CORAL GABLES, Fla. – No. 28 Stanford resumed its 12-day, east coast road swing with a 4-3 victory at No. 69 Miami on Friday afternoon.
Chidimma Okpara delivered the clincher, her third of the season, with a 6-4, 6-1 victory at No. 5.
The Cardinal won doubles with wins from Valerie Glozman and Connie Ma at No. 1 and Caroline Driscoll and Valencia Xu at No. 2, but Miami would respond and go up 2-1 with singles wins at Nos. 3 and 1. Xu, who has been battling an injury all trip, was forced to retire after her first set at No. 3 and Glozman dropped just her third match this spring to No. 63 Alexa Noel on the top court.
Stanford evened things up with a 6-3, 6-0 victory from Driscoll at No. 4 and Connie Ma would control the momentum for the Cardinal by winning her first-set tiebreak at No. 2. Ma was serving up 6-4 but had back-to-back double faults to allow Jaquelyn Ogunwale back in it. The senior captain remained unfazed, took the next two points to win the breaker and then rolled in the second, 6-0.
Stanford closes out its long trip at No. 65 Florida State on Sunday at 9 a.m. PT.
#28 Stanford 4, #69 Miami 3
DOUBLES
1) #22 Valerie Glozman/Connie Ma (STAN) d. Alexa Noel/Jaquelyn Ogunwale (MIA) 6-0
2) Caroline Driscoll/Valencia Xu (STAN) d. Raquel Gonzalez/Maria Paula Vargas (MIA) 7-5
3) Chidimma Okpara/Morgan Shaffer (STAN) led Aely Arai/Daria Volosova (MIA) 4-3 unf.
Order of finish: 1, 2
SINGLES
1) #63 Alexa Noel (MIA) d. #6 Valerie Glozman (STAN) 6-2, 6-1
2) #16 Connie Ma (STAN) d. Jaquelyn Ogunwale (MIA) 7-6 (6), 6-0
3) #109 Raquel Gonzalez (MIA) d. #79 Valencia Xu (STAN) 6-1, ret.
4) Caroline Driscoll (STAN) d. Aely Arai (MIA) 6-3, 6-0
5) Chidimma Okpara (STAN) d. Maria Paula Vargas (MIA) 6-4, 6-1
6) Daria Volosova (MIA) d. Morgan Shaffer (STAN) 6-3, 6-3
Order of finish: 3, 1, 4, 2, 6, 5