TEMPE – No. 19 ranked Sun Devil Women’s Tennis kept the ball rolling with a pair of 7-0 victories on Thursday at the Whiteman Tennis Center, this time over both New Mexico State and Northern Arizona.
The Sun Devils got the morning started with dominant doubles performances across the board. Patricija Spaka and Domenika Turkovic, the ninth-ranked duo in the nation, were solid in their 6-1 match victory on Court 1, and Giulia Morlet and Sedona Gallagher followed suit with their 6-1 victory on Court 2 to clinch the lone doubles point. Marianna Argyrokastriti and Chelsea Fontenel on Court 3 had a score of 5-2 in favor of the Sun Devils at the time it was called unfinished.
In singles play, Morlet cruised with a 6-2, 6-0 victory on Court 1 against the Aggies’ Mingfang Zhu. The rest of the Sun Devils emulated Morlet, with each adding their own commanding victories in two sets. Spaka and Argyrokastriti posted a pair of shutouts in the morning match when both wiped out their opponents, 6-0, 6-0.
It was not only the Sun Devils’ third victory in a row, but the third time they have swept their opponent to open the season.
DOUBLES
Turkovic/Spaka (ASU) def. Pinaieva/Zhu (NMSU), 6-1
Gallagher/Morlet (ASU) def. Bishard/Nguyen (NMSU), 6-1
Argyrokastriti/Fontenel (ASU) vs. Nishimura/Ivanovskaia, 5-2 (unfinished)
SINGLES
Morlet (ASU) def. Zhu (NMSU) 6-2, 6-0
Turkovic (ASU) def. Pinaieva (NMSU) 6-1, 6-3
Fontenel (ASU) def. Nishimura (NMSU) 6-3, 6-0
Argyrokastriti (ASU) def. Ivanovskaia (NMSU) 6-0, 6-0
Gallagher (ASU) def. Bishard (NMSU)…
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