[ColoradoTree]

How do you think it’ll affect Ma moving forward? Do you think she’ll be a team player or do you think it might make her disengaged?

Super surprised about Blokhina, but not about Yepifanova.

Just a guess, but I would think she'd be a team player about it--but also that she'll quickly regain the #1 spot. You watch them play, and she's a cut above. I wonder if it's a motivating tactic? (But then again, why? Ma had the better fall overall, as evidenced by her ranking. She had the better weekend at their respective tournaments. Maybe Lele has been sensing some complacency with Ma, though?) Could also just be an opportunity for Yepifanova to play #1 at home, something that might not come around too often for her. We'll see in a week when ITA Kickoff Weekend starts.

Kansas State is unranked, and the Wildcats have no ranked singles or doubles players, so whatever the lineup, we should be in good shape. But you'd think we'd want our first choice lineup for the Florida State/Arkansas match to decide who goes to Indoor Nationals. That said, neither FSU nor Arkansas is ranked, though both have a dangerous #1.

[ColoradoTree]

How do you think it’ll affect Ma moving forward? Do you think she’ll be a team player or do you think it might make her disengaged?

Super surprised about Blokhina, but not about Yepifanova.

Just a guess, but I would think she'd be a team player about it--but also that she'll quickly regain the #1 spot. You watch them play, and she's a cut above. I wonder if it's a motivating tactic? (But then again, why? Ma had the better fall overall, as evidenced by her ranking. She had the better weekend at their respective tournaments. Maybe Lele has been sensing some complacency with Ma, though?) Could also just be an opportunity for Yepifanova to play #1 at home, something that might not come around too often for her. We'll see in a week when ITA Kickoff Weekend starts.

Kansas State is unranked, and the Wildcats have no ranked singles or doubles players, so whatever the lineup, we should be in good shape. But you'd think we'd want our first choice lineup for the Florida State/Arkansas match to decide who goes to Indoor Nationals. That said, neither FSU nor Arkansas is ranked, though both have a dangerous #1.