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Women's Tennis on Road for Matches at Utah, No. 75 Colorado

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Women's Tennis on Road for Matches at Utah, No. 75 ColoradoWomen's Tennis on Road for Matches at Utah, No. 75 Colorado
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TEMPE, Ariz.- No. 31 Sun Devil Women's Tennis (11-8, 3-4 Pac-12) will be on the road this weekend for a pair of conference duals against Utah (Friday, April 12 at 1:30 p.m. MST) and No. 75 Colorado (Sunday, April 14 at 10 a.m. MST).
 
Fans can follow along for the match against the Utes via a live stream and live stats. On Sunday against the Buffaloes, fans can follow along via live stats.
 
PREVIEWING THE SUN DEVILS (11-8, 3-4 Pac-12)
  • Arizona State continues to stack the ITA team, singles and doubles rankings as they reach the end of the regular season. The pair of Patricija Spaka and Chelsea Fontenel jumped up to No. 27 in the latest doubles rankings. The team was ranked No. 31 in the latest team polls while Giulia Morlet (No. 75) and Emilija Tverijonaite (No. 100) are ranked in singles.
  • The Sun Devils are coming off a pair of wins at home against Washington State and No. 26 Washington. Against the Cougars, the Sun Devils won 4-2 and swept the Washington Huskies the following day to cap off a weekend of wins at the Whiteman Tennis Center.
  • Tverijonaite continues to lead the team in singles wins with 11 on the season. Playing in both the three and four spots, she's coming off a pair of singles wins against Washington State and Washington.
  • Spaka/Fontenel lead the team with 10 doubles wins. The duo is coming off a 6-4 win on Saturday against No. 56 Astrid Olsen / Alexia Jacobs of Washington.
 
RECENT HISTORY VS. UTAH
April 15, 2023: W, 4-0
April 10, 2022: W, 4-3
April 9, 2021: W, 4-0
March 22, 2019: W, 4-0
March 9, 2018: W, 4-1
 
RECENT HISTORY VS. COLORADO
April 14, 2023: W, 4-0
April 8, 2022: W, 4-0
April 10, 2021: W, 4-0
March 23, 2019: W, 4-3
March 11, 2018: W, 4-3
 
PREVIEWING UTAH (10-8, 2-5 Pac-12)
  • The Utes are coming off a pair of matches against the LA schools as they recently fell 5-2 against No. 10 USC.
  • Utah has a ranked singles player in Marcela Lopez who is currently ranked No. 114 in the latest ITA singles polls. Ana Cruz/Marcela Lopez are ranked No. 58 in ITA's doubles rankings.
  • Last season, the Utes went 13-11 overall and fell to Arizona in the first round of the Pac-12 Championships.
 
PREVIEWING NO. 75 COLORADO (12-6, 1-5 Pac-12)
  • The Buffaloes also hosted the LA schools last weekend, most recently playing No. 15 UCLA as they fell to the Bruins 4-1.
  • Colorado was ranked No. 75 in the latest ITA team rankings. The Buffaloes have a ranked singles player in Aya El Sayed, who was No. 117 in the latest singles rankings. They also have a ranked doubles team as Aya El Sayed/Pia Rebec were ranked No. 54 in this week's ITA doubles rankings.
  • Last season, Colorado was 13-13 on the season and advanced to the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 Championships before falling to Oregon, 4-2. The Buffaloes played in the inaugural Universal Tennis NIT where they advanced to the second round for their first postseason since 2007.
 
 
FOLLOW ALONG
Keep up with the Sun Devils all weekend long via the team's Twitter/X account, @sundevilwtennis.