McKenna wins championship at Cal Nike Invitational
<p>The Arizona State women's tennis team had a stellar ending to their play at the Cal Nike Invitational, with <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/mckenna_kelcy00.html">… McKenna</a> taking home the ITA Gold singles championship title, and the doubles team of McKenna and <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/hein_micaela00.html">M… Hein</a> reaching the finals match, taking second place overall.</p><separator></separator><p>"It was a great way to end the invitational," boasted Coach <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/mcinerney_sheila00.htm… McInerney</a>, who is in her 27th year of coaching the women's tennis program. "I'm so proud of Kelcy for making this happen."</p><separator></separator><p>McKenna competed in the semifinals against Alexandra Poorta from St. Mary's in a difficult three-setter. She lost the first game 3-6, but came back strong in the last two, taking them 7-5, 7-5. She had a similar turnout in the finals match, when she was matched against Annie Goransson from California. McKenna fell drastically in the first round 1-6, but rallied and took the match overall, winning her next two sets 6-4, 6-1.</p><separator></separator><p>McKenna and Hein made it all the way to the ITA Gold doubles final round after beating the No. 2 doubles seed of Rebecca Delgado and Tatsiana Kapshai from Sacramento State 8-2. Unfortunately, they fell in the final round, losing to the No. 1 seeded Jana Juricova and Mari Andersson of California 8-5. <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/brycki_michelle00.html… Brycki</a> and <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/simmons_sianna00.html"… Simmons</a> also made it to the semifinals, but lost against Juricova and Andersson 8-4.</p><separator></separator><p>In the ITA Blue doubles, <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/brown_ashlee00.html">A… Brown</a> and <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/james_hannah00.html">H… James</a> were defeated by Clarisse Baca and Maria Meliuk of Sacramento State 8-6.</p><separator></separator><p>The Sun Devils look to Los Angeles next for the All-American Championships, which begin on Oct. 5 and last through Oct. 10.</p>