March 10, 2000
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Seventh-ranked Arizona State women's tennis defeated No. 9 UCLA 6-3 at the Los Angles Tennis Center this afternoon in continuing Pac-10 action. The win improves the Sun Devils' overall record to 10-2 and their conference mark to 3-1. The Bruins drop to 8-4 overall, 1-4 in Pac-10 play.
Up 4-2 after singles play, ASU's tandem of Karin Palme and Kerry Giardino won the clinching match at No. 3 doubles, defeating UCLA's Petya Marinova/Cristina Popescu 8-6.
Both teams were playing without their No. 1 players as 18th-ranked Sara Walker was our for the Bruins, and the Sun Devils' 13th-ranked Allison Bradshaw is sidelined with an injury.
ASU defeated UCLA 6-3 earlier in the season in Tempe, but the victory did not count toward either team's Pac-10 record.
Arizona State continues its Pac-10 road trip this weekend in Los Angeles, Calif., taking on 12th-ranked USC tomorrow, March 11, at noon (PST) at Marks Tennis Stadium.
No. 7 Arizona State 6 (10-2, 3-1)
No. 9 UCLA 3 (8-4, 1-1)
Singles
1. Karin Palme (ASU) def. (94) Amanda Basica (UCLA) 6-3, 4-6, 7-5
2. Annica Cooper (UCLA) def. Kerry Giardino (ASU) 2-6, 6-3, 7-5
3. (86) Abigail Spears (UCLA) def. Faye DeVera (ASU) 4-6, 7-5, 6-3
4. (92) Mhairi Brown (ASU) def. Elizabeth Schmidt (UCLA) 6-3, 6-2
5. (81) Megan Yeats (ASU) def. Petya Marinova (UCLA) 6-2, 7-5
6. Celena McCoury (ASU) def. Catherine Hawley (UCLA) 6-2, 6-4
Doubles
1. Brown/Yeats (ASU) def. Basica/Cooper (UCLA) 9-8 (4)
2. Schmidt/Spears (UCLA) def. McCoury/DeVera (ASU) 9-8 (7)
3. Palme/Giardino (ASU) def. Marinova/Cristina Popescu (UCLA) 8-6*
* Clinching Match
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