SEATTLE – No. 3 Stanford capped a perfect weekend in the Pacific Northwest with a 6-1 victory at No. 26 Washington on Sunday afternoon.
Winners of four straight, the Cardinal is now 18-2 overall and 7-1 in conference. Stanford has beaten its last four opponents by a combined score of 21-1.
Connie Ma and Alexandra Yepifanova clinched the doubles point for Stanford over No. 69 Astrid Olsen and Alexia Jacobs (6-4) after the pair of Katherine Hui and Valencia Xu picked up their second ranked win of the season in as many tries, beating No. 78 Melissa Sakar and Catherine Gagnon (6-2).
Angelica Blake rolled to a win on Court 1 over Erika Matsuda, 6-3, 6-1, and Katherine Hui won her ninth in a row with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Sakar on Court 4.
Freshman Eleana Yu collected the first clincher of her young career, beating Dariya Detkovskaya on Court 6, 7-5, 6-3. Yu has won her last eight and is a perfect 6-0 in duals.
With the match in hand, Valencia Xu battled back after dropping her first set on Court 5, dispatching Sarah-Maude Fortin, 0-6, 6-2, 6-3.
Stanford’s lone ranked win in singles came on Court 2, where Connie Ma beat No. 88 Alexia Jacobs in three sets, 6-1, 6-7 (3), 6-4.
UW’s point came from Astrid Olsen on Court 3, who logged a couple of tiebreakers in the second and third sets to beat Alexandra Yepifanova 2-6, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (5).
The Cardinal wraps up its regular season next Friday at 1:30 p.m. at No. 9 California.
No. 3 Stanford 6, No. 26 Washington 1
DOUBLES
1) #32 Connie Ma/Alexandra Yepifanova (STAN) d. #69 Astrid Olsen/Alexia Jacobs (UW) 6-4
2) Erika Matsuda/Dariya Detkovskaya (UW) d. Angelica Blake/India Houghton (STAN) 6-1
3) Katherine Hui/Valencia Xu (STAN) d. #78 Melissa Sakar/Catherine Gagnon (UW) 6-2
Order of finish: 2, 3, 1
SINGLES
1) #35 Angelica Blake (STAN) d. Erika Matsuda (UW) 6-3, 6-1
2) #10 Connie Ma (STAN) d. #88 Alexia Jacobs (UW) 6-1, 6-7 (3), 6-4
3) Astrid Olsen (UW) d. #24 Alexandra Yepifanova (STAN) 2-6, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (5)
4) Katherine Hui (STAN) d. Melissa Sakar (UW) 6-4, 6-4
5) Valencia Xu (STAN) d. Sarah-Maude Fortin (UW) 0-6, 6-2, 6-3
6) Eleana Yu (STAN) d. Dariya Detkovskaya (UW) 7-5, 6-3
Order of finish: 1, 4, 6, 5, 2, 3
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