Sun Devils head down to Georgia

January 28, 2010

The No. 29 Arizona State women's tennis team heads down to Atlanta, Ga., for the ITA Kick Off Weekend. The Sun Devils will go into the weekend after opening the dual season 2-0 last week against UCSB and UC Davis. The team takes on No. 10 Georgia Tech at 2:30 p.m., Jan. 30, and depending on the outcome of the first match, take on either Kentucky or Alabama on Sunday.<separator></separator>In the Rankings The Sun Devils moved up to 29th after sweeping its opening weekend matches. In singles, <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/mckenna_kelcy00.html">… McKenna</a> sits at 58th with <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/hein_micaela00.html">M… Hein</a> at 68th. Hein and doubles partner <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/brown_ashlee00.html">A… Brown</a> are also ranked at 38th.<separator></separator>New In Town Freshman <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/james_hannah00.html">H… James</a>, who just came to Tempe in early January, had quite the opening dual weekend. James swept both of her singles opponents in straight sets, going 6-4, 6-3 against UCSB's Asagi Onaga and 6-3, 6-1 against UC Davis' Harzyl Legaspi. In both matches, she was the second one off the court. She also teamed up with All-American <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/mckenna_kelcy00.html">… McKenna</a> in doubles and blanked UC Davis' No. 1 team.<separator></separator>Heading Home While the Sun Devils will be all the way across the country, there will be some ASU fans in the stands. Sophomore <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/simmons_sianna00.html"… Simmons</a> will return to her hometown of Atlanta this weekend, where her parents still live. She had a successful weekend and clinched the match for the Sun Devils against UC Davis.<separator></separator>Senioritis Two seniors lead the Sun Devils squad this season. <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/abdala_nadia00.html">N… Abdala</a> sat out for much of the fall with an injury, but is ready to go for the spring. Last season, she earned Pac-10 All-Conference honors for the third time and reached the second round of the NCAA Championships. <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/martin_amanda00.html">… Martin</a> went 1-1 over the weekend in which she clinched the Sun Devils match against UCSB.<separator></separator>All-American Girls <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/mckenna_kelcy00.html">… McKenna</a> and <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/hein_micaela00.html">M… Hein</a> are the Sun Devils' two returning All-Americans. McKenna earned accolades in both singles and doubles while Hein snagged honors in doubles.<separator></separator>Congrats Coach! Head coach <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/mcinerney_sheila00.htm… McInerney</a> was recently honored by the YWCA in their Tribute to Women campaign. The 26th year head coach has been selected as the Sports Leader honoree. As the head coach of the Sun Devils, McInerney boasts a 375-238 record and has taken her Sun Devils to 18 NCAA Sweet Sixteen appearances.<separator></separator>Next Up The team heads up to Berkeley, Calif., to take on California. This match will not count in the Pac-10 standings.

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