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#1 ·
Who's poised to take it at the end? The top 4 are Northwestern, Georgia, Stanford, and Ga Tech. Of the four, Northwestern looks the strongest. I have no idea how Georgia is all the way up at #2. Stanford and Ga Tech have been very shakey at the end. 2 out of 3 critics over at tennisrecruiting.com are calling for FL (6) to reach the final and take them all out.
Any takers?
 
#3 ·
Critic didn't mention anything about UCLA. I don't believe they are even in the top 5. But, you never know. I am thinking GA Tech might make it all the way again. For some reason they seem to be able to put it together in a big tournament. They could face UF, however. That'll be their biggest test. Northwestern is too talented for not able to make it all the way to finals. Stanford could provide the upset, however.

In the end, we might just see another classical finals between the 2 most storied programs in women's tennis: UF vs Stanford.

thoughts??
 
#4 ·
huh? Stanford is on a 9 match win streak and has won their last 24 out of 25. is that your idea of 'shakey'?

anyway, for Stanford to reach the finals, the seniors really need to step it up. Durkin came through in doubles, but got killed in singles against Tex A&M.

Stanford and Ga Tech have been very shakey at the end.
 
#5 ·
a nine match win streak is really nothing to be pride about when you use that to go with a program like Stanford. You are talking about a tennis program that's used to win nationals year after year. TO have more than 2 losses in one single season for a program like that is "Shakey". Regardless, I did predict that they'd make it all the way to the finals against FL. We'll see how that plays out.
 
#6 ·
Celia is actually a GOOD player, but I just don't understand why she got killed yesterday. I had thought she was going to Play at No.2 as a senior!!
 
#8 · (Edited)
The sweet 16 are in. Those are the teams who made it through and i'll give it my best shot to make predictions with these...

Sweet 16 Predictions!!

Left Half:

1 Northwestern vs 16 Fresno
Northwestern easily 4-0

8 California vs 9 Duke
Both have come through easily for far. I am giving the edge to Duke 4-2

4 Stanford vs 13 Clemson
This is where Stanford could get shaky. I say a tight 4-2 for Stanford, however, with the 2 winning coming back from brink of losing

5 Baylor vs 12 Miami
Baylor 4-1

Right Half

11 Vanderbilt vs 6 Florida
Vandy barely got by Kentucky last round where as FL has been looking very solid. Florida 4-0

Texas vs 3 Ga Tech
This could provide the upset of the tournament here. I say Texas stays alive when the dust is settled: 4-3

10 USC vs 7 UCLA
A pac-10 rematch... the edge goes to UCLA 4-2

Arkansas vs 2 Gerogia
Arkansas upset UNC to get here, even with their #1 ranked player losing. I say Arkansas 4-3
 
#9 ·
Quarterfinal Predictions!!

1 Northwestern vs 9 Duke - Duke plays their best, but still won't come close: 4-1
4 Stanford vs 5 Baylor - Stanford regroups from the near loss in previous round and puts on a perfect match: 4-2
6 Florida vs Texas - FL takes out Texas in championship form: 4-1
7 UCLA vs 2 Arkansas - Arkansas' luck runs out to UCLA: 4-2
 
#10 · (Edited)
Semis!

1 Northwestern vs 4 Stanford - Stanford shows why they have been the most winning program in women's tennis by staging another stellar performance, albeit a close contest: 4-3
6 Florida vs 7 UCLA - A rematch of last year's quarterfinals. Florida takes the revenge and reverses the score to a better finish: 4-2

FINALS

4 Stanford vs 6 Florida - This match between two of the most successful programs in women's tennis has been played out countless times. Florida took out Stanford at home for the title in 2003 and Stanford got its revenge a couple years ago in the semi's. Like a pendulum, the luck swings back to Florida this time and the Gators takes home their 5th NCAA National titles in another classically contested final: 4-3
 
#14 ·
How do you know she injured herself? Btw, I predict that Stanford will not reach the final.
 
#17 ·
Here's an article that appeared in the SF Chronicle earlier this month:


NCAA TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Barte finds her niche in college instead of as pro
Freshman is thrust into spotlight for Stanford

Bryan Chu, Chronicle Staff Writer

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

(05-06) 20:50 PDT -- Life on the tennis tour wasn't what Hilary Barte expected.

There were those lonely nights in hotel rooms wondering what her senior year of high school could have been like. There were those countless flights for tournament after tournament, in the United States and overseas. And, oh yeah, for a youngster with high hopes, there was also that reality check.

"I definitely struggled," said Barte, who could only muster a guess of around 480 for her top ranking in the world. "After I played at the U.S. Open, and I noticed how all the players were so mature, I knew going to college would help me."

So, having kept her amateur status, she cut short her fledgling career on tour and went to Stanford.

Barte, a freshman, is No. 3 in the nation in singles and is the top player for fourth-seeded Stanford, which hosts Boston University in the first round of the NCAA tournament Friday.

At the start of the season, the 19-year-old lefty from Chatsworth (Los Angeles County) was more pedestrian than anything.

Barte vacillated between the three and two spot in the lineup and had an 8-5 record. Her season, however, received a jolt when she fell into the top spot after injuries to Stanford's key players.

Barte took advantage of the late-February fortune, stringing together 19 straight victories.

"We haven't had too many people put together a string that long and that well at the No. 1 position," said Stanford coach Lele Forood, who is aiming for her sixth NCAA team title in eight years at the helm. "I think (the move) inspired, motivated her more. She knew she had to take each match, in a way, more seriously."

Barte, who holds a 27-6 record, saw her streak snapped in the quarterfinals of the Pac-10 championships when she had to withdraw from the match because of a hyperextended left shoulder, an injury she said should be fine now.

At first glance, Barte is a 5-foot-5 freshman who likes to hum to herself and is rarely seen without a smile on her face.

That's deceiving when it comes to competition.

Teammates describe Barte as the ultra competitor. She keeps score for everything, even a friendly game of pingpong or paper football at the dinner table.

"Hilary's competitiveness comes out all the time," said sophomore Lindsay Burdette, who is Barte's doubles partner.

Forood added: "It's the joy of competing and keeping score that keeps her having a good time."

Lex Barte, Hilary's older brother by four years, knows a lot about that.

When Lex was in the fourth grade, and Barte in kindergarten, the two would have batting practice in the backyard. Lex was the pitcher and Barte the batter. A lot of balls wound up over the fence.

"I was really frustrated," remembers Lex, now 23. "She was this little thing and I'd throw my hardest. I'd look at her and she would just smile."

Hilary picked up a tennis racket at age 6. She remembers hating the sport at first, often getting upset at herself for unforced errors. By the time she was 10, she had made up her mind to stick with it.

"I was having so much fun watching the other person run around and seeing them kind of like at my mercy," she said.
 
#19 ·
My Predictions
1 Northwestern def. 16 Fresno 4-0
Northwestern arguably has one of the strongest No. 1 to 5 line-ups in the country. Very strong No. 1/2 punch and Ghazal at No. 5 is basically a guarentee, making it tough for any team to take out NW. Fresno State should have been much stronger with a pretty good No. 1 to 4, but no where near NW.

8 California def. 9 Duke 4-3
Very tight match. There are great match-ups up and down the line-up. The doubles point will be very important, and the winner will claim the doubles point. That being said I think Duke has a stronger doubles line-up. In order for Cal to win they must sweep the lower courts No. 5 and No. 6 (Cal has a stronger line-up here). And then a win at No. 1 or No. 4 even if Cal loses the doubles point. No. 4 between Mang and Ilckinas will be a great match between two hot players. Babos needs to win at No. 1 against Iyer, who really isn't that good this year (despite her All-American win) but Babos has been having a rather poor year. Babos will play No. 1, seeing how putting Cossou at No. 2 is a better choice strategically (Babos being a senior, and Cossou at No. 2 will give a Cal a better shot at winning a point there). In this dual, Cossou will have a much better chance vs. Nze seeing how she has a counter puncher game which matches well against the hard hitting of Nze. If you like moonballs, watch the No. 3 match between Zslinksa and Visico. If the dual comes down to the last match, it will be this one seeing how they will be extremely long points. If this does happen bet your money on Cal and Visico, who is extremely mentally strong and is the person you want in this kind of spot.

4 Stanford def. 13 Clemson 4-1
Stanford has the weakest No. 5/6 singles line-up in a long time, luckily Clemson isn't much better at that section of the line-up. Stanford should cruise easily 4-0, although make it 4-1 because I can see them losing the doubles point.

5 Baylor def. 12 Miami 4-0
Baylor has a deeper team. Miami is a team that will upset teams ranked No. 6-11 but not much higher. Baylor 4-0


6 Florida def. 11 Vanderbilt 4-0
On paper Florida is much stronger, that being said Vandy has always been a dangerous opponent. It's unfortunate that Srebovic is not in the line-up, but Flordia will win 4-0.

3 Ga Tech def. Texas 4-1
Georgia Tech is too deep in singles and doubles to lose to a rather young Texas team. Unless Texas can steal the doubles point and get on the board early this upset isn't going to happen.

7 UCLA def. 10 USC 4-1
UCLA won both Pac-10 matches, and unless Nelson/Fansler can get their act together the Bruins are going to win again. It's a shame they had to meet so early in the draw. UCLA has Schnack back in singles at the spells bad news for all teams.

Arkansas def. 2 Gerogia 4-2
The problem with Georgia is this far into the tournament they're going to surrender No. 5/6 because they're really weak compared to the teams left in the draw. That puts Georgia down 0-2 already. That being said Arkansas' strength is also the top of the line-up. If Arkansas can grab the doubles point, it's an upset for the Razorbacks seeing how that puts them up basically 3-0. Georgia for the second straight year, overranked!!
 
#20 ·
Here's My Prediction Beyond Sweet 16

I'll come after today's matches to give my further in-depth predictions but here's what I think will happen based on my earlier post.

Quarters
1 Northwestern def. 8 California 4-0

5 Baylor def. 4 Stanford 4-3
Very close, it'll come down to the No. 3-6 players. Yeah that's being really general but the problem is both teams have great No. 1/2s and Baylor has a great No. 3. That match will come down to the non-star players. Whoever wins though will lose to NW, I'm going to go with the Baylor upset.

6 Florida def. 3 Ga Tech 4-3

7 UCLA def. Arkansas 4-1

Semis
1 Northwestern def. 5 Baylor 4-1

7 UCLA def. 6 Florida 4-2

Finals
7 UCLA def. 1 Northwestern 4-3
 
#22 ·
As much as I love Cal, NW is just a little better. NW has the better doubles teams and it will be considered a major upset if Cal can win the doubles. I can't imagine Babos beating Mosolova. They played in the fall (when Babos was in better form), which Mosolova won. She also has the type of game that Babos struggles against...counter puncher type game. Babos does better against hard hitters. NW's second point will be Mosolova at No. 1. The third point will be Murray at No. 3 over Visico. And the fourth point is No. 5 Ghazal over Kusano. I would say that NW has stronger players at the No. 1, 3, and 5 spots than Cal.

No. 2 Rose vs. Cossou is a toss up while I would favor Cal's No. 4 Ilcinkas and No. 6 Bobusic. The problem is Cal is going to have to win 4 of 6, which is going to be a tall order. Although Cal has shown that it can win 5 of 6 and 6 of 6 against Stanford and USC, also very tall orders.
 
#24 ·
I'm well shocked. The thing with Babos is she can get hot really fast. Case in point in 2006 when she won the singles title, she was playing No. 2 singles because of poor form and had lost to Fresno State's No. 2 player (who was not very good...not even ranked) and this was before Fresno State was a top 16 team. Then not even two weeks later she was NCAA champion. Mosolova should have won that match, wasn't she up 3-0 in the third set? Should be a very interesting match between her and Zemenova, both look to be in very good form.

Visico is a true counter puncher through and through. Compared to other teams, she's a weak No. 3 player. In fact, she's without a doubt the fourth best No. 3 player out of the Final Four teams. I don't understand how players don't take advantage of her weak serves but you have to give it to her she knows how to win and is mentally very strong. If she wins her singles match, its almost a guarantee that Cal will win the dual.

Ghazal is like Elizabeth Lumpkin of UCLA in that they are stalwarts at the bottom of the line-up who hardly ever lose. I'm surprised that she went down so easily to Kusano. Granted I think Kusano's level of tennis has risen after a mediocre sophomore and junior years that and I think the fact that she's a senior and potentially playing her last match each time has really fueled her game.

Stanford was in major trouble when they lost the doubles point. They'll be much better next year with Clayton and Hansen. Barte and Nguyen will stay at the top. I think they'll put Clayton/Burdette in the No. 3/4 spot with McVeigh at No. 5 and Hansen at No. 6.

Baylor vs. Cal will be very interesting. Baylor has better doubles and should win the doubles point. Zemenova vs. Babos at No. 1 is a big toss up. Cossou vs. Ormond is very tight although I think I'm leaning towards Cossou. Brossova should handle Visico easily at No. 3. I think Cal has a stronger bottom line-up, and if they want a chance to reach their first final they need all three wins. Unfortunately for both Cal and Baylor, they're going to lose to whoever wins the other final. Cal has dropped the doubles point in the last two matches and then was able to come up with four wins in singles. I just don't know if they can keep on doing that this deep in the tournament and hence I think it's Baylor 4-3.
 
#25 ·
WOW when was the last time that the top 4 seeds did NOT make it to the semi's? ALL of them??

[5] Baylor def. [4] Stanford, 4-1
[8] California def. [1] Northwestern, 4-2
[7] UCLA def. [17-32] Arkansas, 4-0
[6] Florida def. [3] Georgia Tech, 4-2

All in a convincing fashion. Per may prediction, one of the semis is between UCLA and FL. But, I didn't see both Baylor and Cal taking out Stanford and Northwestern so soon in the draw. Wow.

FL will have a very tough match against UCLA, however. FL should take the doubles point. Julia should do well against Riza @ 1 singles. Didn't Csilla take out Tracy Lin last year at the NCAA singles? Megan @ 3 is hit and miss. Lastly, the depth of FL's 4, 5, 6 will end any of UCLA's hopes to advancing.

Baylor and California's match will be tight. Zusana is playing too well not to beat Susie. But Cal's Marina's gonna take #2 singles. I am giving the double's edge to Baylor. Although Cal has a very deep lineup, I see 2 of the girls dig it out to take Baylor into the Final's against FL.

FL vs Baylor in the Finals anyone??
 
#27 ·
for UCLA florida, I see
#1- UCLA easily
#2- tossup, but probably ucla. lin is gonna play inspired tennis as its her last matches
#3- easily ucla. schnack is too good to lose to a counterpuncher. you have to hit her off the court
#4- easily ucla. remynse is much better than benik.
#5- tossup. could go either way.
#6- i'm gong with florida. florida is totlaly stacking the lineup with revzina down here. she was their #2 player last year.
doubles- it won't matter.
UCLA beats florida again.
 
#28 · (Edited)
Good analysis. #3 Alexander is more of an aggressive baseliner than a counterpuncher however. But, she's hit & miss, although she has been on since day 1 of these championships. #1 I see Cohen taking Riza out of her rhythem with her all court tactical tennis against Riza's power baseline shots. The one sure singles victory for UCLA is #2 for Lin, even tho Borsanyi has beaten Lin before, but she's just too inconsistent right now to beat anyone, especially Lin. #5 Boonstra is unstoppable and undefeated in that position. #4 Benik is playing the best tennis out of her career at this moment, having taken out 2 consecutive ranked opponents in a row in Venderbilt & Ga Tech. She's also undefeated @ #4. FL takes the doubles point for the 23rd consecutive times.

Adding to the fuel energized by the loss of last year, FL will surely be extra prepared to avenge last year's loss.

When Miami beat FL in the NCAA 2004, FL won the next match against them. When Texas beat FL in 2005 NCAA's, FL won the next match against them. Granted the matches they won weren't NCAA's, but odds are heavily in FL's favor. With the execption of Stanford, I don't believe FL has lost 2 consecutive matchest against the same team in a row in its program history, at least not recently.

I say FL takes the semis.

OF COURSE all this is trash until the day of the match ROFL!!

Go gators!:bounce:
 
#31 ·
Prediction - Cal Los Angeles over UC Berkeley

1st let me take a stab at why UCLA may not have been mentioned to contend for the NCAA title before the playoffs began.

1. UCLA hasn't had an opportunity to play with their full lineup because of injuries except for a handful of matches. This resulted in UCLA picking up too many losses. As a result they were given a #7 seed. UCLA did not get a chance to show people what they can do at full strength against some of the other elite teams.

2. UCLA on paper had a very tough road to win the title. In my opinion any top 10 team can beat any other top 10 team on any given day. However UCLA would ideally have had to down 4 top 10 teams in #10 USC, #2 Georgia, #3 Georgia Tech and #1 Northwestern in order to win the title. I can see why experts may not have mentioned UCLA when they ideally needed to beat 4 top 10 teams and no less needed to ideally beat the top 3 teams in a row for an ideally improbable NCAA title run.


However this year UCLA caught a few breaks. :bounce:

3. UCLA doesn't need to play any of the top 4 seeds to win the title, as they were all upset.

4. Someone else told me a good point. UCLA got an extra scholarship for this year (great timing) granted by the NCAA for a medical 5th year in Alex McGoodwin... since this occurred after they had signed Andrea Remynse, they get 9 scholies this year and then only 7 next year. Basically, they got an extra card in the deck. They have a deep team and this extra spot is huge for them now that Ashley Joelson, who played #4 last year, is hurt and out for the tourney... this extra scholie means they have not been hurt by having to bring up Victoria Lind to the 6th spot.

At the start of the season my favorite to win the national title was UCLA. The NCAA finalist the previous year had their top 8 players returning plus added a top 10 recruit Andrea Remynse who could crack the line-up. I predict UCLA to go all the way because they have experience. I think the four seniors will get Stella Sampras her first NCAA team title as the coach.

P.S. Stella Sampras may have been able to win a title earlier. Someone else told me a couple years ago she shipped out a few starting players with bad attitudes. A title this year would be like a reward for her choosing to stick to her principles over winning at any cost. I admire someone who would rather lose a possible championship, then lose their principles.:worship:
 
#33 ·
Listen desario fan,
if UCLA wins it'll because they are the BETTER team than Florida. I don't like ucla. they beat my USC trojans 3x this year but the Pac10 is by far the best conference, much better than SEC or ACC in outdoor tennis.
Gouchi,
Stella sampras didn't just ship "a few good players" She shipped out Megan bradley, who goes on to be a dominant #1 for Miami, Daniela Bercek and Jackie Carleton, who both went onto Duke, and were ranked in the top 10, top 20. That takes guts. I have to hand it to her, she always gets her team ready for the NCAA. USC has the better teams in the past (not this year) but ucla often beats them and gets farther in the tournaments.
 
#35 ·
it looks like boonstra will lose the 3rd set to lumpkin at this point --- to win it 4-2. i would hate it if it came down to #2 borsanyi vs Lin. she lost it for FL last year, too. Wonder if it'd make a difference if diana were to be healthy and played. she isn't being reshirted, either. she is done with tennis.

UCLA wins ncaa 2008
 
#37 ·
it looks like boonstra will lose the 3rd set to lumpkin at this point --- to win it 4-2. i would hate it if it came down to #2 borsanyi vs Lin. she lost it for FL last year, too. Wonder if it'd make a difference if diana were to be healthy and played. she isn't being reshirted, either. she is done with tennis.

UCLA wins ncaa 2008
That's the crazy part to think about what if Florida had Srebovic. She would play No. 1/2 and then everyone moves down plus add her to doubles. That would be sick. Unfortunately for Florida that wasn't the case.

In terms of Pac-10 love, I think they get overlooked a lot compared to the East Coast teams. I gave a reasoning why in another thread (thanks in part to ranking as a result of the proximity of other highly ranked teams compared to the East Coast. The East Coast teams are closer distance which allows for easy scheduling of top teams) but year after year they show everyone at NCAA.

Coming up, Pac-10 grudge match. The rubber match for the NCAA. Granted Cal beat UCLA when UCLA was not at full strength, but then again when UCLA won it was 4-3 victory. Should be excellent. Go Bears!
 
#38 ·
Pac10 showdown Cal vs UCLA. congratulations. Just like i predicted, pac10 schools in the finals! once again, pac10 shows all the other conferences to be pure pretenders.
I'm cheering for Cal more. it's a good story for both schools, as they have large contingency of seniors graduating. good for them.
Tennis ace, congrats to your team. I'm disappointed in fansler. She had such a good freshman year and this year she's bellow 500! i dont know. plus maria sanchez and leyla both have good games but need to develop them more. sanchez could be a #2/3 player for SC. leyla could hold down #6 even better if she just went for her groundstrokes once in a while.
 
#39 · (Edited)
Cal would've been unbeatable if they had kept henkel btw. she would be #2 and cossou #3. that's crazy. she was a semifinalist at USO btw.
UCLA wins doubles
#1- Cal wins, babos vs zalaeda not a good matchup for ucla if babos is playing well.
#2- Cal Cossu is too consistent and fast for lin
#3- Schnack: she lost to alexander b/c she got hit off the court. viscio will not d othat. UCLA
#4- tossup. can't predict
#5- tossup. but i'm gonna go with lumpkin as kusano confidence just aint there.
#6 bosubic over mcgoodwin easily.
so it'll boil down to the matchups at 4 and 5. i see ucla winning only if the get both. if cal wins one of them they'll be the champs.
 
#40 ·
Here are the results from the two times Cal and UCLA played this year:

No. 8 California 4, No. 11 UCLA 3
Mar. 1, 2008 | Los Angeles Tennis Center | Los Angeles
Doubles
1. No. 30 Lin/Zalameda (UCLA) def. No. 53 Babos/Kusano (CAL) 8-5
2. No. 49 Lumpkin/Wetmore (UCLA) def. Cossou/Ilcinkas (CAL) 8-0
3. Joelson/Schnack (UCLA) def. Bobusic/Dillon (CAL) 8-2
Order of finish: 2, 3*, 1 (UCLA wins doubles point)
Singles
1. No. 10 Riza Zalameda (UCLA) def. No. 7 Susie Babos (CAL) 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
2. No. 52 Marina Cossou (CAL) def. Tracy Lin (UCLA) 6-4, 2-6, 6-1
3. No. 41 Cristina Visico (CAL) def. No. 27 Andrea Remynse (UCLA) 1-6, 6-2, 7-6(2)
4. No. 83 Claire Ilcinkas (CAL) def. Ashley Joelson (UCLA) 6-3, 6-1
5. Elizabeth Lumpkin (UCLA) def. No. 87 Bojana Bobusic (CAL) 6-2, 6-3
6. Stephanie Kusano (CAL) def. Anna-Viktoria Lind (UCLA) 6-1, 6-3
Order of Finish: 4, 6, 5, 2, 1, 3*


No. 9 UCLA 4, No. 6 California 3
Apr. 4, 2008 | Hellman Tennis Complex | Berkeley, Calif.
Doubles
1. No. 20 Babos/Kusano (CAL) def. No. 9 Lin/Zalameda (UCLA) 8-6
2. Cossou/Ilcinkas (CAL) def. No. 59 Lumpkin/Wetmore (UCLA) 8-4
3. Joelson/McGoodwin (UCLA) def. Moore/Visico (CAL) 8-1
Order of finish: 3, 2, 1* (California wins doubles point)
Singles
1. No. 16 Susie Babos (CAL) def. No. 11 Riza Zalameda (UCLA) 3-6, 6-2, 7-6(4)
2. No. 12 Marina Cossou (CAL) def. No. 43 Tracy Lin (UCLA) 6-4, 6-2
3. No. 48 Yasmin Schnack (UCLA) def. No. 34 Cristina Visico (CAL) 6-3, 6-4
4. No. 52 Andrea Remynse (UCLA) def. No. 91 Claire Ilcinkas (CAL) 3-6, 7-6(10), 6-3
5. Ashley Joelson (UCLA) def. Stephanie Kusano (CAL) 1-6, 6-4, 6-4
6. No. 92 Elizabeth Lumpkin (UCLA) def. No. 102 Bojana Bobusic (CAL) 7-5, 6-4
Order of finish: 2, 3, 6, 1, 5, 4*
 
#42 ·
I think it's UCLA's to lose. They have better doubles and I think they're favored on courts No. 1, 3, and 5 in singles. No. 3 and No. 5 are locks and I think Zalameda is playing better tennis than Babos. At No. 3 doubles it'll be interesting in that it will be a new UCLA No. 3 team vs. a new Cal No. 3 team although the UCLA team is still better than the Cal No. 3. The other two doubles match-up will play each other for the third time. It looks like Cal has a lock at No. 2 and No. 6.

No. 4 will be a very important match. Since Ilckinas' semifinal run at the Pac-10 tournament, she's been very on. I think she's playing better tennis (with more confidence) than the last time she played Remynse. Interestingly enough, they are both undefeated in NCAA play and Cal needs this in order to win the NCAA championships.

It'll be very interesting to see how experience plays a role in this match. Obviously UCLA got to the finals last year and their entire team save for Remynse has been in this situation. While Cal, didn't reach the finals last year it's semifinal run will be important but I wonder if they will have enough experience to win.

I kind of feel like Cal has great momentum but like I predicted from the very beginning I'm going with UCLA 4-3.
 
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