Women's tennis beats Oregon to open Pac-10 play
<p>The Arizona State women's tennis team (8-2) defeated the Oregon Ducks, 6-1, sweeping its conference opponents in the opening weekend of Pac-10 play. The Sun Devils are 8-2 in dual play and 2-0 in the Pac-10 Conference.</p><separator></separator><p class="MsoNormal">ASU won the doubles point to start off the match, with the pairs of Cako/Brycki and Hein/McKenna closing out their games with UO, one and two in that order. </p><separator></separator><p class="MsoNormal">No. 17 Senior <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/mckenna_kelcy00.html">… McKenna</a> defeated No. 100 Pavlina Smatova, 6-1, 7-5 in the No. 1 spot for Arizona State. Senior <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/hein_micaela00.html">M… Hein</a>, playing in the third sport, was first off the court for the Sun Devils, defeating Oregon's Julia Metzger, 6-4, 6-2. No. 30 Freshman <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/cako_jacqueline00.html… Cako</a> also took her match, 6-4, 6-2 over UO's Patricia Skowronski to extend her singles winning streak to 15-straight games.</p><separator></separator><p class="MsoNormal">The Sun Devils face one of the biggest tests of the season next week as they host No. 3 Duke University on Thursday, Mar. 10 and No. 6 California on Saturday, Mar. 12. Individually, the Blue Devils and the Golden Bears each have a player ranked in the top-20 in the nation, with No. 4 Jana Jurikova of Cal and No. 9 <span style="color: #0b1d47;">Reka Zsilinszka of Duke.</span></p><separator></separator><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><separator></separator><p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Arizona State def. Oregon, 6-1</strong></p><separator></separator><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span>Doubles</span></strong></p><separator></separator><p class="MsoNormal"><span>1) No. 39 Hein/McKenna (ASU) def. Smatova/Skowronski (UO) 8-6<br /></span>2) Metzger/Du Toit (UO) def. No. 46 Brown/Simmons (ASU) 8-3<br />3) Cako/Brycki (ASU) beat Stuckemann/Neubert (UO) 8-2</p><separator></separator><p class="MsoNormal"><em><span>Order of finish: 3, 1, 2</span></em></p><separator></separator><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span>Singles </span></span></strong><strong><span></span></strong></p><separator></separator><p class="MsoNormal"><span>1) No. 17 <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/mckenna_kelcy00.html">… McKenna</a> (ASU) def. No. 100 <a href="http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=4417&SPID=249&ATC… style="color: #123c2b;">Pavlina Smatova</span></a> (UO) 6-1, 7-5<br /></span>2) No. 30 <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/cako_jacqueline00.html… Cako</a> (ASU) def. <a href="http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=4417&SPID=249&ATC… style="color: #123c2b;">Patricia Skowronski</span></a> (UO) 6-4, 6-2<br />3) <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/hein_micaela00.html">M… Hein</a> (ASU) def. <a href="http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=4417&SPID=249&ATC… style="color: #123c2b;">Julia Metzger</span></a> (UO) 6-2, 6-1<br />4) No. 108 <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/james_hannah00.html">H… James</a> (ASU) def. <a href="http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=4417&SPID=249&ATC… style="color: #123c2b;">Rabea Stuckemann</span></a> (UO) 7-5, 7-6 (7-4)<br />5) <a href="http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=4417&SPID=249&ATC… style="color: #123c2b;">Pascale Neubert</span></a> (UO) def. No. 117 <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/brycki_michelle00.html… Brycki</a> (ASU) 6-4, ret.<br />6) <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/brown_ashlee00.html">A… Brown</a> (ASU) def. <a href="http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=4417&SPID=249&ATC… style="color: #123c2b;">Lana Buttner</span></a> (UO) 6-0, 6-1</p><separator></separator><p class="MsoNormal"><em><span>Order of finish: 3, 6, 5, 2, 4, 1</span></em></p>