Huang Continues to Dominate Tournament in Women’s Tournament
Posted by Brett Fischer on 12 Jan 2008 at 11:48 am | in: Drexel, Sports, Table Tennis

Yao Huang Photo By: Evan Rosen/The Triangle
So far through the tournament, no player has been more dominant than California’s Yao Huang. Out of the 17 sets she has played thus far, she has lost only one of those.Huang continued her impressive play in defeating Olena Sowers in straight sets (11-8) (11-7) (11-3) (11-6) to improve to 4-0. Sowers dropped to 0-3.
Nan Li (4-0), also out of California, continued her undefeated streak in her fourth-round match, winning against Ariel Hsing (11-3) (11-4) (9-11) (11-6) (11-4), who dropped to a 1-3 record.
Jasna Reed (4-0), the third undefeated women in the round-robin tournament, won in a competitive six sets (10-11) (11-9) (6-11) (11-6) (11-9) (13-11) against Judy Hugh (0-4).
In the last set, Reed screamed in enthusiasm when she won a big point, but apologized to the fans.
“It just comes out when you win, sometimes,” Reed said. “I don’t want people to get the wrong idea that I’m doing it for publicity. I don’t make a sound after every point.”
Jacqueline Lee (3-1) won a crucial match in five sets (11-9) (11-4) (7-11) (11-4) (14-12) over Whitney Ping (1-2). With the win, Lee remains in fourth place, just at the cutoff spot for the North American Trials in Vancouver, Canada April 4 - April 6.
The biggest match of the tournament is coming up at 1 PM against Huang and Li, both of whom are undefeated.







