Women's tennis advances to Pac-10 quarterfinals

April 25, 2008

The Arizona State Women's Tennis Team put forth a phenomenal effort in Day One of the Pac-10 Championships Thursday in Ojai, where they advanced five Sun Devils to the quarterfinal brackets by the end of the day with <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/abdala_nadia00.html">N… Abdala</a> leading the way in the women's Championship Bracket.<separator></separator>In the round of 32, the Sun Devils came out blazing as <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/abdala_nadia00.html">N… Abdala</a> both took straight set wins in the Championship Bracket to advance them to the round of 16.<separator></separator>Their five fellow Devils in the Invitational Bracket followed suit as well with <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/leitch_jessica00.html"… Leitch</a>, <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/hein_micaela00.html">M… Hein</a>, <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/brown_ashlee00.html">A… Brown</a>, <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/pilecka_wendy00.html">… Pilecka</a> and <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/megale_lauren00.html">… Megale</a> all took wins in the first round to gain entrance to the round of 16.<separator></separator>In the Championship Bracket, <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/mckenna_kelcy00.html">… McKenna</a> was matched up with Cal's Claire Ilcinkas, which saw the Golden Bear rally up to defeat McKenna in a gritty three set match with Kelcy taking the first set before Ilcinkas fired back to take the second and third 6-4 apiece. <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/abdala_nadia00.html">N… Abdala</a> wasn't phased at all with her opponent though as she handled Washington State's Kate Kamendova with a quick 6-3, 6-1 win to wrap the day.<separator></separator> In the Invitationals Bracket, ASU was lights out as <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/hein_micaela00.html">M… Hein</a>, <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/pilecka_wendy00.html">… Pilecka</a> all won in straight sets in the round of 16 to reach the quarterfinals. <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/megale_lauren00.html">… Megale</a> had some trouble against Cal's Daron Moore, but took the Bear to three sets and a tie-break to win it and advance with her teammates. The wins for Pilecka and Brown also set-up a match-up between the two slated for tomorrow morning.<separator></separator>The 108th annual Pac-10 Tournament rolls on tomorrow as singles play resumes at 11:00 a.m. after the conclusion of the 10:00 a.m. doubles start time.<separator></separator>Day One Results from the 2008 Pac-10 Tournament<separator></separator>Women's Singles Championship Bracket<separator></separator>Round of 32:<separator></separator>(6) Kelcy McKenna (ASU) def. Elizabeth Lumpkin (UCLA) - 7-6(5), 6-1<separator></separator>(4) Riza Zalameda (UCLA) def. <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/abdala_laila00.html">L… Abdala</a> (ASU) - 1-6, 7-5, 6-0<separator></separator>(7) <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/abdala_nadia00.html">N… Abdala</a> (ASU) def. Maria Sanchez (USC) - 7-5, 6-3<separator></separator> <separator></separator>Round of 16:<separator></separator>Claire Ilcinkas (Cal) def. (6) <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/mckenna_kelcy00.html">… McKenna</a> (ASU) - 6-7(2), 6-4, 6-4<separator></separator>(7) <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/abdala_nadia00.html">N… Abdala</a> (ASU) def. Kate Kamendova (WSU) - 6-3, 6-1<separator></separator> <separator></separator>Women's Singles Invitational Bracket<separator></separator>Round of 32:<separator></separator> Jessica Leitch (ASU) def. Mimi Songsemsawas (Ore) - 6-0, 6-2<separator></separator>(3) <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/hein_micaela00.html">M… Hein</a> (ASU) def. Allison Rainey (Wash) - 6-4, 6-1<separator></separator><a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/brown_ashlee00.html">A… Brown</a> (ASU) def. (5) Joyce Ardies (Wash) - 6-2, 0-6, 6-4<separator></separator><a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/pilecka_wendy00.html">… Pilecka</a> (ASU) def. Livia Gherman (WSU) - 6-0, 6-1<separator></separator>(2) <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/megale_lauren00.html">… Megale</a> (ASU) - BYE<separator></separator> <separator></separator>Round of 16:<separator></separator>(4) Alex McGoodwin (UCLA) def. <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/leitch_jessica00.html"… Leitch</a> (ASU) - 6-3, 6-2<separator></separator>(3) <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/hein_micaela00.html">M… Hein</a> (ASU) def. Rachael Dillon (Cal) - 6-0, 6-2<separator></separator><a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/brown_ashlee00.html">A… Brown</a> (ASU) def. Anna-Viktoria Lind (UCLA) - 6-1, 6-2<separator></separator><a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/pilecka_wendy00.html">… Pilecka</a> (ASU) def. Kelsey Anonsen (Wash) - 6-2, 6-4<separator></separator>(2) <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/megale_lauren00.html">… Megale</a> (ASU) def. Daron Moore (Cal) - 4-6, 7-5, 7-6(3)<separator></separator>