Women’s Tennis | April 21, 2022
The No. 4/17 ranked Women of Troy dropped four straight matches following an early 3-0 lead to suffer a 4-3 loss to the No. 5/20 ranked Sun Devils during the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 Championships on Thursday (Apr. 21).
As a result of the win, ASU will now meet No. 1 Cal on Friday afternoon with a championship berth on the line.
The Trojan pairings of Piper/Cheong and Han/Willson kicked off the morning with a pair of victories in doubles play to haul in the early point for USC. Grace Piper and Naomi Cheong defeated ASU’s Morlet/Gallagher 6-2 on court two, moments before USC’s Snow Han and Danielle Willson would beat Sun Devils Argyrokastiti/Jankowski 6-2 on court three. USC would carry a one point advantage moving into singles play.
Singles play commenced a short while later and the Women of Troy swiftly picked up an additional two points, courtesy of No. 97 Snow Han and No. 96 Naomi Cheong. With a 3-0 lead and a victory in sight, USC then dropped four consecutive matches to ultimately fall 4-3 to ASU.
No. 5 Arizona State 4, No. 4 USC 3
April 21 | Ojai Valley Athletic Club – Ojai, Calif.
DOUBLES:
1. Salma Ewing/Eryn Cayetano, USC v. Patricija Spaka/Domenika Turkovic, ASU – 5-3 unf.
2. Grace Piper/Naomi Cheong, USC def. Giulia Morlet/Sedona Gallagher, ASU – 6-2
3. Snow Han/Dani Willson, USC def. Marianna Argyrokastriti/Cali Jankowski, ASU – 6-2
Order of finish: 2, 3
SINGLES:
1. Giulia Morlet, ASU def. Salma Ewing, USC – 6-2, 7-6 (7)
2. Domenika Turkovic, ASU def. Eryn Cayetano, USC – 6-4, 0-6, 6-4
3. Snow Han, USC def. Sedona Gallagher, ASU – 6-2, 6-2
4. Cali Janikowski, ASU def. Grace Piper, USC – 6-2, 6-4
5. Naomi Cheong, USC def. Patricija Spaka, ASU – 6-2, 6-3
6. Marianna Argyrokastriti, ASU def. Dani Willson, USC – 6-3, 6-3
Order of finish: 3, 5, 6, 4, 2, 1
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