After a week of playing through prequalifying, qualifying and main draw rounds, freshman Jamie Loeb concluded her dominant run with a singles title at the Riviera/ITA Women’s All-American Championships.
Loeb never played a third tie-breaking set in the main draw tournament. Through the first three rounds of the main draw, Loeb defeated three straight Pac-12 opponents — Chanelle Van Ngyuen of UCLA, third-seeded Zsofi Susanyi of California and Kristie Ahn of Stanford.
In the semifinal and championship round, Loeb showed no signs of slowing down, and she defeated No. 2 seed Lauren Herring of Georgia and top seeded Robin Anderson 6-4, 6-0.
Loeb said she was not going to let fatigue harm her performance in the main draw round.
“Each match I’ve been taking care of my body and making sure I am stretching,” Loeb said. “Throughout my matches I’ve learned not to think I’m tired or fatigued, instead just pushing through and knowing that afterwards there will be a reward.”
Assistant coach Sara Anundsen said that Loeb continually kept Anderson off-balance during the championship match.
The other players participating in the singles bracket were junior Caroline Price and freshman Hayley Carter.
Carter won her first match but went on to lose a tough, three-set battle to Herring, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5. Price withdrew from her first round match midway through the second set due to a strained back.
But Price returned from injury to participate in the doubles bracket with sophomore Whitney Kay. In their first round match, Price and Kay won a close 8-6 match against ACC opponents Kendal Woodard and Megan Kurey of Georgia Tech.
