08-09-2022, 12:59 PM
(08-02-2022, 05:53 PM)BostonCard Wrote: Unless he’s changed his opinion, his guess for a roster is a few posts up in the thread.
Quote:1. Connie Ma (So.)
2. Alexandra Yepifanova (So.)
3. Angelica Blake (Sr.)
4. Valencia Xu (So.)
5. Alexis Blokhina (Fr.)
6. Ana Geller (Jr.)
I don’t think Choy cracks that top six.
BC
Pretty much, though that assumes Xu, Blokhina, and Geller are healthy and in form. (We know Blokhina is, because she never seems to stop playing.) And even then, the order of those bottom three are up for debate. But yeah, they all slot ahead of Choy for me. If I had to set the NCAA roster order right now (which would be a terrible idea given how little I know about what most of these players have been up to this summer and what kind of form they're in), it'd be Ma, Yepifanova, Blake, Xu, Blokhina, Geller, Choy, Houghton, and Sun. Houghton playing over Choy all last spring seemed odd to me, since Houghton's play didn't seem to warrant it. But it'll take an injury or two for Choy to get a steady crack at the #6 spot this year.
Blokhina is the #3 seed in the USTA Girls' 18s National Championships this week, and it's a massive 256-player draw, so she has a long road ahead of her, but she's in the third round (Round of 64) this afternoon. Emma Sun is also in the draw, but she lost 6-0, 6-2 in the second round to 9-16 seed Maya Joint, who is a rising HS junior and a top 5 recruit in her class.
It's possible some of our players will be taking part in the ITA National Summer Championships starting on Thursday, but draws aren't out so I can't be sure.
