Women's tennis falls to top-ranked Cardinal

April 02, 2011

Despite snagging the doubles point to start the match, the top-ranked Stanford Cardinal was just a little too much for the No. 13 Arizona State women’s tennis team, defeating the Sun Devils 6-1 in Stanford, Calif.<separator></separator>ASU (13-4, 3-1) started the match taking the doubles points with hard fought victories in the No. 2 and 3 spots. The doubles pair of <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/cako_jacqueline00.html… Cako</a> upset the 30th-ranked Ahn/Gibbs of Stanford, 8-5. ASU’s <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/simmons_sianna00.html"… Simmons</a> and <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/brown_ashlee00.html">A… Brown</a> also notched a victory on the doubles court with a 8-6 victory over the Cardinal pair Li/Tan.<separator></separator>In singles play the Cardinal (18-0, 5-0 Pac-10), who currently holds an NCAA-record home winning streak of 175 consecutive matches, took home the victory winning all six spots. The Aussies battled into extra sets with Stanford in the fifth and sixth spots. <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/brycki_michelle00.html… Brycki</a> fell eventually to No. 55 Stacey Tan, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, while Veronica Li defeated <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/brown_ashlee00.html">A… Brown</a> 3-6, 6-3, 1-0 (5).<separator></separator>The Sun Devils head to Berkeley, Calif. for a rematch with the California Golden Bears, Saturday, with the match counting in the Pac-10 standings. ASU upset the then-ranked No. 9 Bears in Tempe, Ariz.<separator></separator>No. 1 Stanford 6, No. 13 Arizona State 1<separator></separator> DOUBLES 1) No. 2 Barte/Burdette (STAN) d. No. 18 Hein/McKenna (ASU) 8-1  2) Brycki/Cako (ASU) d. No. 30 Ahn/Gibbs (STAN) 8-5  3) No. 70 Brown/Simmons (ASU) d. Li/Tan (STAN) d. 8-6  Order of Finish: 1, 2, 3<separator></separator>SINGLES 1) No. 4 <a href="http://www.gostanford.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/barte_hilary00.html">Hilary Barte</a> (STAN) d. No. 19 <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/mckenna_kelcy00.html">… McKenna</a> (ASU) 6-3, 6-2  2) No. 22 <a href="http://www.gostanford.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/burdette_mallory00.html">… style="color: #0c4079;">Mallory Burdette</a> (STAN) d. No. 11 <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/cako_jacqueline00.html… Cako</a> (ASU) 6-4, 6-1  3) No. 12 <a href="http://www.gostanford.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/gibbs_nicole00.html">Nicole Gibbs</a> (STAN) d. No. 106 <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/hein_micaela00.html">M… Hein</a> (ASU) 6-4, 6-4  4) No. 17 <a href="http://www.gostanford.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/ahn_kristie00.html">Kristie Ahn</a> (STAN) d. No. 120 <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/james_hannah00.html">H… James</a> (ASU) 6-3, 6-3  5) No. 55 <a href="http://www.gostanford.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/tan_stacey00.html">Stacey Tan</a> (STAN) d. <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/brycki_michelle00.html… Brycki</a> (ASU) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3  6) <a href="http://www.gostanford.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/li_veronica00.html">Veronica Li</a> (STAN) d. <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/brown_ashlee00.html">A… Brown</a> (ASU) 3-6, 6-3, 1-0 (5)  Order of Finish: unavailable

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