PULLMAN, Wash. – The Sun Devil Women's Tennis team (12-3, 2-1) is back in the win column after handling Washington State (7-7, 0-3) in a clean sweep, 7-0, on Sunday afternoon at the Simmelink Tennis Courts at Hollingbery Fieldhouse.
The Sun Devils have now won 22 of their past 23 meetings with the Cougars dating back to 2000. It's also their sixth clean sweep of the season.
The afternoon began with gritty doubles play, in which the Sun Devils and Cougars split the first two matches. Locked in a 5-5 battle on Court 2, Sedona Gallagher and Rachel Hanford delivered the final blow, winning 7-5 and snatching the doubles point.
The Sun Devils have now won the doubles point in 13 of their 15 matches this spring.
Momentum made its way into singles play, where the Sun Devils won five of six first sets. Freshman Chelsea Fontenel was the first off, earning win No. 12 on the season with a swift defeat of Washington State's Eva Alvarez Sande in straight sets (6-2, 6-0).
Sedona Gallagher brought home the next Sun Devil victory, and Marianna Argyrokastriti clinched it moments later. With the match already clinched, the Sun Devils still received big performances from Domenika Turkovic, Patricija Spaka and Rachel Hanford in singles play.
DOUBLES
- Eva Alvarez Sande/Elyse Tse (Washington State) def. #11 Domenika Turkovic/Patricija Spaka (ASU), 6-3
- Sedona Gallagher/Rachel Hanford (ASU) def. Yura Nakagawa/Yang Lee (Washington State), 7-5
- Marianna Argyrokastriti/Chelsea Fontenel (ASU) def. Hania Abouelsaad/Fifa Kumhom (Washington State), 6-2
Order of finish: 3, 1, 2
SINGLES
- #113 Chelsea Fontenel (ASU) def. Eva Alvarez Sande (WSU) 6-2, 6-0
- Domenika Turkovic (ASU) def. Yura Nakagawa (WSU) 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
- Marianna Argyrokastriti (ASU) def. Elyse Tse (WSU) 6-3, 7-5
- Sedona Gallagher (ASU) def. Fifa Kumhom (WSU) 6-3, 6-4
- Patricija Spaka (ASU) def. Hania Abouelsaad (WSU) 4-6, 6-2, 1-0 (12-10)
- Rachel Hanford (ASU) def. Tiffany Phout (WSU) 6-0, 6-0
Order of Finish: 1,4,3,2,5,6
MATCHES VS. PAC-12 OPPONENTS THIS SEASON
Sunday, March 5 vs. Oregon (W, 4-0)
Friday, March 17 at Washington (L, 4-1)
Sunday, March 19 at Washington State (W, 7-0)
Friday, March 31 at Cal
Saturday, April 1 at Stanford
Friday, April 7 vs. USC
Saturday, April 8 vs. UCLA
Friday, April 14 vs. Colorado
Saturday, April 15 vs. Utah
Saturday, April 22 at Arizona
UP NEXT
The Sun Devils will enjoy a near two-week break before returning to action in California against the Golden Bears (Friday, March 31) and the Stanford Cardinal (Saturday, April 1).