The Sold Out Crowd Photo By: Evan Rosen/The Triangle

At 8 AM, there were about 100 people in Drexel’s Daskalakis Athletic Center. For the 1:00 PM women’s matches, that number has probably reached over 1,000. At 1:41 PM, an announcement was made that tickets were sold out.

With all but one women’s match finished early, all eyes turned toward the Ariel Hsing and Jasna Reed match table. This one was exciting, going to a seventh and final set. Reed trailed 4-2, before scoring seven straight points to take a 9-4 lead.

Ariel Hsing Photo By: Evan Rosen/The Triangle

Reed (4-0) won the set over the Hsing (1-4) by a score of 11-5 to take the overall match (11-6) (8-11) (11-9) (11-2) (8-11) (9-11) (11-5).

Meanwhile, Yao Huang (5-0) picked up her fourth sweep (11-2) (11-6) (11-3) (11-8) by beating the previously undefeated Nan Li (4-1).

The sets up the most anticipated match of the tournament between Reed and Yao Huang (5-0), the only two remaining undefeated players.

Barbara Wei (0-4) remained winless against Judy Hugh (1-4), losing in five sets (11-8) (8-11) (3-11) (4-11) (10-12).

In the other match in the fifth round, Whitney Ping evened her record to 2-2 by defeating Olena Sowers (0-4). Ping is currently in fifth place, just one game behind Jacqueline Lee, for the fourth and final qualifying spot for the North American Trials.