05-23-2024, 10:49 AM
And that's a wrap on the 2023-24 Stanford season. Lots of successes, lots of hope, but ultimately it has to be considered a disappointment on two fronts: (1) we were national championship caliber, and we didn't play like it when it mattered most; and (2) Angelica Blake leaves Stanford (as do, perhaps, India Houghton and Ana Geller) without a national title, the first time that's happened in Lele Forood's tenure. She has never failed to get a class a national title at least once in their time at Stanford. Until now.
Anyway, we now look to next year's roster, a roster that would be a lot stronger with Eleana Yu, but we won't get that luxury. We'll have six good singles players, but it'll be a sizable dropoff from whomever plays 6 to whomever is our #7. So, next year, we'll also have a national championship-caliber roster, but it'll be one that's less resistant to injury than this year's was.
Anyway, we now look to next year's roster, a roster that would be a lot stronger with Eleana Yu, but we won't get that luxury. We'll have six good singles players, but it'll be a sizable dropoff from whomever plays 6 to whomever is our #7. So, next year, we'll also have a national championship-caliber roster, but it'll be one that's less resistant to injury than this year's was.