Sun Devils Turn in Valiant Effort at No. 15 Stanford, Fall 4-3

STANFORD, Calif. – The No. 26 Sun Devils (12-5, 2-3) strung together a valiant effort against one of the nation’s deepest lineups in No. 15 Stanford in a 4-3 defeat on Saturday afternoon at the Taube Family Tennis Center.

The Sun Devils started off in a 1-0 hole after dropping the lone doubles point, and were forced to play catch-up in singles. Despite the Cardinal grabbing Courts 1, 2 and 3 to clinch the match, the back end of the starting lineup showed terrific fight.

Marianna Argyrokastriti added her team-best 15th singles win of the season by knocking off #84 Alexis Blokhina in a gritty three-set effort (2-6, 6-1, 6-3). Sedona Gallagher made quick work of Valencia Zu (6-2, 6-3) and Rachel Hanford had built a 3-0 second-set lead before her opponent retired mid-match.

After a tough two-match road trip against two of the top programs in the Pac-12, the Sun Devils have just five matches remaining in the regular season, four of which will be played at home.

Now halfway through the 10-match conference schedule this spring, the Sun Devils currently sit 2-3 in league play.

DOUBLES

1. #62 Angelica Blake/Alexis Blokhina (Stanford) vs. #18 Domenika Turkovic/Patricija Spaka (ASU), 5-3 (unfinished)
2. Sara Choy/Alexandra Yepifanova (Stanford) def. Sedona Gallagher/Giulia Morlet (ASU), 6-4
3. Connie Ma/Valencia Xu (Stanford) def. Marianna Argyrokastriti/Chelsea Fontenel (ASU), 6-2

Order of finish: 3, 2

SINGLES

1. #12 Connie Ma (Stanford) def. #93 Giulia Morlet (ASU), 6-2, 6-2
2. #28 Angelica Blake (Stanford) def. #125 Chelsea Fontenel (ASU), 6-1, 6-2
3. #33 Alexandra Yepifanova (Stanford) def. Domenika Turkovic (ASU), 6-2, 6-0
4. Marianna Argyrokastriti (ASU) def. #84 Alexis Blokhina (Stanford), 2-6, 6-1, 6-3
5. Sedona Gallagher (ASU) def. Valencia Xu (Stanford), 6-2, 6-3
6. Rachel Hanford (ASU) def. Sara Choy (Stanford), 2-6, 3-0 (retired)

Order of finish: 3, 2, 1, 6, 5, 4

MATCHES VS. PAC-12 OPPONENTS THIS SEASON

Sunday, March 5 vs. Oregon (W, 4-0)

Friday, March 17 at Washington (L, 4-1)

Sunday, March 19 at Washington State (W, 7-0)

Friday, March 31 at Cal (L, 6-1)

Saturday, April 1 at Stanford (L, 4-3)

Friday, April 7 vs. USC

Saturday, April 8 vs. UCLA

Friday, April 14 vs. Colorado

Saturday, April 15 vs. Utah

Saturday, April 22 at Arizona

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