COLUMBUS, OHIO— Sun Devil Women's Tennis kicked off their weekend in the Buckeye State with a 4-2 win over Kansas on Friday afternoon to advance to the championship match of the ITA Kickoff Weekend for the first time since 2020.
It was a battle between both schools as they traded doubles wins on Courts 1 and 2. The decisive doubles match came down to Marianna Argyrokastriti and Emilija Tverijonaite who picked up the 6-4 win to clinch the doubles point.
The Jayhawks got the first singles win on Court 4 to knot up the match 1-1. Argyrokastriti answered back for the Sun Devils in a three-set victory on Court 2 to regain the lead. For the second singles win, it came from Giulia Morlet on Court 1 with the second three-set victory of the afternoon. Kansas won on Court 2 to be back within one, 3-2, but Patricija Spaka clinched the match for the Sun Devils in a three-set victory.
Arizona State 4, Kansas 2
Doubles
Singles
Up Next
Sun Devil Women's Tennis will look to advance to their first ITA National Championships for the first time in four years as they will face No. 13 Ohio State in the ITA Kickoff Weekend championship match tomorrow afternoon at 2 p.m. AZT.
It was a battle between both schools as they traded doubles wins on Courts 1 and 2. The decisive doubles match came down to Marianna Argyrokastriti and Emilija Tverijonaite who picked up the 6-4 win to clinch the doubles point.
The Jayhawks got the first singles win on Court 4 to knot up the match 1-1. Argyrokastriti answered back for the Sun Devils in a three-set victory on Court 2 to regain the lead. For the second singles win, it came from Giulia Morlet on Court 1 with the second three-set victory of the afternoon. Kansas won on Court 2 to be back within one, 3-2, but Patricija Spaka clinched the match for the Sun Devils in a three-set victory.
Arizona State 4, Kansas 2
Doubles
- Spaka/Fontenel (ASU) def. Janse Van Vuuren/Mulville (Kansas), 6-1
- Kubo/Massey (Kansas) def. Hanford/Morlet (ASU), 6-2
- Tverijonaite/Argyrokastriti (ASU) def. Titova/Adams (Kansas), 6-4
Singles
- #61 Giulia Morlet (ASU) def. #110 Gracie Mulville (Kansas), 6-1, 4-6, 6-0
- Maria Titova (Kansas) def. Chelsea Fontenel (ASU), 7-6 (7-5), 6-3
- Marianna Argyrokastriti (ASU) def. Heike Janse Van Vuuren (Kansas), 6-0, 2-6, 6-1
- Kyoka Kubo (Kansas) def. #68 Emilija Tverijonaite (ASU), 6-2, 7-5
- Patricija Spaka (ASU) vs. Jocelyn Massey (Kansas), 2-6, 6-1,
- Rachel Hanford (ASU) vs. Silvia Maria Costache (Kansas), 6-1, 4-6, 5-5 (unfinished)
Up Next
Sun Devil Women's Tennis will look to advance to their first ITA National Championships for the first time in four years as they will face No. 13 Ohio State in the ITA Kickoff Weekend championship match tomorrow afternoon at 2 p.m. AZT.