No. 25 Women’s Tennis to Host No. 1 Oklahoma State and Cal Poly

TEMPE, Ariz.- The second of three weekends at home for No. 25 Sun Devil Women's Tennis will feature a pair of opponents in the No. 1 Oklahoma State Cowgirls (Saturday, February 17 at 12 p.m. AZT)  and the Cal Poly Mustangs.
 
Fans can follow along with the action via live stats, which will be made available for both matches.
 
Sun Devil Notables (5-2)

• The Sun Devils are ranked No. 25 in this week's ITA team rankings, their third week in a row in the rankings.
• Arizona State won its most recent match on Saturday in a 4-0 sweep over Arkansas. Patricija Spaka and Chelsea Fontenel clinched the doubles point on Court 1 for the Sun Devils. ASU went on to pick up three quick singles matches victories from Spaka, Giulia Morlet and Marianna Argyrokastriti to win the match for the Sun Devils.
• The Sun Devils are 4-0 on the season at Whiteman Tennis Center to begin the season. They had their first undefeated season at home in school history last season and have a 38-3 record at Whiteman since 2021.
• ASU has two ranked in ITA's singles rankings with Morlet at No. 77 and freshman Emilija Tverijonaite ranked No. 97.
• Spaka, Morlet and Argyrokastriti continue to lead the way for ASU in singles wins as each of them have five to begin the season.
• In doubles, the pairing of Spaka/Fontenel continues to lead doubles wins with five on the season after a 6-4 victory on Saturday in the win against Arkansas.
• Chasing 600: Head coach Sheila McInerney picked up her 579th career win in her 40th season with the Sun Devils against Arkansas.

Previewing No. 1 Oklahoma State (8-0)

• The Cowgirls won their first-ever ITA Indoor National Championship over the weekend as they picked up a win over No. 2 Michigan in the championship match. Their No. 1 ranking this week is the first one for them in school history.
• Oklahoma State has five ranked in ITA singles rankings: Ange Oby Kajuru (No. 5), Anastasiya Komar (No. 17), Ayumi Miyamoto (No. 46), Lucia Peyre (No. 54) and Saifya Carrington (No. 122). They also have two ranked doubles pairs: Oby Kajuru/Komar (No. 13) and Komar/Raquel Gonzalez (No. 14).
• Carrington was named the Big 12 Player of the Week on Tuesday for the first time in her career. She became the fourth Cowgirl to earn the honor this season, joining Komar, Peyre and Gonzalez.
• Last season, the Cowgirls made it to the second round of the NCAA Tournament, courtesy of a 4-1 win against Denver in the first round. Miyamoto and Gonzalez advanced to the Round of 32 last season as a doubles pair.
• The Cowgirls are led by head coach Chris Young who is in his 14th season with Oklahoma State. 

Previewing Cal Poly (4-1)

• The Mustangs are coming off a win on the road against San Francisco where Cal Poly picked up the 6-1 win. The Mustangs will be on the road for the rest of February and will play a match at Grand Canyon on Friday.
• Cal Poly received a bid to the inaugural NIT Championship last season where alumna Kim Bhunu picked up the first postseason singles win in Division I program history.
• At this fall's ITA Northwest Regionals, the doubles pair of sisters Delanie Dunkle and Peyton Dunkle advanced to the quarterfinals.
• The Mustangs are led by head coach Ellie Edles Williams, who is in her second season as the head coach of Cal Poly. In her first season in 2022-23, she led her team to their third consecutive Big West tournament championship match and the first postseason appearance in 12 years.

 
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