Twice! so sorry to both. Didnt get much sleep last night had pull a late one to knock out some work for a big day today.

#15 Stanford now in the final 4! Beating #7 Georgia (always a decent programme) 4-0. Emily didnt finish her doubles but cliniched the tie with her singles win at no 4.

They play #3 Duke who beat Texas Tech 4-1. Tech took the doubles point Sabrina Federici won her doubles beating #9 team, she lost her singles up against #28. Lana Rush list her doubles. Not a bad run for Tech, Duke are a power house with two of their doubles teams ranked in the top 10 nationally and 5 of their 6 singles players nationally ranked.

It will be a great semi with two well matched teams going head to head despite the difference in rankings. Stanfords strength at 4,5 and 6 perhaps the key. Emily will be up against #28 Kelly Chen their second highest ranked player but in the no4 slot.

It is very variable have a look at the British Tour 2017 thread. Half way through Josh Goodall posted some interesting comments having played at Frinton against a number of British tour players.
You will see some big names playing the final when the prize money on offer was good, Liam Broady, Ed Corrie both Challenger regulars and Lloyd Glasspool (NCAA doubles champion at Texas) to name a few.

Generally I would put it at at about back court level in the power conferences, the really deep programmes UCLA for example you have players who went deep in ITF futures events playing at no 3. I would expect someone like Ricky Hernandez-Tong to do well in a British Tour event. He has done well played number 1 at New Mexico division 1 school decent conference but not a power programme.

Thank you Oakland for taking time to reply and almost encyclopaedic knowledge of the site!

The post from Josh Goodhall made interesting reading, not just from the point of view of answering my question.

Full Elite 8 results

Men:

#5 Texas A&M bt #13 Florida 4-3, but Barnaby Smith did not play

Women:

#2 Vanderbilt bt 21 Florida State 4-0

Dubs

2.  #69 Emma Kurtz / Emily Smith (Vanderbilt) bt Julia Mikulski / Andrea Garcia (Florida State) 6-1

 

#15 Stanford bt #7 Georgia 4-0

4.  #43 Emily Arbuthnott bt Mariana Gould (Georgia) 6-4, 6-2

Dubs

1.  #10 Eleni Christophi / Morgan Coppoc led # 3 Emily Arbuthnott / Michaela Gordon (Stanford) 5-3 susp

 

#3 Duke bt #15 Texas Tecgh 4-1

4.  #28 Kelly Chen (Duke) (CH=647) bt #106 Sabrina Federici (Texas Tech) 6-3, 6-0

Dubs

1.  #28 Sarah Dvorak / Sabrina Federici (Texas Tech) bt #9 Kaitlyn McCarthy / Ellyse Hamlin (Duke) 6-3

3.  Meible Chi / Hannah Zhao (Duke) bt Alex Valenstein / Lana Rush (Texas Tech) 6-4

 

The Final Four (semi-finals to you and I....) are at noon today local time (North Carolina is 5 hours behind UK).  Matches are streamed on the Wake Forest site.

http://www.wakeforestsports.com/ncaatennis/index.html

I expected great things from Ema too, she was a top 100 junior and even in a strong programme you would expect her to feature. I wondered whether or not she was injured?

-- Edited by Oakland2002 on Monday 21st of May 2018 05:22:24 PM

The womens NCAA Team Final looks a very one sided affair given this years statistics with the No. 1 seed up against No. 15 however the reality is it is too close to call.

This how things planned out in February

#2 Vanderbilt 7, #1 Stanford 0

1. Astra Sharma (VANDY) def. #13 Michaela Gordon (STAN) 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
2. #4 Fernanda Contreras (VANDY) def. #22 Emily Arbuthnott (STAN) 6-1, 6-4
3. #19 Christina Rosca (VANDY) def. #69 Caroline Lampl (STAN) 3-6, 6-0, 6-2
4. Emma Kurtz (VANDY) def. Emma Higuchi (STAN) 7-6 (7-3), 7-5
5. #96 Summer Dvorak (VANDY) def. Janice Shin (STAN) 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (7-5)
6. Amanda Meyer (VANDY) def. Kimberly Yee (STAN) 7-6 (8-6), 7-6 (7-5)

1. Astra Sharma/Fernanda Contreras (VANDY) def. #4 Michaela Gordon/Emily Arbuthnott (STAN) 6-3
2. #43 Emily Smith/Emma Kurtz (VANDY) vs. Kimberly Yee/Caroline Lampl (STAN) 5-5, unfinished
3. Amanda Meyer/Christina Rosca (VANDY) def. Janice Shin/Emma Higuchi (STAN) 6-1

How do you reverse a 7-0 loss?? Put out a different team.

Stanford now line up differently with Stanfords star performer of last year back in the line up and all 6 players nationally ranked. Meyer has moved up from 6 to 4 for Vandy. 

1. #15 Gordon . Same position as Feb.... went to three sets ..... Fernandez #11 v GTech
2. #40 Lord Did not play                                                  .....   Contreras #10 v GTech
3. #93 Lampl. Same position as Feb..... went to three sets. .....  Rosca #44 v GTech 
4. #44 Arbuthnot . Played No 2.                                         ......Meyer moved up from 6 v GTech 
5. #96 Shin. Same position........went to three sets            ......  Kurtz dropped from 4 v  GTech 
6. #102 Higuchi.....Played at No. 4 lost in two close sets       ..... Dvorak dropped from 5 v GTech 

1. Gordon/Arbuthnot .... lost 6-3
2. Lampl/Yee....... did not finish
3. Lord/Shin...... new team

-- Edited by Oakland2002 on Tuesday 22nd of May 2018 04:24:52 AM

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