With just sixteen women remaining, the Pac-12 continues to be well represented in the NCAA women’s singles tennis championships as six advanced during Thursday’s second round.
Finding their way into the round of 16 are Jacqueline Cako (ASU), Nicole Gibbs (Stanford), #5 Zsofi Susanyi (Cal), #3 Robin Anderson (UCLA), and Krista Hardebeck (Stanford).…
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We are (mostly) halfway through the NCAA women’s golf championships after Wednesday, and USC has separated itself from the the pack after an NCAA championships-record 12-under has given the Women of the Troy a 12-stroke lead over Alabama. Annie Park is again doing some serious work, one stroke off the individual lead at 7-under.…
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Thirteen of the 64 women participating in the NCAA singles tennis championship’s opening round Wednesday were representing a Pac-12 school, leading one to believe the conference had a good shot at taking home its third consecutive singles title.
And perhaps no one represented the conference – or school – more triumphantly than Jacqueline Cako, the Arizona State senior who defeated the tournament’s top seed, Lauren Embree of the University of Florida.…
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Never underestimate the power of a 12-seed: Stanford women’s tennis won the national championship with a 4-3 victory over Texas A&M last night for the team’s 17th national title and school’s 104th. Once considered to be in grave danger after women’s water polo lost to USC, Stanford’s streak of consecutive years with some sort of NCAA national championship is still intact, now at 37.…
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If you weren’t looking at Illinois’ auto-refresh scoreboard or watching silent locked-off cameras all Monday afternoon and evening, you missed some amazing tennis. First, UCLA men’s tennis advanced to the finals of the NCAA Championships after escaping Ohio State 4-3. Marcos Giron clinched it after Peter Kobelt double-faulted on match point in the third set (gotta feel bad for Kobelt to go out that way).…
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A whirlwind weekend of postseason action is in the books. Starting in men’s golf, Cal broke a modern-era record with its 11th tournament victory by winning the Pullman Regional. Also, Michael Weaver shared individual medalist honors with Sam Smith. The Golden Bears were dominant all weekend, winning the regional by 20 strokes.…
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The Pac-12 will comprise half of the semifinals of the NCAA women’s tennis championships after Stanford and UCLA recorded quarterfinal victories Sunday in Urbana, Ill., while Cal’s season ended in the Elite 8. Semifinal action for both the men’s and women’s championships takes place Monday with the finals to follow Tuesday.…
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The Pac-12 is sending three teams to the NCAA softball super regionals after regional play wrapped up Sunday across the country. Oregon, Washington and Arizona State are heading to softball’s sweet 16, while Cal, Stanford and UCLA have been eliminated from championship contention.…
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Cal and UCLA won their regionals and five Pac-12 teams clinched a spot in the NCAA men’s golf championships in Atlanta May 28-June 2 with regional play wrapped up across the country on Saturday. Washington, USC and Arizona State will join the Golden Bears and Bruins at the Capital City Club, Crabapple Course later this month, while the season has come to a close for Arizona, Colorado, Oregon, Oregon State and Stanford.…
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Talk about a looooooonng day for the folks in Urbana, Ill. Stanford and Cal took a combined nine hours to advance to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Women’s Tennis Championships with Round of 16 victories Friday, while UCLA didn’t get on the court until 11:25 p.m.…
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