OT: NCAA College Tennis

[Sakibomb25]

Yesterday, the Stanford Cardinal captured its 17th NCAA team championship, beating upstart Texas A&M 4-3. The most staggering fact isn't that Stanford was the lowest-seeded team to capture a team title (No. 12) or that this is Texas A&M's first entry into elite status - it's the path the Cardinal had to take. It had to defeat the No. 5 (USC), No. 4 (Georgia), No. 1 (Florida) and No. 3 (Texas A&M) seeded teams in five days. It also relied on different people to clinch each match - Ellen Tsay (USC), Krista Hardebeck (Georgia/Florida) and Kristie Ahn (Texas A&M).

A great team effort from a group of ladies who were peaking at just the right time.

Here is an excellent recap from Zoo Tennis.

 

[VAUConnFan]

Hopefully, a few of these players will advance to challenge at the elite levels of professional tennis; Now dominated by non American players.