Women's tennis falls to USC

March 11, 2009

The 14th-ranked Sun Devil Women's Tennis team put up a fierce contest against the No. 10 USC Women of Troy on Wednesday, but were ultimately overpowered in a 5-2 decision.<separator></separator>Doubles play was a series of upsets for the Devils, as No. 12 Amanda Fink and Gabriela Niculescu upset No. 10 <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/hein_micaela00.html">M… Hein</a> and <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/mckenna_kelcy00.html">… McKenna</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/simmons_sianna00.html"… Simmons</a> 8-6. No. 62 Sarah Fansler and Lyndsay Kinstler ousted No. 50 <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/abdala_laila00.html">L… Abdala</a> and <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/abdala_nadia00.html">N… Abdala</a> 8-5, taking the doubles point for the Women of Troy. 8-5. USC took off from there with Alison Ramos and Maria Sanchez defeating<separator></separator>In singles play, the shaken Sun Devils had trouble finding their stride as No. 29 Amanda Fink downed No. 71 <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/hein_micaela00.html">M… Hein</a> 6-3, 6-0 on court 3 and No. 61 Alison Ramos pulled away from <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/brown_ashlee00.html">A… Brown</a> 6-1, 6-4 in the No. 5 spot. After freshman <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/simmons_sianna00.html"… Simmons</a> fell to Leyla Entekhabi 6-1, 6-4 on court six, the Devils finally saw a bright spot in No. 3 <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/mckenna_kelcy00.html">… McKenna</a>, who came back strong to pummel No. 15 Maria Sanchez 6-2, 6-4 in the No. 1 spot. Undoubtedly the most arduous match of the day came on court two, where <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/abdala_nadia00.html">N… Abdala</a> fought it out against No. 22 Sarah Fansler. Although she dropped the first match 4-6, Abdala came back to upset Fansler loudly and proudly 6-4, 1-0 (10-5).<separator></separator>The Devils will be back in action tomorrow when they take on the No. 9 UCLA Bruins at 11:00 a.m. in Los Angeles.<separator></separator>#10 USC 5, #14 Arizona State 2<separator></separator>DOUBLES<separator></separator>(1) #12 Fink/Niculescu (USC) def. #10 Hein/McKenna (ASU) - 8-5<separator></separator>(2) #62 Fansler/Kinstler (USC) def. #50 Abdala/Abdala (ASU) - 8-5<separator></separator>(3) #71 Ramos/Sanchez (USC) def. Brown/Simmons (ASU) 8-6<separator></separator>Order of finish: 1, 2, 3<separator></separator>SINGLES<separator></separator>(1) #3 <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/mckenna_kelcy00.html">… McKenna</a> (ASU) def #15 Maria Sanchez (USC) - 6-2, 6-4<separator></separator>(2) <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/abdala_nadia00.html">N… Abdala</a> (ASU) def. #22 Sarah Fansler (USC) - 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-5)<separator></separator>(3) #29 Amanda Fink (USC) def. #71 <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/hein_micaela00.html">M… Hein</a> (ASU) - 6-3, 6-0<separator></separator>(4) #54 Gabriela Niculescu (USC) def. <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/abdala_laila00.html">L… Abdala</a> (ASU) - 6-0, 7-5<separator></separator>(5) #61 Alison Ramos (USC) def. <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/brown_ashlee00.html">A… Brown</a> (ASU) - 6-1,6-4<separator></separator>(6) Leyla Entekhabi (USC) def. <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/simmons_sianna00.html"… Simmons</a> (ASU) - 6-1, 6-4*<separator></separator>Order of finish: 3, 5, 6*, 1, 4, 2<separator></separator>