TEMPE, Ariz.– Patricija Spaka and Chelsea Fontenel, the top-ranked Sun Devil Women’s Tennis duo and the and No. 35 tandem in the country, are postseason-bound as as one of 32 teams selected to compete in the NCAA Doubles Tournament.
Play will be held May 20-25 at Greenwood Tennis Center in Stillwater, Oklahoma, following the conclusion of the NCAA Team Championships.
NCAA Release
Start time and how to follow along will be shared with fans before the start of play.
Having appeared in the ITA doubles rankings since March, Spaka and Fontenel have compiled a 10-6 record this spring. Throughout conference play, the duo picked up ranked wins over Stanford’s Connie Ma / Alexandra Yepifanova (No. 20), California’s Hannah Viller Moeller/Mao Mushika (No. 18) and Washington’s Alexia Jacobs/Astrid Olsen (No. 48).
Halfway there ?
Fontenel/Spaka pick up their second ranked win of the weekend on Court 1 in a 6-2 victory! ??#ForksUp /// #O2V pic.twitter.com/32rTCJOFyB
— Arizona State Women’s Tennis (@sundevilwtennis) March 9, 2024
The duo made their debut as a doubles team back in September at the Wolverine Invitational in Ann Arbor, going 2-0 throughout the tournament.
This marks the third spring in as many years that Spaka has qualified for the NCAA Doubles Tournament, having done so the past two seasons with alumna Domenika Turkovic. Partnering up with Spaka, it marks the first time Fontenel has qualified for the NCAA Doubles Championship.
It comes less than 24 hours after it was announced that the Sun Devils clinched a spot in their 36th consecutive NCAA Tournament.
Fontenel, Spaka and the Sun Devils are en route to Malibu, California, for the opening round of the NCAA Tournament against Northwestern (May 3, 10 a.m. MST).
Keep up with the Sun Devils in what hopes to be a lengthy postseason run via the team’s Twitter/X account, @sundevilwtennis.
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