11-12-2019, 11:50 AM
(This post was last modified: 11-12-2019, 12:12 PM by ColoradoTree.)
To wrap up, Wolff crushed Shin, and that was the end of Fall Nationals for us. But Shin salvaged what started as a disastrous tournament for her and got a couple of respectable wins out of it, and that's really all you're looking to get out of Fall Nationals.
Over in San Diego, Madurawe and Mossmer both got upset in the singles second round. Choy advanced to the semifinals, but lost there to the same player (an unranked junior from SDSU) that beat Mossmer. Doubles was more positive, with Madurawe and Mossmer teaming up to win the tournament. But even in singles, Mossmer and Choy booked ranked wins, which is the currency you're looking to hoard in the fall season.
Oh, and in reviewing Pac-12 performance at Fall Nationals, here's what ended up happening:
* #1 seed Elysia Bolton of UCLA lost a competitive match in the Round of 16 to 11th-seeded Kelly Chen of Duke. Bolton got a couple of good wins, but didn't beat a seeded player.
* #2 seed Abigail Forbes of UCLA lost pretty handily in the Quarterfinals to 5th-seeded Estela Perez-Somarriba of Miami, who has been a top 5 player in the country for a few years now. But Forbes easily beat Cal's Valentina Ivanov (a freshman who's had a good fall) as well as 12th-seeded Cameron Morra of UNC.
* #3 seed Jada Hart posted a couple of wins over middling opponents before she lost in three sets to 15th-seeded Mia Horvit of South Carolina.
* Cal's Haley Giavara, the freshman who knocked off Gordon, followed up that three-setter with another win that went the distance, this time over #4 Alexa Graham of UNC, before losing in three sets to South Carolina's Megan Davies, who'd beaten two seeds before that match.
* Ultimately, there were two Pac-12 players in the quarterfinals (Giavara and Forbes), and none in the semifinals. UNC's Sara Daavettila took the title over Texas's Anna Turati (who has been, to this point, the lesser of the two Turati twins, but she's now ranked higher than her sister). Conference-wise, the quarterfinals also had 3 ACC players, 2 SEC players, and 1 from the Big 12. The semis were 2 ACC, 1 SEC, and 1 Big 12.
* In the consolation bracket, Mariia Kozyreva of St. Mary's took the title over Georgia's Vivian Wolff, which should boost Kozyreva's ranking (and, in turn, Gordon's ranking for beating Kozyreva at Northwest Regionals).
* In doubles, 5th-seeded Hart/Bolton of UCLA won the tournament, and Cal's Bright/Giavara made it to the semifinals before losing a three-setter to a N.C. State duo. Those two teams were the only ones from the conference in the quarterfinals.
* In the consolation bracket, the team that beat Arbuthnott/Blake in a third-set match tiebreaker made it to the consolation final before losing a third-set match tiebreaker for the title. So, Arbuthnott/Blake had an incredibly unlucky draw, but fought hard in both matches. I'm optimistic about that pairing this year.
Over in San Diego, Madurawe and Mossmer both got upset in the singles second round. Choy advanced to the semifinals, but lost there to the same player (an unranked junior from SDSU) that beat Mossmer. Doubles was more positive, with Madurawe and Mossmer teaming up to win the tournament. But even in singles, Mossmer and Choy booked ranked wins, which is the currency you're looking to hoard in the fall season.
Oh, and in reviewing Pac-12 performance at Fall Nationals, here's what ended up happening:
* #1 seed Elysia Bolton of UCLA lost a competitive match in the Round of 16 to 11th-seeded Kelly Chen of Duke. Bolton got a couple of good wins, but didn't beat a seeded player.
* #2 seed Abigail Forbes of UCLA lost pretty handily in the Quarterfinals to 5th-seeded Estela Perez-Somarriba of Miami, who has been a top 5 player in the country for a few years now. But Forbes easily beat Cal's Valentina Ivanov (a freshman who's had a good fall) as well as 12th-seeded Cameron Morra of UNC.
* #3 seed Jada Hart posted a couple of wins over middling opponents before she lost in three sets to 15th-seeded Mia Horvit of South Carolina.
* Cal's Haley Giavara, the freshman who knocked off Gordon, followed up that three-setter with another win that went the distance, this time over #4 Alexa Graham of UNC, before losing in three sets to South Carolina's Megan Davies, who'd beaten two seeds before that match.
* Ultimately, there were two Pac-12 players in the quarterfinals (Giavara and Forbes), and none in the semifinals. UNC's Sara Daavettila took the title over Texas's Anna Turati (who has been, to this point, the lesser of the two Turati twins, but she's now ranked higher than her sister). Conference-wise, the quarterfinals also had 3 ACC players, 2 SEC players, and 1 from the Big 12. The semis were 2 ACC, 1 SEC, and 1 Big 12.
* In the consolation bracket, Mariia Kozyreva of St. Mary's took the title over Georgia's Vivian Wolff, which should boost Kozyreva's ranking (and, in turn, Gordon's ranking for beating Kozyreva at Northwest Regionals).
* In doubles, 5th-seeded Hart/Bolton of UCLA won the tournament, and Cal's Bright/Giavara made it to the semifinals before losing a three-setter to a N.C. State duo. Those two teams were the only ones from the conference in the quarterfinals.
* In the consolation bracket, the team that beat Arbuthnott/Blake in a third-set match tiebreaker made it to the consolation final before losing a third-set match tiebreaker for the title. So, Arbuthnott/Blake had an incredibly unlucky draw, but fought hard in both matches. I'm optimistic about that pairing this year.