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Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA)
Women's Tennis

Northwest Regionals in Berkeley

The two singles finalists and the doubles champion will qualify for November's NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships

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  • Stanford will have its second opportunity to qualify individuals for the NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships at the ITA Northwest Regional Championships, which begin Friday in Berkeley.
    • In the second season of a new-look fall calendar that culminates with the NCAA Individual Championships from Nov. 18-23 in Orlando, the two singles finalists and the doubles champion from the northwest region will qualify.
  • All eight Cardinal student-athletes will be in action at Cal’s Hellman Tennis Complex and Channing Tennis Courts.
    • In singles, five from Stanford will begin play on Saturday, the Cardinal's three freshmen in Alyssa Ahn, Monika Ekstrand and Tianmei Wang, senior Caroline Driscoll, and junior transfer Sein Myoung.
    • Morgan Shaffer and Emma Sun are in the qualifying draw. Shaffer will face Gonzaga's Karla Brown on Friday at 12:30 p.m. and Sun will face the winner of Sophie Stanton (Saint Mary's) and Lisann Brinkmann (Sacramento State) on Friday at 2 p.m.
    • Valerie Glozman, the ITA All-Americans champion who has already qualified in singles for NCAAs, will only play doubles this weekend.
  • Stanford will field four doubles teams: Ekstrand/Glozman, Ahn/Driscoll, Myoung/Wang and Shaffer/Sun.
  • ITA Northwest Regionals will be taking place away from The Farm for the second consecutive season. Stanford had hosted the event for 16 consecutive years, but is currently unable due to the construction of the Arrillaga Tennis Center.
  • In Stanford’s first action of the fall, Valerie Glozman capped an incredible start to her sophomore season by winning the ITA Women’s All-American singles title, beating Carmen Herea of Texas in the final, 6-2, 6-3.
    • Glozman is the first champion from Stanford since Hilary Barte in 2010 and the fourth all-time, joining Patty Fendick (1987), Sandra Birch (1989, 1990) and Barte.
    • Her victory also edged the Cardinal in front of Florida for the most ITA All-American women’s singles titles of all time with five.
    • Stanford’s superstar, who entered the year sixth in the ITA rankings and was seeded fourth at this tournament, dropped just one set in her six matches in North Carolina. Glozman picked up ranked wins over No. 52 Emilija Tverijonaite (Arizona State), No. 17 Mao Mushika (California), No. 47 Emma Charney (USC), No. 11 Teah Chavez (Ohio State) and No. 21 Herea.
    • She’s won her last 14 collegiate matches dating back to last season and moved to 20-5 all-time against ranked opponents in her season plus one week on The Farm.
  • The Cardinal enters the fall with five ranked singles players in Valerie Glozman(No. 6), Caroline Driscoll (No. 58), Monika Ekstrand (No. 83), Alyssa Ahn (No. 90) and Tianmei Wang (No. 98).
    • Ekstrand, Ahn and Wang comprise the nation’s No. 1 recruiting class. All three are blue-chip recruits according to the Tennis Recruiting Network.
  • It was a strong summer for the Cardinal, highlighted by Stanford participation at the US Open.
    • Valerie Glozman and Alyssa Ahn both earned main draw wild cards, Glozman by winning the women's singles title at the American Collegiate Wild Card Playoffs in June and Ahn by winning the singles title at the USTA Billie Jean King Girls’ 18s National Championships.
    • Monika Ekstrand received a women's qualifying draw wild card, while Tianmei Wang received a wild card into the girls' singles main draw.
  • Stanford is in its second season under head coach Frankie Brennan. Last year, the Cardinal put together a 17-9 record, making its 43rd consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance and its 42nd trip to the Round of 16.
    • Since joining the staff in 1996, Brennan has enhanced Stanford's reputation as the country's top program by helping guide the Cardinal to a 717-80 overall record, 12 NCAA championships, 21 conference regular-season titles and six conference tournament crowns. During his tenure, Brennan has mentored 39 All-Americans.