[ColoradoTree]

Looks like we beat Colorado 6-1 (we won, but they let #4 (Houghton) play a tiebreak set, which she lost.  I would imagine that this goes down as a bit of a disappointment and that we should have won 7-0, but I’ll leave the analysis to ColoradoTree.

BC

Yeah, I mean, losing to Forster is inexcusable. Should be nowhere near Houghton's level. Geller beat her 6-1, 6-0 last year at the #3 line. If this sort of thing keeps happening, Lele is going to field some calls from the ITA about playing Houghton above Xu and Choy. Houghton dropped the second 6-1!!! I didn't watch because of work commitments, but the only acceptable explanation is that she was injured in a way that really impacted her mobility but she wasn't hurt enough to retire. We'll see, since there's another match coming up in a few hours against a much better team. 

Everything else about the CU win was fine, though in singles I'm only really content with how Ma, Blake, and Xu did. Yepifanova shouldn't have let the first set be as tight as it was, but at least she turned on the jets and dominated from there on out. Choy had trouble finishing, and that's becoming more of a theme. I don't know why her form has dipped, but it's concerning. She should be crushing these players by Higuchi-level margins--steady servings of bagels and breadsticks--and she's just not. And we know Choy is good enough to do it!

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Stanford is back on court today at 12:00pm PT hosting #32 Utah, who has had a surprisingly good season so far, with wins over some middle-of-the-road Power 5 conference teams and a couple of Pac-12 wins under their belt, including a road win over WSU and a home upset over USC as the crown jewel of their season so far. 

That said, they just got crushed by Cal, 7-0. In doubles, Cal's #1 and #3 teams won quickly, making the 3-3 score on Court 2 irrelevant. Cal got quick and dominating wins from Giavara at 1, Alsola at 2, Wiersholm at 3, and Richardson at 6 to clinch the match. Rosenqvist dropped her first set on Court 4, but then won the second 6-1 and cruised in the match tiebreaker. And Viller Moeller won in straight sets on Court 5, but it was more competitive at 7-5, 6-3.  (Cal's Valentina Ivanov didn't play--not sure why.) 

Utah is a good deal better than Colorado, but they're still be a good deal worse than us. How that translates to the scoreline is another matter, especially since Goncharova at 4 took a set off Cal's Rosenqvist, and Court 4 has been a rough spot for us so far this year. But we should win the match handily, and it would be nice to see some fire out of some players who've been struggling. 

Official video link for the match: https://gostanford.com/sports/2022/3/17/...stats.aspx
What worked last time: https://web.playsight.com/live/stanford-...tennis/101

[ColoradoTree]

Looks like we beat Colorado 6-1 (we won, but they let #4 (Houghton) play a tiebreak set, which she lost.  I would imagine that this goes down as a bit of a disappointment and that we should have won 7-0, but I’ll leave the analysis to ColoradoTree.

BC

Yeah, I mean, losing to Forster is inexcusable. Should be nowhere near Houghton's level. Geller beat her 6-1, 6-0 last year at the #3 line. If this sort of thing keeps happening, Lele is going to field some calls from the ITA about playing Houghton above Xu and Choy. Houghton dropped the second 6-1!!! I didn't watch because of work commitments, but the only acceptable explanation is that she was injured in a way that really impacted her mobility but she wasn't hurt enough to retire. We'll see, since there's another match coming up in a few hours against a much better team. 

Everything else about the CU win was fine, though in singles I'm only really content with how Ma, Blake, and Xu did. Yepifanova shouldn't have let the first set be as tight as it was, but at least she turned on the jets and dominated from there on out. Choy had trouble finishing, and that's becoming more of a theme. I don't know why her form has dipped, but it's concerning. She should be crushing these players by Higuchi-level margins--steady servings of bagels and breadsticks--and she's just not. And we know Choy is good enough to do it!

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Stanford is back on court today at 12:00pm PT hosting #32 Utah, who has had a surprisingly good season so far, with wins over some middle-of-the-road Power 5 conference teams and a couple of Pac-12 wins under their belt, including a road win over WSU and a home upset over USC as the crown jewel of their season so far. 

That said, they just got crushed by Cal, 7-0. In doubles, Cal's #1 and #3 teams won quickly, making the 3-3 score on Court 2 irrelevant. Cal got quick and dominating wins from Giavara at 1, Alsola at 2, Wiersholm at 3, and Richardson at 6 to clinch the match. Rosenqvist dropped her first set on Court 4, but then won the second 6-1 and cruised in the match tiebreaker. And Viller Moeller won in straight sets on Court 5, but it was more competitive at 7-5, 6-3.  (Cal's Valentina Ivanov didn't play--not sure why.) 

Utah is a good deal better than Colorado, but they're still be a good deal worse than us. How that translates to the scoreline is another matter, especially since Goncharova at 4 took a set off Cal's Rosenqvist, and Court 4 has been a rough spot for us so far this year. But we should win the match handily, and it would be nice to see some fire out of some players who've been struggling. 

Official video link for the match: https://gostanford.com/sports/2022/3/17/...stats.aspx
What worked last time: https://web.playsight.com/live/stanford-...tennis/101