and they'll play LaMette/Stone of Cal Poly tomorrow at 9:00am.
If all went to plan, then Gordon should be off court by now. Blake's match is scheduled to start now, Choy's is at 12:30, Arbuthnott's is at 2:00, Shin and Madurawe both play at 3:00, and then the cycle starts all over again with Gordon's second round match starting at 3:30.
As expected, Gordon had little trouble in her first round match. She won 6-1, 6-2, and she'll play again at 3:30 or so against Danielle McIntyre from St. Mary's. Blake beat Oregon's Alison Mulville (the Ducks' #5 last year) 6-0, 6-1, and she'll play Wazzu's Pang Jittakoat at 4:30.
One surprising upset so far: 9th-seeded Erin Richardson of Cal lost 6-4, 6-3 to Gonzaga's Kate Ketels. (Side note: Michaela Gordon's younger sister Jennamarie joined the Gonzaga tennis team this year. She was a very good recruit (a 5-star recruit on TRN), but not a blue chip like her sister was.) Ketels primarily played at #5 and #6 singles for Gonzaga last year but should be more like #3 this year. She's a senior, and Richardson is only a freshman, but Richardson was one of the top 10 newcomers, too, so I expected greater things from her.
If all went to plan, then Gordon should be off court by now. Blake's match is scheduled to start now, Choy's is at 12:30, Arbuthnott's is at 2:00, Shin and Madurawe both play at 3:00, and then the cycle starts all over again with Gordon's second round match starting at 3:30.
As expected, Gordon had little trouble in her first round match. She won 6-1, 6-2, and she'll play again at 3:30 or so against Danielle McIntyre from St. Mary's. Blake beat Oregon's Alison Mulville (the Ducks' #5 last year) 6-0, 6-1, and she'll play Wazzu's Pang Jittakoat at 4:30.
One surprising upset so far: 9th-seeded Erin Richardson of Cal lost 6-4, 6-3 to Gonzaga's Kate Ketels. (Side note: Michaela Gordon's younger sister Jennamarie joined the Gonzaga tennis team this year. She was a very good recruit (a 5-star recruit on TRN), but not a blue chip like her sister was.) Ketels primarily played at #5 and #6 singles for Gonzaga last year but should be more like #3 this year. She's a senior, and Richardson is only a freshman, but Richardson was one of the top 10 newcomers, too, so I expected greater things from her.