TEMPE, Ariz.- In the weekend finale of their Pac-12 opening series against the Bay Area schools, No. 30 Arizona State (7-5, 0-1 Pac-12) came back against No. 17 California (6-2, 1-0 Pac-12) but fell short 4-3.
ASU led Cal 1-0 after taking the best-of-three opening doubles match. Partners sophomore Chelsea Fontenel and junior Patricija Spaka tallied the first win, 6-2, on court one. After Cal's court two victory, the decisive match came down to court three. Senior Marianna Argyrokastriti and freshman Emilija Tverijonaite broke their opponents serve in the final game, winning 7-5 to give the Sun Devils the doubles point.
In singles, the Sun Devils knocked off two highly ranked opponents. Tverijonaite pulled off the upset 6-3, 7-6 (8-6) on court three, clinching the match in a tiebreak. Freshman Sara Svetac won her back-and-forth, three-set match, 1-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-3) on court four. After dropping the first set, she rallied to take the final two sets and pulled away in the tiebreak. The Bears got wins on courts 1,2,5 and 6 to clinch the match.
No. 17 California 4, No. 30 Arizona State 3
DOUBLES
- Chelsea Fontenel/Patricija Spaka def. #14 Hannah Viller Moeller/Mao Mushika (Cal), 6-2
- Jessica Alsola/Valentina Ivanov (Cal) def. Rachel Hanford/Sara Svetac, 6-3
- Marianna Argyrokastriti/Emilija Tverijonaite def. Katja Wiersholm/Berta Passola Folch (Cal), 7-5
SINGLES
- #46 Valentina Ivanov (Cal) def. Chelsea Fontenel, 7-6 (7-3), 6-3
- #23 Hannah Viller Moeller (Cal) def. Marianna Argyrokastriti, 6-1, 6-1
- #103 Emilija Tverijonaite def. #35 Jessica Alsola (Cal), 6-3, 7-6 (8-6)
- Sara Svetac def. #92 Mao Mushika (Cal), 1-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-3)
- #109 Lan Mi (Cal) def. Patricija Spaka 6-1, 6-0
- #107 Berta Passola Folch def. Rachel Hanford, 6-4, 1-6, 6-4
Up Next
The Sun Devils will host Northern Arizona on Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. AZT. Follow along via the team's Twitter/X account, @sundevilwtennis, which will be updated with scores, results, recaps and more.