TEMPE – Tereza Kolarova locked up the Sun Devil women's team's fourth conference win of the season Sunday when she swept her way to a win on court three to make the team score 4-1 in a match ASU would go on to win 6-1 over the Oregon Ducks.
"To beat anyone in the conference 6-1 is great," coach Sheila McInerney said. "Nothing is easy in the Pac-12 and we really had to battle out there to get this win."
Kolarova had a perfect day on court three as she opened the day with a win in doubles with Savannah Slaysman to help ASU earn the doubles point and grab an early 1-0 lead over the visiting Ducks.
No. 1 John-Baptiste/Hattingh clinched the advantage with their 6-2 win on court one. Down early in the set, the All-Americans won five straight games to put away their opponents and win their 13th doubles match in 2019.
"I thought there wasn't a ton of energy in the doubles, but it was nice for our kids to win it pretty handily," McInerney said.
Freshman Samantha Alicea picked up where she left off in last weekend's win over Denver and got off of the court quickly by sweeping her opponent on court six. She made it 2-0, but the lead would balloon to 3-0 shortly after when Ilze Hattingh's win on court one.
Hattingh dropped two games in the first set, but refused to budge in the second, sweeping her way to a 6-2, 6-0 decision.
"We started well in singles," McInerney said. "We won four first sets and then we managed to get off the court pretty quickly, which is what you want to see at this time in the season."
The match slowed down once the Ducks grabbed one back on court five. Sammi Hampton was already in the third set and looking to complete the comeback, and courts one and two looked as though they would be heading into a third set too with Kolarova and Lauryn John-Baptiste down in the second.
Kolarova fought her way to a tiebreak and went on to clinch the match for the Devils with a 9-7 scoreline in the deciding game. The Ducks and Devils played out the final two matches and both John-Baptiste and Hampton came away with wins to make the final 6-1.
"Lauryn was down in the second, Terka was down in the second, but they both came back to end it in two sets," McInerney said. "On a day like today when it's starting to get warm out around here, you can't ask for a better situation."
Sunday's affair was the penultimate Pac-12 match of the season and the final Sunday match of 2019 as ASU hosts the school down south next Saturday to close the regular season.
"Today's win really sets us up nicely to finish up at home next weekend against an Arizona team that's playing pretty well," McInerney said.
"To beat anyone in the conference 6-1 is great," coach Sheila McInerney said. "Nothing is easy in the Pac-12 and we really had to battle out there to get this win."
Kolarova had a perfect day on court three as she opened the day with a win in doubles with Savannah Slaysman to help ASU earn the doubles point and grab an early 1-0 lead over the visiting Ducks.
No. 1 John-Baptiste/Hattingh clinched the advantage with their 6-2 win on court one. Down early in the set, the All-Americans won five straight games to put away their opponents and win their 13th doubles match in 2019.
"I thought there wasn't a ton of energy in the doubles, but it was nice for our kids to win it pretty handily," McInerney said.
Freshman Samantha Alicea picked up where she left off in last weekend's win over Denver and got off of the court quickly by sweeping her opponent on court six. She made it 2-0, but the lead would balloon to 3-0 shortly after when Ilze Hattingh's win on court one.
Hattingh dropped two games in the first set, but refused to budge in the second, sweeping her way to a 6-2, 6-0 decision.
"We started well in singles," McInerney said. "We won four first sets and then we managed to get off the court pretty quickly, which is what you want to see at this time in the season."
The match slowed down once the Ducks grabbed one back on court five. Sammi Hampton was already in the third set and looking to complete the comeback, and courts one and two looked as though they would be heading into a third set too with Kolarova and Lauryn John-Baptiste down in the second.
Kolarova fought her way to a tiebreak and went on to clinch the match for the Devils with a 9-7 scoreline in the deciding game. The Ducks and Devils played out the final two matches and both John-Baptiste and Hampton came away with wins to make the final 6-1.
"Lauryn was down in the second, Terka was down in the second, but they both came back to end it in two sets," McInerney said. "On a day like today when it's starting to get warm out around here, you can't ask for a better situation."
Sunday's affair was the penultimate Pac-12 match of the season and the final Sunday match of 2019 as ASU hosts the school down south next Saturday to close the regular season.
"Today's win really sets us up nicely to finish up at home next weekend against an Arizona team that's playing pretty well," McInerney said.