11-08-2021, 10:57 PM
(11-08-2021, 06:05 PM)oldalum Wrote:(11-08-2021, 04:38 PM)Jamesy Wrote: To add insult to injury, we play AT Santa Clara.more than a little annoying, since we beat them 3-1 in September without current starting forwards Abby Greubel and Madison Haley who were out with injury. I was expecting to host the first round--we are a clear 4th in the Pac-12 and I think among the top 32 teams in the country.
In common opponents, Santa Clara tied Cal while we beat them 3-1, we both lost to UCLA by a goal, we beat San Francisco but Santa Clara lost to them, we beat Loyola Marymount 3-0 while Santa Clara beat them 6-0. Santa Clara also lost to 1-seed Virginia, and Portland, and tied Seattle. We play in a much tougher conference: only one other WCC team made the tournament (BYU, which Santa Clara beat), while 3 other Pac-12 teams did (and we beat one of them). It's admittedly close (their best win was over a 4-seed, BYU, while ours was against unseeded WSU) but I would call our records fairly similar, except for that solid head-to-head win over them.
If we win, we play at 3-seed Georgetown, and if successful then probably 2-seed UCLA again, followed probably at regional 1-seed Duke. That's a tough road, although our games against UCLA and Duke this year were close.
We beat them head to head and were one spot ahead of them on the RPI. I have no idea how they got to host unless we didn't put in a bid.
If we win Saturday, second and third round is hosted by #2 UCLA, we don't have to go to Georgetown.