LOS ANGELES & SAN DIEGO – Stanford completed its final fall tournaments before the NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships begin next week in Waco, Texas.
Attempting to qualify for NCAAs in singles at West Sectionals hosted by USC, Valencia Xu won her opener over UCLA’s Ahmani Guichard, 6-1, 6-3, but fell in the Round of 16 to California’s Mao Mushika, 6-4, 6-3. Xu was also slated for the doubles draw with Alexis Blokhina, but the pair had to withdraw due to illness.
With those results, Stanford’s representatives at NCAAs will be – Valerie Glozman (singles/doubles), Connie Ma (singles/doubles) and Alexis Blokhina (singles).
Down the coast in San Diego, Glozman, Ma and freshan Morgan Shaffer competed at the SDSU Fall Classic. Glozman won her opener 6-0, 6-0 before withdrawing, Ma won two in singles and the pair went 2-0 in doubles. Shaffer dropped her first two matches, but won her Sunday extra singles against UC San Diego’s Athena Wardy, 6-3, 6-2.
ITA West Sectional Championships
No. 77 Valencia Xu (1-1)
R32 – vs. No. 110 Ahmani Guichard (UCLA) – W, 6-1, 6-3
R16 – vs. No. 107 Mao Mushika (California) – L, 6-4, 6-3
San Diego State Fall Classic
No. 4 Connie Ma (1-0)
QF – vs. Viktoryia Zhadzinskaya (Colorado State) – W, 6-0, 6-0
SF – vs. Filippa Bruu-Syversen (San Diego) – W, 6-0, 6-1
No. 69 Valerie Glozman (1-0)
QF – vs. Polina Jorniak (San Diego) – W, 6-0, 6-0
Morgan Shaffer (1-2)
QF – vs. Victoria Erechtchenko (Colorado State) – L, 7-5, 6-2
P-SF – vs. Cincy Chen (UC San Diego) – L, 6-0, 6-4
E-Sunday – vs. Athena Wardy (UC San Diego) – W, 6-3, 6-2
Valerie Glozman/Connie Ma (2-0)
QF – vs. T. Fox/O. Rook (Saint Mary’s) – W, 6-1
SF – vs. G. Alogo Piqueras/L. Varul (San Diego State) – W, 6-3
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