Only Cameron Klinger and Emily Arbuthnott survived a brutal day for Northern California players on Thursday in the NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Klinger, a Vanderbilt junior from San Jose, and Arbuthnott, a Stanford sophomore from England, reached today's singles round of 16.
Klinger dismissed Mitch Harper of Virginia Tech 6-3, 6-2, and Arbuthnott held off Josie Kuhlman of Florida 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 two days after helping the Cardinal win the NCAA title. Kuhlman reached the 2015 semifinals as a freshman.
Klinger, who upset 9-16 seed Alex Knight of Michigan 6-4, 6-0 in the first round, is scheduled to face second-seeded William Blumberg, a North Carolina sophomore who advanced to last year's final. Arbuthnott will take on Astra Sharma, a 9-16 seed from NCAA runner-up Vanderbilt. Both matches are scheduled for 7 a.m. PDT and will be streamed live.
Sharma, a redshirt senior from Australia, has lost only two games in two matches.
No. 9-16 seed Michaela Gordon, a Stanford freshman from Saratoga in the San Francisco Bay Area, lost to Gabriela Talaba of Texas Tech 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (5) in the second round.
Billy Griffith, a Cal senior from Fresno, bowed out to Jose Salazar of Arkansas 6-1, 7-5 after ousting eighth-seeded Ryotaro Matsumura of Kentucky in the first round on Wednesday.
Arbuthnott and Gordon, seeded third in doubles, fell to Chandler Carter and Emma Davis of Wake Forest 6-3, 6-3 in the opening round.
Other results of matches involving NorCal players:
Alfredo Perez (9-16), Florida, def. Victor Pham (Saratoga), Columbia, 6-1, 6-2 in the second round.
Fernanda Contreras (8), Vanderbilt, def. Felicity Maltby (Sunnyvale), Texas Tech, 6-1, 6-1 in the second round.
Johannes Ingildsen and Perez (4), Florida, def. Tom Fawcett and Axel Geller, Stanford, 3-6, 7-6 (6), 10-4 in the first round.
Blumberg and Robert Kelly (2), North Carolina, def. Griffith and J.T. Nishimura (San Jose), Cal, 6-4, 6-4 in the first round.
Austin Rapp and Keegan Smith, UCLA, def. Klinger and Billy Rowe, Vanderbilt, 6-3, 6-3 in the first round.
Alexa Bortles and Arianne Hartono (5-8), Mississippi, def. Georgia Lawson and Emma Wilson, Fresno State, 7-6 (4), 6-2 in the first round.
Veteran journalist Paul Bauman, based in Sacramento, covers Northern California professional, collegiate and junior tennis. Contact him at norcaltennisczar@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter @norcaltenczar.
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Friday, May 25, 2018
Wednesday, May 23, 2018
Cal's Griffith stuns No. 8 seed in NCAA singles
Billy Griffith, a Cal senior from Fresno, ousted No. 8 seed Ryotaro Matsumura of Kentucky 6-4, 6-3 today in the first round of the NCAA Men's Singles Championships in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Griffith, ranked No. 54, is scheduled to play No. 18 Jose Salazar of Arkansas on Thursday at 6 a.m. PDT. All matches are being streamed live.
Cameron Klinger, a Vanderbilt junior from San Jose, knocked off No. 9-16 seed Alex Knight of Michigan 6-4, 6-0. Klinger, ranked No. 26, will take on No. 29 Mitch Harper of Virginia Tech at 5 a.m.
Victor Pham of Columbia and Saratoga in the San Francisco Bay Area topped Jordi Arconada of Texas A&M 6-7 (5), 7-5, 6-3. Pham, a junior, will meet 9-16 seed Alfredo Perez of Florida at 8:30 a.m.
No. 9-16 seed Tom Fawcett, a Stanford senior and 2017 semifinalist, lost to Giovanni Oradini of Mississippi State 3-6, 6-4, 6-3.
Top-seeded Martin Redlicki of UCLA beat Tim Sandkaulen of Mississippi 4-6, 6-4, 6-1.
On the women's side, Stanford's Michaela Gordon and Emily Arbuthnott advanced one day after the Cardinal won its second NCAA crown in three years.
Gordon, a freshman from Saratoga seeded 9-16, dismissed Fatima Bizhukova of Wichita State 6-2, 6-3. Arbuthnott beat Ingrid Gamarra Martins of South Carolina 6-3, 7-5. Gamarra Martins replaced fourth-seeded Samantha Harris of Duke after Harris withdrew.
Gordon, ranked 15th, is scheduled to face No. 21 Gabriela Talaba of Texas Tech on Thursday. The 43rd-ranked Arbuthnott will play No. 52 Josie Kuhlman of Florida. Both matches are scheduled for 8 a.m.
Melissa Lord, who won the deciding match in Stanford's 4-3 victory over Vanderbilt in the NCAA final, lost to No. 9-16 seed Andrea Lazaro of Florida International 6-4, 6-1.
Alternate Felicity Maltby of Texas Tech and Sunnyvale in the Bay Area routed Maria Kononova of North Texas 6-1, 6-1. Maltby, a junior ranked No. 58, will face Vanderbilt's Fernanda Contreras, ranked and seeded 10th, at 7:30 a.m.
Top-seeded Bianca Turati of Texas fell to Pepperdine's Luisa Stefani, a semifinalist two years ago as a freshman, 7-6 (6), 4-6, 6-3.
All three Cal women in NCAA singles -- junior Olivia Hauger and freshmen Anna Bright and Julia Rosenqvist -- lost in the opening round.
In the first round of doubles on Thursday:
--Griffith and J.T. Nishimura, a senior from San Jose, will take on second-seeded William Blumberg and Robert Kelly of North Carolina at 11:30 a.m.
--Klinger and Billy Rowe will face Austin Rapp and Keegan Smith of UCLA at 12:30 p.m.
--Arbuthnott and Gordon will meet Chandler Carter and Emma Davis of host Wake Forest at 1:30 p.m.
--And Fawcett and Axel Geller will play fourth-seeded Johannes Ingildsen and Perez at 2 p.m.
Griffith, ranked No. 54, is scheduled to play No. 18 Jose Salazar of Arkansas on Thursday at 6 a.m. PDT. All matches are being streamed live.
Cameron Klinger, a Vanderbilt junior from San Jose, knocked off No. 9-16 seed Alex Knight of Michigan 6-4, 6-0. Klinger, ranked No. 26, will take on No. 29 Mitch Harper of Virginia Tech at 5 a.m.
Victor Pham of Columbia and Saratoga in the San Francisco Bay Area topped Jordi Arconada of Texas A&M 6-7 (5), 7-5, 6-3. Pham, a junior, will meet 9-16 seed Alfredo Perez of Florida at 8:30 a.m.
No. 9-16 seed Tom Fawcett, a Stanford senior and 2017 semifinalist, lost to Giovanni Oradini of Mississippi State 3-6, 6-4, 6-3.
Top-seeded Martin Redlicki of UCLA beat Tim Sandkaulen of Mississippi 4-6, 6-4, 6-1.
On the women's side, Stanford's Michaela Gordon and Emily Arbuthnott advanced one day after the Cardinal won its second NCAA crown in three years.
Gordon, a freshman from Saratoga seeded 9-16, dismissed Fatima Bizhukova of Wichita State 6-2, 6-3. Arbuthnott beat Ingrid Gamarra Martins of South Carolina 6-3, 7-5. Gamarra Martins replaced fourth-seeded Samantha Harris of Duke after Harris withdrew.
Gordon, ranked 15th, is scheduled to face No. 21 Gabriela Talaba of Texas Tech on Thursday. The 43rd-ranked Arbuthnott will play No. 52 Josie Kuhlman of Florida. Both matches are scheduled for 8 a.m.
Melissa Lord, who won the deciding match in Stanford's 4-3 victory over Vanderbilt in the NCAA final, lost to No. 9-16 seed Andrea Lazaro of Florida International 6-4, 6-1.
Alternate Felicity Maltby of Texas Tech and Sunnyvale in the Bay Area routed Maria Kononova of North Texas 6-1, 6-1. Maltby, a junior ranked No. 58, will face Vanderbilt's Fernanda Contreras, ranked and seeded 10th, at 7:30 a.m.
Top-seeded Bianca Turati of Texas fell to Pepperdine's Luisa Stefani, a semifinalist two years ago as a freshman, 7-6 (6), 4-6, 6-3.
All three Cal women in NCAA singles -- junior Olivia Hauger and freshmen Anna Bright and Julia Rosenqvist -- lost in the opening round.
In the first round of doubles on Thursday:
--Griffith and J.T. Nishimura, a senior from San Jose, will take on second-seeded William Blumberg and Robert Kelly of North Carolina at 11:30 a.m.
--Klinger and Billy Rowe will face Austin Rapp and Keegan Smith of UCLA at 12:30 p.m.
--Arbuthnott and Gordon will meet Chandler Carter and Emma Davis of host Wake Forest at 1:30 p.m.
--And Fawcett and Axel Geller will play fourth-seeded Johannes Ingildsen and Perez at 2 p.m.
Saturday, April 23, 2016
Cal men defeat USC, advance to first Pac-12 final
The No. 3-seeded Cal men defeated No. 2 USC 4-1 on Friday in Ojai, Calif., to reach their first Pacific-12 Conference Championships final.
No. 82 Billy Griffith, a sophomore from Fresno, provided the clincher with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over No. 59 Logan Smith on Court 3.
Cal (17-5) will face No. 1 seed UCLA (21-2), which topped No. 4 Stanford 4-1.
In women's singles, No. 1 seed Maegan Manasse of Cal will meet No. 4 Giuliana Olmos of USC and Fremont in the San Francisco Bay Area for a berth in Sunday's final.
In the other semifinal, No. 3 seed and defending champion Catherine Harrison of UCLA will face No. 7 Lauren Marker of Arizona. Both defeated Stanford players.
Harrison ended Krista Hardebeck's winning streak at 17 matches with a 6-2, 6-3 decision. Marker outlasted Caroline Doyle of San Francisco 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.
The top two doubles seeds, No. 1 Manasse and Denise Starr and No. 2 Taylor Davidson and Doyle, lost one-set matches in the first round and quarterfinals, respectively.
Reaching the doubles semifinals in opposite halves of the draw were No. 4 Olmos and Gabby Smith and unseeded Melissa Lord and Carol Zhao of Stanford.
2. Max de Vroome and Thibault Forget, USC, def. Andre Goransson and Oskar Wikberg, 6-1.
3. J.T. Nishimura (San Jose) and Mads Engsted, Cal, def. Rob Bellamy and Jake DeVine (Los Altos Hills), 6-3.
Order of finish: 2, 3, 1
2. No. 43 Nick Crystal, USC, def. No. 28 Andre Goransson, 6-4, 7-5.
3. No. 82 Billy Griffith, Cal, def. No. 59 Logan Smith, 6-4, 6-2.
4. Filip Bergevi, Cal, def. No. 106 Jake DeVine (Los Altos Hills), 6-3, 6-3.
5. No. 122 Oskar Wikberg, Cal, led No. 117 Thibault Forget, 7-6 (4), 1-3, unfinished.
6. J.T. Nishimura (San Jose), Cal, def. Laurens Verboven, 6-2, 6-4.
Order of finish: 4, 6, 2, 3
2. Nolan Paige and David Wilczynski, Stanford, def. Karue Sell and Joseph DiGiulio, 7-5.
3. Maxime Cressy and Austin Rapp, UCLA, led Yale Goldberg and Sameer Kumar, 6-5, unfinished.
Order of finish: 1, 2
2. No. 42 Martin Redlicki, UCLA, led Michael Genender 7-5, 4-3, unfinished.
3. No. 55 Gage Brymer, UCLA, def. No. 77 David Wilczynski, 6-2, 6-4.
4. No. 92 Karue Sell, UCLA, def. Nolan Paige, 6-2, 6-2.
5. Logan Staggs (Tracy), UCLA, led Maciek Romanowicz, 6-3, 3-6, 1-0, unfinished.
6. Joseph DiGiulio, UCLA, def. Sameer Kumar, 6-3, 6-1.
Order of finish: 4, 6, 1, 3
Giuliana Olmos (4), USC/Fremont, def. Ebony Panoho, Arizona State, 6-1, 6-2.
Catherine Harrison (3), UCLA, def. Krista Hardebeck, Stanford, 6-2, 6-3.
Lauren Marker (7), Arizona, def. Caroline Doyle, Stanford/San Francisco, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.
Giuliana Olmos (Fremont) and Gabby Smith (4), USC, def. Trang Huynh and Victoria Matejevic, Washington State, 6-1.
Melissa Lord and Carol Zhao, Stanford, def. Catherine Harrison and Kyle McPhillips (3), UCLA, 7-6 (2).
Nour Abbes and Miki Kobayashi, Washington, def. Taylor Davidson and Caroline Doyle (San Francisco) (2), Stanford, 7-5.
No. 82 Billy Griffith, a sophomore from Fresno, provided the clincher with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over No. 59 Logan Smith on Court 3.
Cal (17-5) will face No. 1 seed UCLA (21-2), which topped No. 4 Stanford 4-1.
In women's singles, No. 1 seed Maegan Manasse of Cal will meet No. 4 Giuliana Olmos of USC and Fremont in the San Francisco Bay Area for a berth in Sunday's final.
In the other semifinal, No. 3 seed and defending champion Catherine Harrison of UCLA will face No. 7 Lauren Marker of Arizona. Both defeated Stanford players.
Harrison ended Krista Hardebeck's winning streak at 17 matches with a 6-2, 6-3 decision. Marker outlasted Caroline Doyle of San Francisco 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.
The top two doubles seeds, No. 1 Manasse and Denise Starr and No. 2 Taylor Davidson and Doyle, lost one-set matches in the first round and quarterfinals, respectively.
Reaching the doubles semifinals in opposite halves of the draw were No. 4 Olmos and Gabby Smith and unseeded Melissa Lord and Carol Zhao of Stanford.
PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS
In Ojai, Calif.
Men
No. 16 Cal 4, No. 8 USC 1
Doubles
1. Filip Bergevi and Florian Lakat, Cal, def. Nick Crystal and Laurens Verboven, 7-6 (6).2. Max de Vroome and Thibault Forget, USC, def. Andre Goransson and Oskar Wikberg, 6-1.
3. J.T. Nishimura (San Jose) and Mads Engsted, Cal, def. Rob Bellamy and Jake DeVine (Los Altos Hills), 6-3.
Order of finish: 2, 3, 1
Singles
1. No. 27 Florian Lakat, Cal, vs. No. 23 Max de Vroome, 4-6, 6-4, unfinished.2. No. 43 Nick Crystal, USC, def. No. 28 Andre Goransson, 6-4, 7-5.
3. No. 82 Billy Griffith, Cal, def. No. 59 Logan Smith, 6-4, 6-2.
4. Filip Bergevi, Cal, def. No. 106 Jake DeVine (Los Altos Hills), 6-3, 6-3.
5. No. 122 Oskar Wikberg, Cal, led No. 117 Thibault Forget, 7-6 (4), 1-3, unfinished.
6. J.T. Nishimura (San Jose), Cal, def. Laurens Verboven, 6-2, 6-4.
Order of finish: 4, 6, 2, 3
No. 2 UCLA 4, No. 32 Stanford 1
Doubles
1. No. 39 Tom Fawcett and Maciek Romanowicz, STanford, def. No. 5 Martin Redlicki and Mackenzie McDonald (Piedmont), 6-2.2. Nolan Paige and David Wilczynski, Stanford, def. Karue Sell and Joseph DiGiulio, 7-5.
3. Maxime Cressy and Austin Rapp, UCLA, led Yale Goldberg and Sameer Kumar, 6-5, unfinished.
Order of finish: 1, 2
Singles
1. No. 10 Mackenzie McDonald (Piedmont), UCLA, def. No. 12 Tom Fawcett, 6-4, 6-3.2. No. 42 Martin Redlicki, UCLA, led Michael Genender 7-5, 4-3, unfinished.
3. No. 55 Gage Brymer, UCLA, def. No. 77 David Wilczynski, 6-2, 6-4.
4. No. 92 Karue Sell, UCLA, def. Nolan Paige, 6-2, 6-2.
5. Logan Staggs (Tracy), UCLA, led Maciek Romanowicz, 6-3, 3-6, 1-0, unfinished.
6. Joseph DiGiulio, UCLA, def. Sameer Kumar, 6-3, 6-1.
Order of finish: 4, 6, 1, 3
Women
Singles quarterfinals
Maegan Manasse (1), Cal, def. Desirae Krawczyk (8), Arizona State, 6-2, 6-3.Giuliana Olmos (4), USC/Fremont, def. Ebony Panoho, Arizona State, 6-1, 6-2.
Catherine Harrison (3), UCLA, def. Krista Hardebeck, Stanford, 6-2, 6-3.
Lauren Marker (7), Arizona, def. Caroline Doyle, Stanford/San Francisco, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.
Doubles quarterfinals
Alexandra Osborne and Ebony Panoho, Arizona State, def. Margo Pletcher and Brianna Turley, Utah, 7-5.Giuliana Olmos (Fremont) and Gabby Smith (4), USC, def. Trang Huynh and Victoria Matejevic, Washington State, 6-1.
Melissa Lord and Carol Zhao, Stanford, def. Catherine Harrison and Kyle McPhillips (3), UCLA, 7-6 (2).
Nour Abbes and Miki Kobayashi, Washington, def. Taylor Davidson and Caroline Doyle (San Francisco) (2), Stanford, 7-5.
Sunday, April 19, 2015
Stanford men earn share of Pac-12 title despite loss
Because of freshman Billy Griffith of Fresno, the No. 24 Stanford men had to settle for a share of the Pacific-12 Conference title.
Griffith pulled out a 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4 victory over Nolan Paige at the No. 5 spot, giving No. 28 Cal a 4-3 win over the host Cardinal on Saturday.
The Bears (17-7, 5-2 Pac-12) ended Stanford's winning streak at 10 matches, but the Cardinal (16-5, 6-1) earned a share of the conference title with USC. It's Stanford's first regular-season league crown since 2010.
No. 53 UC Davis def. UC Riverside 7-0 in Riverside. Aggies clinch share of Big West Conference title. Records: UC Davis 16-4, 4-0; UC Riverside 3-15, 0-4.
No. 55 USF def. No. 67 Portland 4-0 in San Francisco. Records: USF 16-8 overall, 6-3 WCC. Portland 12-6, 5-3.
Pacific def. No. 75 Loyola Marymount 4-3 in Los Angeles. Records: Pacific 9-16 overall, 6-3 WCC; Loyola Marymount 13-10, 3-6.
Santa Clara def. Gonzaga 4-2 in Santa Clara. Records: Santa Clara 8-12 overall, 2-6 WCC; Gonzaga 10-10, 2-7.
Fresno State def. Nevada 4-1 in Fresno. Records: 16-9 overall, 4-3 Mountain West Conference; Nevada 7-15, 1-6.
No. 45 Saint Mary's def. No. 18 Pepperdine 6-1 in Moraga. Records: Saint Mary's 13-8 overall, 7-2 WCC; Pepperdine 14-6, 8-1.
No. 43 Fresno State def. UNLV 4-1 in Las Vegas. Records: Fresno State 17-4 overall, 6-0 MWC (Bulldogs finish regular season undefeated in conference play); UNLV 7-16, 1-4.
Washington State def. No. 58 USF 4-3 in Pullman, Wash. Records: Washington State 13-12, USF 12-9.
No. 62 San Jose State def. Nevada 5-2 in Reno. Records: San Jose State 13-6 overall, 3-1 MWC; Nevada 8-10, 1-5.
UC Davis def. UC Santa Cruz 7-0 in Davis. Records: UC Davis 11-11, UCSC 2-13.
Loyola Marymount def. Pacific 4-3 in Stockton. Records: Loyola Marymount 4-19 overall, 1-8 WCC; Pacific 8-12, 2-7.
Gonzaga def. Santa Clara 5-2 in Spokane, Wash. Records: Gonzaga 12-8 overall, 3-6 WCC; Santa Clara 7-10, 3-5.
No. 55 USF def. Gonzaga 4-0 in San Francisco. Records: USF 15-8 overall, 5-3 WCC; Gonzaga 10-9, 2-6.
No. 75 Loyola Marymount def. Saint Mary's 5-0 in Los Angeles. Records: Loyola Marymount 13-9 overall, 3-5 WCC; Saint Mary's 4-16, 1-7.
No. 18 Pepperdine def. Pacific 4-1 in Stockton. Records: Pepperdine 14-5 overall, 8-0 WCC; Pacific 8-11, 2-6.
No. 58 USF def. Gonzaga 4-3 in Spokane, Wash. Records: USF 12-8 overall, 7-2 WCC; Gonzaga 11-8, 2-6.
Griffith pulled out a 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4 victory over Nolan Paige at the No. 5 spot, giving No. 28 Cal a 4-3 win over the host Cardinal on Saturday.
The Bears (17-7, 5-2 Pac-12) ended Stanford's winning streak at 10 matches, but the Cardinal (16-5, 6-1) earned a share of the conference title with USC. It's Stanford's first regular-season league crown since 2010.
Stanford will be seeded No. 1 in next week's Pac-12 Championships in Ojai because of its 4-3 upset of USC last week at Stanford. The Trojans defeated Stanford in a nonconference match in Los Angeles earlier in the season.
OTHER COLLEGE SCORES
Saturday
Men
No. 40 Pepperdine def. Saint Mary's 4-0 in Malibu. Records: Pepperdine 15-8 overall, 7-2 West Coast Conference; Saint Mary's 4-17, 1-8.No. 53 UC Davis def. UC Riverside 7-0 in Riverside. Aggies clinch share of Big West Conference title. Records: UC Davis 16-4, 4-0; UC Riverside 3-15, 0-4.
No. 55 USF def. No. 67 Portland 4-0 in San Francisco. Records: USF 16-8 overall, 6-3 WCC. Portland 12-6, 5-3.
Pacific def. No. 75 Loyola Marymount 4-3 in Los Angeles. Records: Pacific 9-16 overall, 6-3 WCC; Loyola Marymount 13-10, 3-6.
Santa Clara def. Gonzaga 4-2 in Santa Clara. Records: Santa Clara 8-12 overall, 2-6 WCC; Gonzaga 10-10, 2-7.
Fresno State def. Nevada 4-1 in Fresno. Records: 16-9 overall, 4-3 Mountain West Conference; Nevada 7-15, 1-6.
Women
No. 4 Cal def. No. 11 Stanford 5-2 in Berkeley. Records: Cal 20-3 overall, 9-1 Pacific-12 Conference; Stanford 15-5, 7-3.No. 45 Saint Mary's def. No. 18 Pepperdine 6-1 in Moraga. Records: Saint Mary's 13-8 overall, 7-2 WCC; Pepperdine 14-6, 8-1.
No. 43 Fresno State def. UNLV 4-1 in Las Vegas. Records: Fresno State 17-4 overall, 6-0 MWC (Bulldogs finish regular season undefeated in conference play); UNLV 7-16, 1-4.
Washington State def. No. 58 USF 4-3 in Pullman, Wash. Records: Washington State 13-12, USF 12-9.
No. 62 San Jose State def. Nevada 5-2 in Reno. Records: San Jose State 13-6 overall, 3-1 MWC; Nevada 8-10, 1-5.
UC Davis def. UC Santa Cruz 7-0 in Davis. Records: UC Davis 11-11, UCSC 2-13.
Loyola Marymount def. Pacific 4-3 in Stockton. Records: Loyola Marymount 4-19 overall, 1-8 WCC; Pacific 8-12, 2-7.
Gonzaga def. Santa Clara 5-2 in Spokane, Wash. Records: Gonzaga 12-8 overall, 3-6 WCC; Santa Clara 7-10, 3-5.
Friday
Men
No. 40 Pepperdine def. Pacific 4-0 in Malibu. Records: 14-8 overall, 6-2 WCC; Pacific 8-16, 5-3. No. 55 USF def. Gonzaga 4-0 in San Francisco. Records: USF 15-8 overall, 5-3 WCC; Gonzaga 10-9, 2-6.
No. 75 Loyola Marymount def. Saint Mary's 5-0 in Los Angeles. Records: Loyola Marymount 13-9 overall, 3-5 WCC; Saint Mary's 4-16, 1-7.
Women
No. 4 Cal def. Sacramento State 7-0 in Berkeley. Records: Cal 19-3, Sac State 16-10.No. 18 Pepperdine def. Pacific 4-1 in Stockton. Records: Pepperdine 14-5 overall, 8-0 WCC; Pacific 8-11, 2-6.
No. 58 USF def. Gonzaga 4-3 in Spokane, Wash. Records: USF 12-8 overall, 7-2 WCC; Gonzaga 11-8, 2-6.
Wednesday, January 1, 2014
Staggs reaches boys 18 semis in Winter Nationals
Fifth-seeded Logan Staggs of Tracy defeated 15th-seeded Walker Duncan of Atlanta 6-4, 6-1 on Tuesday to reach the boys 18 semifinals in the USTA National Winter Championships in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Staggs -- a 5-foot-7 (1.70-meter), 135-pound (61.2-kilogram) left-hander who's headed to Northwestern -- will play 17th-seeded Felix Corwin of Elm Grove, Wis., today. Corwin beat Robert Seby, a resident of Oro Valley, Ariz., also seeded 17th, 7-5, 6-3.
Third-seeded William Griffith of Fresno lost to seventh-seeded Aron Hiltzik of Wilmette, Ill., 7-6 (8), 6-4 in the boys 18 quarterfinals. Griffith signed a letter of intent last month to attend Cal.
Two doubles teams featuring Northern California players reached Winter National finals in Tucson, Ariz.
In the boys 14s, ninth-seeded Randy Cory of Salinas and Andrew Ton of Milpitas topped Ryan Seggerman of Coronado and Sangeet Sridhar of Simi Valley 7-5, 6-1. Seggerman and Sridhar also were seeded ninth.
Cory and Ton will meet third-seeded Trent Bryde of Suwanee, Ga., and Danny Thomas of Pickerington, Ohio, today for the title.
In the girls 12s, unseeded Isabella Harvison of Cardiff and the appropriately named Katie Volynets of Walnut Creek downed fourth-seeded Amanda Chan of Pasadena and Amy Huang of San Diego 6-2, 7-5.
Harvison and Volynets will take on top-seeded Gianna Pielet of El Paso, Texas, and Caty McNally of Cincinnati for the crown.
Staggs -- a 5-foot-7 (1.70-meter), 135-pound (61.2-kilogram) left-hander who's headed to Northwestern -- will play 17th-seeded Felix Corwin of Elm Grove, Wis., today. Corwin beat Robert Seby, a resident of Oro Valley, Ariz., also seeded 17th, 7-5, 6-3.
Third-seeded William Griffith of Fresno lost to seventh-seeded Aron Hiltzik of Wilmette, Ill., 7-6 (8), 6-4 in the boys 18 quarterfinals. Griffith signed a letter of intent last month to attend Cal.
Two doubles teams featuring Northern California players reached Winter National finals in Tucson, Ariz.
In the boys 14s, ninth-seeded Randy Cory of Salinas and Andrew Ton of Milpitas topped Ryan Seggerman of Coronado and Sangeet Sridhar of Simi Valley 7-5, 6-1. Seggerman and Sridhar also were seeded ninth.
Cory and Ton will meet third-seeded Trent Bryde of Suwanee, Ga., and Danny Thomas of Pickerington, Ohio, today for the title.
In the girls 12s, unseeded Isabella Harvison of Cardiff and the appropriately named Katie Volynets of Walnut Creek downed fourth-seeded Amanda Chan of Pasadena and Amy Huang of San Diego 6-2, 7-5.
Harvison and Volynets will take on top-seeded Gianna Pielet of El Paso, Texas, and Caty McNally of Cincinnati for the crown.
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Two NorCal boys gain quarters in Winter Nationals
William Griffith of Fresno and Logan Staggs of Tracy reached the boys 18 quarterfinals in the USTA National Winter Championships in Scottsdale, Ariz., on Monday.
The third-seeded Griffth, who's headed to Cal, dispatched unseeded Oliver Sec of New York 6-1, 6-2. The fifth-seeded Staggs -- a 5-foot-7 (1.70-meter), 135-pound (61.2-kilogram) left-hander who will attend Northwestern -- topped ninth-seeded McClain Kessler of Calhoun, Ga., 7-5, 4-6, 6-1.
Today, Griffith will face seventh-seeded Aron Hiltzik of Wilmette, Ill., and Staggs will meet 15th-seeded Walker Duncan of Atlanta.
In the boys 14 quarterfinals in Tucson, Ariz., top-seeded Patrick Kypson of Greenville, N.C., dominated 16th-seeded Keenan Mayo of Roseville 6-3, 6-1.
Ninth-seeded Randy Cory of Salinas and Andrew Ton of Milpitas reached the boys 14 doubles semifinals, and unseeded Isabella Harvison of Cardiff and Katie Volynets of Walnut Creek advanced to the girls doubles semis.
The third-seeded Griffth, who's headed to Cal, dispatched unseeded Oliver Sec of New York 6-1, 6-2. The fifth-seeded Staggs -- a 5-foot-7 (1.70-meter), 135-pound (61.2-kilogram) left-hander who will attend Northwestern -- topped ninth-seeded McClain Kessler of Calhoun, Ga., 7-5, 4-6, 6-1.
Today, Griffith will face seventh-seeded Aron Hiltzik of Wilmette, Ill., and Staggs will meet 15th-seeded Walker Duncan of Atlanta.
In the boys 14 quarterfinals in Tucson, Ariz., top-seeded Patrick Kypson of Greenville, N.C., dominated 16th-seeded Keenan Mayo of Roseville 6-3, 6-1.
Ninth-seeded Randy Cory of Salinas and Andrew Ton of Milpitas reached the boys 14 doubles semifinals, and unseeded Isabella Harvison of Cardiff and Katie Volynets of Walnut Creek advanced to the girls doubles semis.
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Gold River Challenger champ signs with UCLA
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| Mayo Hibi, 17, of Irvine is ranked No. 232 in the world. Photo by Paul Bauman |
The 17-year-old Los Angeles-area resident, who won Challengers in the Sacramento area and Las Cruces, N.M., this year as an amateur, signed a letter of intent last week to attend UCLA.
Ranked No. 232 in the world, Hibi is rated as the No. 1 recruit in this year's class by Tennisrecruiting.net. She won consecutive titles in the Las Cruces $25,000 Women's Challenger in June and the $50,000 FSP Gold River Women's Challenger in July.
Only 5-foot-5 (1.65 meters) and 117 pounds (53 kilograms), Hibi won the U.S. Open National Playoff in August to earn a wild card into women's qualifying at the year's last Grand Slam tournament. She lost to 13th-seeded Anastasia Rodionova, a former Sacramento Capital in World TeamTennis from Australia, in the second round but reached the junior girls semifinals in Flushing Meadows, N.Y.
Hibi plays for her native Japan but has lived in California since she was 2 1/2, first in the San Francisco suburb of Foster City and for the past 12 years in Irvine.
Hibi's father, a sales manager for a branch of a Japanese music company, taught her an old-school game featuring a one-handed backhand and occasional volleys.
"My dad liked that style more than the modern game," Hibi said in July. "Since I'm not going to be 6-foot tall like Maria Sharapova, since I'm going to be one of the shortest and smallest players on the tour, my dad knew I had to do something different from everyone else to become one of the top players like Justine Henin. She (had) an all-court game."
UCLA is coached by Stella Sampras Webster, the older sister of Pete Sampras.
The Bruins won their only NCAA women's tennis team title in 2008 with the help of sophomore Yasmin Schnack of Elk Grove in the Sacramento area.
UCLA reached the semifinals of this year's NCAAs, losing a 4-3 heartbreaker to Texas A&M in Urbana, Ill. The Bruins' Chanelle Van Nguyen led Ines Deheza 4-2 in the third set of the deciding match at No. 4 singles before falling 6-3, 6-7 (9), 6-4. The Aggies then lost to Stanford in the final.
The UCLA men's team features freshman Mackenzie McDonald of Piedmont, a suburb of Oakland.
Other signings -- The Cal men added William Griffith of Fresno and J.T. Nishimura of San Jose.
Griffith is ranked third and Nishimura 44th in this year's class by Tennisrecruiting.net. They played doubles together in the USTA Boys 18 National Championships in August, reaching the semifinals.
The Cal women signed Australian Lyann Hoang, who won a bronze medal in the 2010 World Junior Teams Competition in the Czech Republic. She has captured seven national junior doubles titles and one in singles.
Lani-Rae Green, from Kekaha on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, became the first member of the UC Davis women's class. Green has earned eight varsity letters in four sports (tennis, cross country, swimming, and track and field).
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