01-29-2022, 11:46 AM
(This post was last modified: 01-29-2022, 11:55 AM by ColoradoTree.)
As a reminder, Kickoff Weekend has a bunch of 4-team single-elimination pods where the winner of each pod advances to Indoor Nationals. Here’s how it looks for other Pac-12 teams:
* In Los Angeles, #4 UCLA rolled over Cal Poly 4-0 and UW squeaked by Denver 4-3; UW will try to pull the upset today at Noon (all times PT)
* In Berkeley, #4 Cal rolled over BYU 4-0 and Vanderbilt beat San Diego 4-1, so it’ll be Cal-Vandy at 1pm.
* In Waco, #15 USC beat #23 Miami 4-3, and they’ll face #22 Baylor today at 1pm. That should be a great one.
* In Malibu, Colorado plays Notre Dame today at 1, and the winner will play #7 Pepperdine tomorrow.
* In Orlando, ASU lost to #25 Auburn 4-3 in the opening round yesterday.
* In Chapel Hill, Oregon lost in the opening round to Tulsa yesterday.
And FWIW, it probably doesn’t need to be said, but we’re not winning today if Geller plays like she did yesterday. The player she lost to played #6 at Oklahoma State last year.
As Geller was one of my predicted wins as part of a 4-3 match prediction today, my hopes for a win today have certainly diminished somewhat. But Collard didn’t play yesterday, so if that holds true today as well, my hopes go right back up. Yepifanova should beat Chervinsky at 2, Blake has a shot at an upset over Subhash at 3, and I feel good about Xu and Choy. Can Geller bounce back? Did she have a minor injury that was hampering her and thus we see Houghton today? Don’t know! We’ll see soon enough!
Oh, and I just noticed that UCLA lost to Loyola Marymount 4-3 a few days ago in an absolute stunner. UCLA took doubles like they always do, and Bolton and Forbes won close matches against the only two threats LMU really has, but then UCLA dropped the other four singles courts. Just completely opposite what I would’ve expected in singles—maybe they lose one or two at the top because most teams have a player capable of knocking off your #1 if they have a great day, but UCLA’s depth should’ve overwhelmed LMU. Whoa. Maybe UW does have a chance.
* In Los Angeles, #4 UCLA rolled over Cal Poly 4-0 and UW squeaked by Denver 4-3; UW will try to pull the upset today at Noon (all times PT)
* In Berkeley, #4 Cal rolled over BYU 4-0 and Vanderbilt beat San Diego 4-1, so it’ll be Cal-Vandy at 1pm.
* In Waco, #15 USC beat #23 Miami 4-3, and they’ll face #22 Baylor today at 1pm. That should be a great one.
* In Malibu, Colorado plays Notre Dame today at 1, and the winner will play #7 Pepperdine tomorrow.
* In Orlando, ASU lost to #25 Auburn 4-3 in the opening round yesterday.
* In Chapel Hill, Oregon lost in the opening round to Tulsa yesterday.
And FWIW, it probably doesn’t need to be said, but we’re not winning today if Geller plays like she did yesterday. The player she lost to played #6 at Oklahoma State last year.
As Geller was one of my predicted wins as part of a 4-3 match prediction today, my hopes for a win today have certainly diminished somewhat. But Collard didn’t play yesterday, so if that holds true today as well, my hopes go right back up. Yepifanova should beat Chervinsky at 2, Blake has a shot at an upset over Subhash at 3, and I feel good about Xu and Choy. Can Geller bounce back? Did she have a minor injury that was hampering her and thus we see Houghton today? Don’t know! We’ll see soon enough!
Oh, and I just noticed that UCLA lost to Loyola Marymount 4-3 a few days ago in an absolute stunner. UCLA took doubles like they always do, and Bolton and Forbes won close matches against the only two threats LMU really has, but then UCLA dropped the other four singles courts. Just completely opposite what I would’ve expected in singles—maybe they lose one or two at the top because most teams have a player capable of knocking off your #1 if they have a great day, but UCLA’s depth should’ve overwhelmed LMU. Whoa. Maybe UW does have a chance.