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Is Sara Choy pulling a Michaela Gordon? Will remain on the roster but will not compete unless needed.

Too early to say just how involved she'll be, but the fact she played doubles with Xu at Northwest Regionals suggests that she might at least be in the doubles lineup pairing with Xu. (Xu mostly played #2 doubles last year with Yepifanova, but if this Blokhina-Yepifanova pairing sticks, then it could be Choy-Xu or Geller-Houghton at the #3 spot. Of course, these could just be chemistry experiments and those pairings will continue to evolve for the next few months.)

In singles, I have more confidence in Choy than I do in Geller or Houghton, because she's been such a consistent performer over the years, whereas Geller can beat a top 25 player one minute and get crushed by a nobody the next. Houghton has never really delivered on her recruiting promise, and she struggled mightily at the #4 line last year. That said, we're likely talking about the #6 spot in the singles lineup for one of those three, with Blokhina and Xu above them, and each of those three ought to be able to dominate there. So having Choy as a singles insurance policy in case of injury could be a really nice benefit to have.

[ColoradoTree]

Is Sara Choy pulling a Michaela Gordon? Will remain on the roster but will not compete unless needed.

Too early to say just how involved she'll be, but the fact she played doubles with Xu at Northwest Regionals suggests that she might at least be in the doubles lineup pairing with Xu. (Xu mostly played #2 doubles last year with Yepifanova, but if this Blokhina-Yepifanova pairing sticks, then it could be Choy-Xu or Geller-Houghton at the #3 spot. Of course, these could just be chemistry experiments and those pairings will continue to evolve for the next few months.)

In singles, I have more confidence in Choy than I do in Geller or Houghton, because she's been such a consistent performer over the years, whereas Geller can beat a top 25 player one minute and get crushed by a nobody the next. Houghton has never really delivered on her recruiting promise, and she struggled mightily at the #4 line last year. That said, we're likely talking about the #6 spot in the singles lineup for one of those three, with Blokhina and Xu above them, and each of those three ought to be able to dominate there. So having Choy as a singles insurance policy in case of injury could be a really nice benefit to have.