April 14, 2000
BERKELEY, Calif. - The 12th-ranked Arizona State women's tennis fell to fourth-ranked California 7-2 at Hellman Tennis Center this afternoon. The loss is the fourth in five matches for the Sun Devils and evens the team's Pac-10 record to 3-3 while lowering their overall mark to 11-6. The Bears improve to 15-5, 4-1 in league play.
Arizona State was one of only three teams to have beaten the Bears - joining Stanford and Pepperdine - as the Sun Devils defeated then second-ranked Cal 5-4 in Tempe on March 4. But Cal found revenge, sweeping all six singles matches. The Bears' Karoline Borgersen defeated ASU's Megan Yeats 6-4, 6-7, 6-4 in a three-hour battle, snapping Yeats' 13-match win streak.
ASU scored its only points in doubles play, winning on courts one and three.
Sophomore All-American and 15th-ranked Allison Bradshaw returned to the lineup after missing eight matches in seven weeks due to a foot stress fracture. She fell to Cal's Amy Jensen in straight sets.
ASU continues its road trip at top-ranked and undefeated Stanford with a noon match on Sat., April 15, at Taube Family Tennis Center.
Arizona State 2 (11-6, 3-3)
California 7 (15-5, 4-1)
SINGLES:
1. (21) Amy Jensen (CAL) def. (15) Allison Bradshaw (ASU) -- 6-3, 6-2
2. (26) Anita Kurimay (CAL) def. (36) Karin Palme (ASU) -- 6-2, 6-1
3. (70) Claire Curran (CAL) Faye DeVera (ASU) -- 6-0, 6-4
4. Karoline Borgersen (CAL) def. Megan Yeats (ASU) -- 6-4, 6-7 (1), 6-4
5. Morisa Yang (CAL) def. (60) Mhari Brown (ASU) -- 6-3, 6-1
6. Christina Fusano (CAL) def. Celena McCoury (ASU) -- 6-1, 6-3
DOUBLES:
1. (23) Bradshaw/McCoury (ASU) def. (5) Kurimay/Borgensen (CAL) by default
2. Curran/Yang (CAL) def. (44) Brown/Yeats (ASU) -- 8-5
3. Palme/DeVera (ASU) def. Lee/Emeka Mayes (CAL) -- 8-3