OJAI, Calif. – No. 3 Stanford took care of business in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 Tournament on Thursday afternoon with a 4-0 win over No. 41 Arizona. The second-seeded Cardinal advances to Friday’s semifinals, where it will face the winner of No. 11 USC and No. 26 Washington.
The win pushes Stanford’s record to 20-2 overall and extends its win streak to six matches. The Cardinal is now 17-1 all-time at the Pac-12 Tournament.
Stanford won on all three doubles courts by 6-4 scores. Connie Ma and Alexandra Yepifanova finished first on Court 1. Angelica Blake and Alexis Blokhina on Court 2 and Katherine Hui and Valencia Xu on Court 3 served for it at the same time, with Blake and Blokhina finishing seconds ahead.
Blokhina and Blake also nabbed two of the Cardinal’s three singles wins. Blokhina beat Midori Castillo-Meza on Court 4, 6-1, 6-2 and Blake dispatched Reece Carter on Court 1, 6-3, 6-3. Valencia Xu had the clincher on Court 6, beating Tanvi Narendran 6-2, 6-1.
No. 2 Stanford 4, No. 7 Arizona 0
DOUBLES:
1. #20 Connie Ma/Alexandra Yepifanova (STAN) d. #39 Reece Carter/Brandelyn Fulgenzi (ARIZ) 6-4
2. Angelica Blake/Alexis Blokhina (STAN) d. Belen Nevenhoven/Martyna Ostrzygalo (ARIZ) 6-4
3. Katherine Hui/Valencia Xu (STAN) d. Kayla Wilkins/Teja Tirunelveli (ARIZ) 6-4
Order of finish: 1, 2, 3
SINGLES:
1. #34 Angelica Blake (STAN) d. #111 Reece Carter (ARIZ) 6-3, 6-3
2. #9 Connie Ma (STAN) led Kayla Wilkins (ARIZ) 6-1, 5-5 unf.
3. Martyna Ostryzgalo (ARIZ) led #30 Alexandra Yepifanova (STAN) 6-3, 5-3 unf.
4. #121 Alexis Blokhina (STAN) d. Midori Castillo-Meza (ARIZ) 6-1, 6-2
5. Brandelyn Fulgenzi (ARIZ) led Katherine Hui (STAN) 6-0, 6-6 unf.
6. Valencia Xu (STAN) d. Tanvi Narendran (ARIZ) 6-2, 6-1
Order of finish: 4, 1, 6
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