April 29, 2011
Ojai, Calif.--Despite a tough fight into three sets, senior Kelcy McKenna fell to Stanford's Stacey Tan in the singles quarterfinals of the 2011 Pac-10 women's tennis Championships in Ojai, Calif.
McKenna and Tan battled it out with the Cardinal taking the first set 6-4. However McKenna rallied back to take the second set 5-7, but Tan was too much with a 6-1 victory in the third set.
McKenna had a chance to get even with a rematch against Tan on the doubles court, as the Sun Devils duo of McKenna and senior Micaela Hein took on the combo of Tan and Carolyn McVeigh of Stanford. Hein/McKenna, the fourth-ranked doubles pair in the tournament, dispatched the Cardinal, 8-5. The Sun Devils had previously faced off against Montez/Seguso of UCLA, winning the match-up 8-3.
The ASU pair of Hein/McKenna will faceoff against the second-ranked duo of Christian/Sanchez of USC at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday for a spot in the Pac-10 Doubles Championship match.
Junior Sianna Simmons, competing in the Invitational Singles bracket dropped her match to Arizona's Kim Stubbe, falling to the Wildcat 6-3, 6-0. Simmons double match-up with sophomore Hannah James also came up short on Friday, with the ASU duo falling to the top-ranked doubles pair of Andersson/Juricova of California.
The third round of the Pac-10 women's tennis Championships continues tomorrow from Ojai, Calif.