Huang Wins Battle of Undefeateds
Posted by Brett Fischer on 12 Jan 2008 at 04:20 pm | in: Drexel, Sports, Table Tennis

Yao Huang Photo By: Evan Rosen/The Triangle
For someone who had never beaten her opponent before, Yao Huang (6-0) mastered the top -ranked Jasna Reed (4-1) in incredible fashion, winning in just five games (13-11) (11-7) (8-11) (11-9) (11-8).
“I’ve never beaten [Jasna] before,” Huang said. “I’ve had the lead before, but I always lost and didn’t have any confidence.”
Reed had a chance to tie the match at two sets a piece, but blew a 9-7 lead and gave up four straight points. Reed couldn’t collect herself as she lost the fifth and final game.
Huang not only has an undefeated record, but she has won a stunning 24 of her 26 games, including just one loss yesterday.
“Yesterday, I didn’t play good,” the modest Huang said. “But today I know I did good.”
Despite that being the match of the tournament, much of the focus was put toward the match between Ariel Hsing and Whitney Ping. On several occasions, the crowd roared in applause when the 12-year-old Hsing won points. Unfortunately, Hsing couldn’t avoid getting swept (11-5) (11-9) (11-1) (15-13).
Olena Sowers (0-5) was unable to pick up a win in the sixth round, falling to Judy Hugh (2-4) in straight sets (12-10) (11-5) (11-9) (11-6).
In the other match, Jacqueline Lee (4-1) earned a much need victory to remain above the four-person cut for the North American Trials, as she defeated Barbara Wei (0-5) in straight sets (11-6) (12-10) (11-4) (11-6).
In three of the first games of the sixth-round matches, the sets went into overtime.
Sowers and Wei have yet to win.
Reed, Li and Lee are tied for second with 4-1 records.







