Women's tennis opens up Pac-10 season with WSU, Oregon at home


<p><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal; font-size: 11px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><p>The Arizona State women’s tennis team (6-2) opens up the conference season as it hosts Pac-10 foes Washington State and Oregon on Mar. 5-6 at the Whiteman Tennis Center in Tempe, Ariz.</p><separator></separator><p>The Sun Devils traveled to Austin, Texas last weekend where they faced USF and the University of Texas, going 1-1 over the weekend. ASU defeated USF 4-3, while dropping the match to Texas 3-4 after defaulting on the sixth roster spot due to illness.</p><separator></separator><p>Senior&nbsp;<a style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; color: #444444; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/mckenna_kelcy00.html">… style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; color: #444444; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/mckenna_kelcy00.html">… McKenna</a>&nbsp;is ranked 17th in the nation according to the new ITA tennis rankings released Tuesday. McKenna holds a 19-2 record on the season. Freshman&nbsp;<a style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; color: #444444; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/cako_jacqueline00.html… style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; color: #444444; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/cako_jacqueline00.html… Cako</a>, who entered the rankings for the first time two weeks ago, moved up the list to 30th. Cako is currently riding a 13-match winning streak into this weekend’s competition, including a victory last weekend over UT’s 16th-ranked Aerial Ellis.</p><separator></separator><p>Washington State is 8-5 on the season so far, while Oregon is 6-4 in 2011. Check back with thesundevils.com for results through out the weekend.</p><separator></separator></span></p>