03-09-2021, 10:22 AM
(This post was last modified: 03-09-2021, 10:33 AM by ColoradoTree.)
After a very successful road trip that saw Stanford continue its undefeated run in singles matches (including against a Colorado team that knocked off #12 Cal a couple days before), 4-0 Stanford returns home for a couple of midweek matches--and perhaps more, as there are no matches currently scheduled for this weekend.
Today, 11:00am: vs. Pacific
Thursday, 2:00pm: vs. St. Mary's
What to expect: UOP lost 7-0 to Cal and 4-3 to UC Davis (who we beat 7-0), so I wouldn't expect anything other than 7-0 today. St. Mary's will be a different story, as Mariia Kozyreva is legitimately quite good--she's the preseason #17 player in the country (there have been no singles/doubles rankings since then), beat #26 Valentina Ivanov of Cal in straight sets, and was about to force a third set vs. USC when USC clinched the team match and play was suspended. But aside from Kozyreva, the overall Gaels team isn't terribly strong (they beat UC Davis just 4-3, losing 4, 5, and 6 singles). Gordon will absolutely have her hands full, and I'm eager to see how she does.
How to watch: http://streamingtennis.com/Cardinal/?DB_OEM_ID=30600
One note: the UOP match has been taken off our schedule as of this morning, but it's still on Pacific's. So, not sure if that match will go forward, or if it'll happen perhaps as an exhibition to get players some matches without having to comply with the one-line rule.
Other schedule oddities:
* Pepperdine has us on the schedule for a match on Friday, April 2 at Taube, but it's not on our schedule. (That's the weekend of the Oregon match, so it's a nice way to get two matches that weekend, not to mention as good of a test as we'll have all year.)
* We are not yet on Cal's schedule, nor are they on ours.
* We are not yet on ASU's schedule, nor are they on ours. Arizona is, and both Arizona and ASU are on Cal's schedule, with an obvious date clear on both our calendar and ASU's for a match that weekend, but it's not on there.
* We have an open weekend this weekend, so there may be matches added there.
* We have an open weekend between USC/UCLA and the Pac-12 Championships in Ojai, which is where I'd assume we'd see a match against Cal, who has the same weekend open.
Today, 11:00am: vs. Pacific
Thursday, 2:00pm: vs. St. Mary's
What to expect: UOP lost 7-0 to Cal and 4-3 to UC Davis (who we beat 7-0), so I wouldn't expect anything other than 7-0 today. St. Mary's will be a different story, as Mariia Kozyreva is legitimately quite good--she's the preseason #17 player in the country (there have been no singles/doubles rankings since then), beat #26 Valentina Ivanov of Cal in straight sets, and was about to force a third set vs. USC when USC clinched the team match and play was suspended. But aside from Kozyreva, the overall Gaels team isn't terribly strong (they beat UC Davis just 4-3, losing 4, 5, and 6 singles). Gordon will absolutely have her hands full, and I'm eager to see how she does.
How to watch: http://streamingtennis.com/Cardinal/?DB_OEM_ID=30600
One note: the UOP match has been taken off our schedule as of this morning, but it's still on Pacific's. So, not sure if that match will go forward, or if it'll happen perhaps as an exhibition to get players some matches without having to comply with the one-line rule.
Other schedule oddities:
* Pepperdine has us on the schedule for a match on Friday, April 2 at Taube, but it's not on our schedule. (That's the weekend of the Oregon match, so it's a nice way to get two matches that weekend, not to mention as good of a test as we'll have all year.)
* We are not yet on Cal's schedule, nor are they on ours.
* We are not yet on ASU's schedule, nor are they on ours. Arizona is, and both Arizona and ASU are on Cal's schedule, with an obvious date clear on both our calendar and ASU's for a match that weekend, but it's not on there.
* We have an open weekend this weekend, so there may be matches added there.
* We have an open weekend between USC/UCLA and the Pac-12 Championships in Ojai, which is where I'd assume we'd see a match against Cal, who has the same weekend open.