Women’s Tennis Opens ITA Kickoff Weekend With Victory Over Kansas

COLUMBUS, OHIO— Sun Devil Women’s Tennis kicked off their weekend in the Buckeye State with a 4-2 win over Kansas on Friday afternoon to advance to the championship match of the ITA Kickoff Weekend for the first time since 2020.
 
It was a battle between both schools as they traded doubles wins on Courts 1 and 2. The decisive doubles match came down to Marianna Argyrokastriti and Emilija Tverijonaite who picked up the 6-4 win to clinch the doubles point.
 
The Jayhawks got the first singles win on Court 4 to knot up the match 1-1. Argyrokastriti answered back for the Sun Devils in a three-set victory on Court 2 to regain the lead. For the second singles win, it came from Giulia Morlet on Court 1 with the second three-set victory of the afternoon. Kansas won on Court 2 to be back within one, 3-2, but Patricija Spaka clinched the match for the Sun Devils in a three-set victory.
 
Arizona State 4, Kansas 2
Doubles

1. Spaka/Fontenel (ASU) def. Janse Van Vuuren/Mulville (Kansas), 6-1
2. Kubo/Massey (Kansas) def. Hanford/Morlet (ASU), 6-2
3. Tverijonaite/Argyrokastriti (ASU) def. Titova/Adams (Kansas), 6-4

Order of Finish: 1, 2, 3

Singles

1. #61 Giulia Morlet (ASU) def. #110 Gracie Mulville (Kansas), 6-1, 4-6, 6-0
2. Maria Titova (Kansas) def. Chelsea Fontenel (ASU), 7-6 (7-5), 6-3
3. Marianna Argyrokastriti (ASU) def. Heike Janse Van Vuuren (Kansas), 6-0, 2-6, 6-1
4. Kyoka Kubo (Kansas) def. #68 Emilija Tverijonaite (ASU), 6-2, 7-5
5. Patricija Spaka (ASU) vs. Jocelyn Massey (Kansas), 2-6, 6-1,
6. Rachel Hanford…