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Stanford Sends Six to Sectionals, SDSU

Final NCAA qualifying chance comes at ITA Sectional Championships in Los Angeles

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  • In its final action before the NCAA Individual Championships later this month, six Cardinal will split between two events this weekend.
  • Tianmei Wang, Katerina Shabashkevich and Monika Ekstrand will be in the 32-player singles draw at the ITA Sectional Championships running from Nov. 5-8 in Los Angeles, the final opportunity to qualify individuals for the NCAA Individual Championships later this month in Athens, Ga.
    • In the opening round, Wang, a No. 5 seed, will play Cal’s Nika Hurkacz, Shabashkevich will play UC Santa Barbara’s Ekua Youri, and Ekstrand will play a No. 5 seed in San Diego’s Vilma Krebs Hyllested.
  • Six players will qualify for the NCAA Singles Championship - the four semifinalists and two quarterfinal playoff winners.
  • Meanwhile, Caroline Driscoll, Sein Myoung and Kaia Giribalan will be at the SDSU Fall Classic along from Nov. 6-8.
  • The Cardinal has already qualified one in singles for the NCAA Individual Championships from Nov. 17-22.
    • Sophomore Alyssa Ahn secured her spot with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Washington’s Jermine Sherif in the semifinals at ITA Northwest Regionals on October 12.
    • Stanford hosted the regional tournament for the first time since 2023, from which the two singles finalists and doubles champion qualified for NCAAs.
    • Anna-Marie Weissheim from Washington was the other singles finalist, and with both her and Ahn already earning NCAA spots, the Northwest Regional final was not played.
    • Ahn, who won last year’s singles title at the ITA Northwest Regional Championships and was seeded second this go-around, reeled off five wins over four days to claim her NCAA berth, all in straight sets.
  • The Cardinal has six ranked players in Valerie Glozman (No. 18), Monika Ekstrand (No. 19), Alyssa Ahn (No. 29), Alexis Blokhina (No. 87), Tianmei Wang (No. 119) and Katerina Shabashkevich (No. 123). In doubles, Blokhina and Glozman are No. 21 and Ahn and Wang are No. 81.
  • Stanford is in its third season under Paul A. Violich Director of Women’s Tennis Frankie Brennan, who is 31-20 as head coach.
    • 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 731-91 overall record, 12 NCAA championships, 21 conference regular-season titles and six conference tournament crowns. During his tenure, Brennan has mentored 39 All-Americans.