LOS ANGELES & SAN DIEGO - Stanford completed its final fall tournaments before the NCAA Singles Championship begins next week in Athens, Ga.
Attempting to qualify for NCAAs in singles at West Sectionals hosted by USC, Tianmei Wang and Katerina Shabashkevich both won their openers, Wang over Cal’s Nika Hurkacz, 6-3, 3-6, 6-0, and Shabashkevich over UC Santa Barbara’s Ekua Youri, 6-4, 7-6 (6). But, needing two more wins to qualify, the duo fell in their round of 16 matches.
Monika Ekstrand was also attempting to qualify in singles but lost her opening match in the round of 32.
With those results, Alyssa Ahn will be Stanford's lone representatives at NCAAs in singles.
Down in San Diego, Caroline Driscoll, Kaia Giribalan and Sein Myoung competed at the Aztec Fall Classic. Driscoll won her flight with three singles wins in three days and Myoung made a run to the final in her flight.
ITA West Sectional Championships
No. 19 Monika Ekstrand (0-1)
R32 - vs. #118 Vilma Krebs Hyllested (San Diego) – L, 6-3, 7-5
No. 119 Tianmei Wang (1-1)
R32 - vs. Nika Hurkacz (California) – W, 6-3, 3-6, 6-0
R16 - vs. Emily Deming (San Diego) – L, 7-5, 6-2
No. 123 Katerina Shabashkevich (1-1)
R32 - vs. Ekua Youri (UC Santa Barbara) – W, 6-4, 7-6 (6)
R16 - vs. #20 Ziva Falkner (Pepperdine) – L, 6-2, 6-1
Aztec Fall Classic
Caroline Driscoll (3-0)
Red-QF – vs. Pia Rebec (Colorado) – W, 6-4, 6-3
Red-SF – vs. Sofia Mavor (Denver) – W, 6-1, 6-1
Red-F – vs. Ema Bubalo (Colorado) – W, 6-2, 6-3
Kaia Giribalan (2-1)
Black-QF – vs. Neha Guru (UC San Diego) – W, 6-4, 6-3
Black-SF – vs. Teja Tirunelveli (San Diego State) – L, 6-3, 6-1
Black-PO – vs. Paulina Jurkowska (Denver) – W, 3-0 ret.
Sein Myoung (2-1)
White-QF – vs. Diana Lizarazo (Colorado State) – W, 7-6 (4), 6-0
White-SF – vs. Anna Linn Moll (San Diego) – W, 3-6, 6-1, 7-6 (5)
White-F – vs. Vesa Gjinaj (San Diego State) – L, 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (1)
Caroline Driscoll/Kaia Giribalan (1-2)
Red-QF – vs. Sorcha Caves/Annika Planinsek (Colorado State) – L, 7-6 (4)
Red-CONS – vs. Lila Grace Bachour/Anna Linn Moll (San Diego) – L, 7-5
Red-CONS – vs. Paulina Jurkowska/Sofia Mavor (Denver) – W, 6-2