[StanfordMatt]

I'll respectfully disagree with Viking_Guy and oldalum. The championship point was incredibly ugly but it worked so I'll take it. I don't think it was a strategy so much as nerves - or a strategy taking into account both players' nerves if you will. It's one thing to hit heavy, low-risk groundstrokes with lots of topspin that keep one's opponent pinned at the baseline but that's not what Davidson did at all. Several shots she didn't even swing through but instead simply blocked back returns that landed around the service line. As Viking_Guy noted, it's an approach that can work at the high school level but very rarely at this level. But hey, like I said, it worked so credit to Davidson and the rest of the team.

[StanfordMatt]

I'll respectfully disagree with Viking_Guy and oldalum. The championship point was incredibly ugly but it worked so I'll take it. I don't think it was a strategy so much as nerves - or a strategy taking into account both players' nerves if you will. It's one thing to hit heavy, low-risk groundstrokes with lots of topspin that keep one's opponent pinned at the baseline but that's not what Davidson did at all. Several shots she didn't even swing through but instead simply blocked back returns that landed around the service line. As Viking_Guy noted, it's an approach that can work at the high school level but very rarely at this level. But hey, like I said, it worked so credit to Davidson and the rest of the team.