Six members of the Stanford Cardinal women’s tennis team competed at the Cal Winter Invitational in Berkeley, California, concluding their matches on Saturday. Over two days, the group achieved an 8-2 record in singles play.
Freshman Tianmei Wang secured a significant win on Friday by defeating 63rd-ranked Naomi Xu from California in straight sets, 6-3, 6-0. Sein Myoung and Emma Sun also earned victories that afternoon against Cal Poly opponents. Myoung beat Alexandra Ozerets 6-2, 6-2, while Sun won over Olivia Mlouk with a score of 6-3, 6-0.
On Saturday, Caroline Driscoll joined the singles lineup and claimed a ranked victory over Xu in three sets: 6-2, 5-7, 6-4. Driscoll now holds a record of three wins and one loss in three-set matches this season and is nine wins to five losses overall for her career.
Wang added another win by beating Sofia Daryaie from Saint Mary’s College with scores of 6-2, 6-2. Monika Ekstrand also defeated Ozerets (6-2, 7-5), while Myoung overcame Kennedy Buntrock from Cal Poly (4-6, 6-1, 6-3). Sun rounded out the singles victories with a win against Tia Bonita Jakupovic-Kljako from Cal Poly (6-4, 6-1).
In doubles action on Saturday, Stanford pairs collected three wins: Myoung/Sun defeated Olivia Mlouk/Anushree Shekhera (Cal Poly) 6-3; Driscoll/Ekstrand bested Sofia Daryaie/Iman Khan (Saint Mary’s) by a score of 6-1; Shaffer/Wang overcame Tiana Fox/Sophie Stanton (Saint Mary’s) with a scoreline of 6-3. The same pairs lost their other doubles matches later that day.
Stanford will return to dual-match competition when it travels to Norman, Oklahoma to face Yale during the opening round of ITA Kickoff Weekend on Friday, January 23 at 10 a.m. Pacific Time/noon Central Time.
