SEATTLE & SAN DIEGO - Stanford completed its final fall tournaments before the NCAA Singles Championship begins next week in Orlando, Fla.
Attempting to qualify for NCAAs in singles at West Sectionals hosted by Washington, Caroline Driscoll won her opener over UCLA's Ahmani Guichard, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1, and in the round of 16 against Cal’s Tiziana Marie Schomburg, 6-2, 6-1. But needing just one more victory to secure her NCAA spot, Driscoll fell in the quarterfinals to Washington’s No. 68 Reece Carter, 7-5, 6-4, and lost a playoff on Sunday that would have also sent her on to Orlando, falling to Cal’s No. 125 Greta Greco Lucchina, 6-1, 6-4.
Tianmei Wang and Sein Myoung were also attempting to qualify in singles but lost their opening matches in the round of 32.
Driscoll was paired with Alyssa Ahn in doubles and beat Northern Arizona’s Madelynn Ludwig and Natalie Rainke, 6-1, 6-4, before losing in the quarterfinals to Washington’s Alexia Jacobs and Anna-Marie Weissheim, 6-1, 7-5.
With those results, Stanford's representatives at NCAAs will be Valerie Glozman and Alyssa Ahn in singles.
Down in San Diego, Morgan Shaffer and Emma Sun competed at the SDSU Fall Classic. Shaffer won her opener before dropping the next two, Sun went 1-2 in singles, and the duo was 1-2 in doubles.
ITA West Sectional Championships
No. 58 Caroline Driscoll (2-2)
R32 - vs. Ahmani Guichard (UCLA) - W, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1
R16 - vs. Tiziana Marie Schomburg (California) - W, 6-2, 6-1
QF - vs. No. 68 Reece Carter (Washington) - L, 7-5, 6-4
PL - vs. #125 Greta Greco Lucchina (California) - L, 6-1, 6-4
No. 98 Tianmei Wang (1-2)
R32 - vs. Carina Syrtveit (Washington) - L, 6-4, 6-7 (3), 7-5
CONS - vs. Nikol Mircheva (UNLV) - W, 6-1, 6-3
CONS - vs. No. 109 Charlotte Keitel (San Diego) - L, 6-3, 6-3
Sein Myoung (0-2)
R32 - vs. Macine Murphy (Washington State) - L, 6-4, 6-1
CONS - vs. No. 52 Emilija Tverijonaite (Arizona State) - L, 6-4, 6-1
Alyssa Ahn/Caroline Driscoll (1-1)
R16 - vs. M. Ludwig/N. Rainke (Northern Arizona) - W, 6-1, 6-4
QF - vs. No. 24 A. Jacobs/A. Weissheim (Washington) - L, 6-1, 7-5
SDSU Fall Classic
Morgan Shaffer (1-2)
QF - vs. Sophie Stanton (Saint Mary's) - W, 6-2, 6-3
SF - vs. Zoe Lazar (Missouri) - L, 6-2, 6-1
E-Sunday - vs. Julie Bedard (Missouri) - L, 6-1, 6-1
Emma Sun (1-2)
QF - vs. Dylan Voeks (Colorado State) - L, 6-1, 6-4
SF - vs. Elif Gunal (Saint Mary's) - W, 7-6 (2), 6-0
E-Sunday - vs. Gabby Gregg (San Diego) - L, 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (3)
Morgan Shaffer/Emma Sun (1-2)
QF - vs. A. Amalnathan/D. Voeks (Colorado State) - W, 6-2
SF - vs. A. Artimedi/M. Brumfield (Missouri) - L, 6-2
E-Sunday - vs. H. Haber/A. Planinsek (Colorado State) - L, 7-5