[ColoradoTree]

help me understand our Pac-12 conference schedule: 5 home matches followed by 5 away matches?! What's up with that?

Oh, there's no understanding it. 

For a more normal schedule, look at the L.A. schools: at the mountain schools, then home to the Arizona schools, then a NorCal swing to play us, Cal, and St. Mary's, then home to the Washington schools, home to Pepperdine and Oregon, and then they play each other. Or look at the Washington schools: at UA/ASU, home to Utah/Colorado, away to Oregon, away to UCLA/USC, home to Stanford/Cal, and then they play each other.

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Thanks, ColoradoTree, for all your long-time in-depth reporting and analysis for Stanford women's tennis! Yes, playsight.com offers more statistical info for the specific matches, but I liked the old video system too. If anyone needs the playsight vid link, just go to the women's tennis twitter page just before the match. One last thing: I've been watching Stanford tennis for decades but have to tell you that the recent match vs Texas blew me away. Against last year's NCAA champion that reportedly lost only two of their top six, Stanford won five of six singles matches, including all four of the 3-setters. But the best thing about it was watching Ma "paint the lines" like a pro.

She's so good. If she's starting to find her footing as a collegiate player, then look out. Her potential is crazy high. That win over Stearns will be one that keeps on giving in terms of Ma's individual ranking, as Stearns should do very well the rest of the year. Same sort of ranking algorithm in singles as with the team, so she's got some great countable wins: #4 Stearns, #17 Yepifanova, #35 Crawley, 2x #46 Kozyreva, and #56 Han, with opportunities coming, maybe twice over, against #5 Cayetano, #115 Forbes (who should absolutely climb the rankings as the season wears on), and Cal's Giavara, who I'm surprised isn't ranked, but who is a top 30-type player. And her four losses won't cost her much: #2 Frayman, #28 Navarro, #45 Flores, and Florida's Briggs.

Our #4 spot still seems relatively weak, but I feel great about 1-3 and 5-6. 

EDIT: sorry, not sure what happened there between reviewing and submitting!

[ColoradoTree]

help me understand our Pac-12 conference schedule: 5 home matches followed by 5 away matches?! What's up with that?

Oh, there's no understanding it. 

For a more normal schedule, look at the L.A. schools: at the mountain schools, then home to the Arizona schools, then a NorCal swing to play us, Cal, and St. Mary's, then home to the Washington schools, home to Pepperdine and Oregon, and then they play each other. Or look at the Washington schools: at UA/ASU, home to Utah/Colorado, away to Oregon, away to UCLA/USC, home to Stanford/Cal, and then they play each other.

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Thanks, ColoradoTree, for all your long-time in-depth reporting and analysis for Stanford women's tennis! Yes, playsight.com offers more statistical info for the specific matches, but I liked the old video system too. If anyone needs the playsight vid link, just go to the women's tennis twitter page just before the match. One last thing: I've been watching Stanford tennis for decades but have to tell you that the recent match vs Texas blew me away. Against last year's NCAA champion that reportedly lost only two of their top six, Stanford won five of six singles matches, including all four of the 3-setters. But the best thing about it was watching Ma "paint the lines" like a pro.

She's so good. If she's starting to find her footing as a collegiate player, then look out. Her potential is crazy high. That win over Stearns will be one that keeps on giving in terms of Ma's individual ranking, as Stearns should do very well the rest of the year. Same sort of ranking algorithm in singles as with the team, so she's got some great countable wins: #4 Stearns, #17 Yepifanova, #35 Crawley, 2x #46 Kozyreva, and #56 Han, with opportunities coming, maybe twice over, against #5 Cayetano, #115 Forbes (who should absolutely climb the rankings as the season wears on), and Cal's Giavara, who I'm surprised isn't ranked, but who is a top 30-type player. And her four losses won't cost her much: #2 Frayman, #28 Navarro, #45 Flores, and Florida's Briggs.

Our #4 spot still seems relatively weak, but I feel great about 1-3 and 5-6. 

EDIT: sorry, not sure what happened there between reviewing and submitting!