DePaul University
Arizona State
Women's Tennis Falls to ASU
3/23/2011 12:00:00 AM | WOMEN'S TENNIS
March 23, 2011
TEMPE, Ariz.-The DePaul women's tennis team suffered a 7-0 loss on the road at No. 16 Arizona State on Wednesday at Whiteman Tennis Center. The Sun Devils have won four straight and improve to 11-3 while the Blue Demons fall to 10-7.
ASU won the doubles point behind strong play from its ranked teams in the first and third positions.
The Sun Devil continued to play well in singles action and won five of the six matches, in two sets.
DePaul's Christiana Raymond took Michelle Brycki to a breaker after winning the first set 6-2, but Brycki won the second set 6-4 and the breaker 10-6.
All seven of DePaul's losses this season have come to ranked opponents; while five have come to opponents that have been ranked in the top 31 at the time of competition.
DePaul returns to action on April 2 when it hosts Long Beach State at the Lakeshore Athletic Club.
No. 16 Arizona State 7 def. DePaul 0
Doubles
No. 1 #30 Micaela Hein/Kelcy McKenna def. #65 Gia McKnight/Katarina Milinkovic, 8-3
No. 2 Jacqueline Cako/Michelle Brycki def. Kelsey Lawson/Selma Salkovic, 8-6
No. 3 #57 Sianna Simmons/Ashlee Brown def. Cali Gustafson/Christiana Raymond, 8-3
Singles
No. 1 #17 Kelcy McKenna def. Katarina Milinkovic, 6-3, 6-4
No. 2 #16 Cako def. Gia McKnight, 6-0, 6-0
No. 3 Micaela Hein def. Kelsey Lawson, 6-0, 6-0
No. 4 Michelle Brycki def. Christiana Raymond, 2-6, 6-4 (10-6)
No. 5 Ashlee Brown def. Selma Salkovic, 6-1, 6-2
No. 6 Sianna Simmons def. Cali Gustafson, 6-1, 6-3
