Nov. 4, 2007
Final 2007 Thunderbird Results in PDF Format
- The 13th annual ASU Women's Tennis Thunderbird tournament wrapped up Sunday afternoon which saw freshman, Kelcy McKenna reach the finals of the main bracket, but fall in a heartbreaking 6-2, 6-7(8), 6-4 match to Cal's Marina Cossou. On the rest of the day four other Sun Devils turned in singles win as the tournament came to a culmination.
In the main match of the day, ASU's Kelcy McKenna and 's Marina Cossou faced-off in the main bracket finals, which saw Cossou come out to take a strong 6-2 win over the Sun Devils before McKenna stormed back for a brutal 7-6(8) win to tie it up. It wasn't enough though as they battled back and forth in the third set, but the Bear ultimately took the win 6-4 and the Thunderbird title.
The third and fourth place singles also had a playoff Sunday as 's Bojana Bobusic faced ASU's Laila Abdala, which saw Abdala rally to take the match in straight sets 6-4, 6-1. On the rest of the day in singles, Jessica Leitch, Micaela Hein and Wendy Pilecka all took wins in the consolation brackets.
The wrap of the 13th annual ASU Women's Tennis Thunderbird ends the fall tournament season, as the Sun Devils now gear up for their spring season which starts January 11 at the Freeman Memorial Tournament in Las Vegas, Nevada, their last tournament before duals begin January 19, 2008 in Tempe against UC Davis.