TUCSON, Ariz. – No. 11 Women’s Tennis won the weekend with two, 4-0, wins over Tulsa and Denver to wrap up non-conference play Saturday afternoon at Tucson Raquet Club.
Arizona State (8-2) matches its best 10-game start to a season since it started 8-2 in 2023. Additionally, junior Emilija Tverijonaite is 6-0 in singles play this season, with five of her six wins coming in straight sets. Graduate Vivian Ovrootsky moved to 8-0 in singles and dropped only six games in three matches this weekend.
The Sun Devils will begin conference play against TCU at 4:30 p.m. MST on Friday, Feb. 27 at Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center in Fort Worth, Texas. Live stats will be available on Statbroadcast and follow along on the team’s social media accounts on X @SunDevilWTennis and on Instagram at @SunDevilWtennis.
#11 Arizona State 4, Tulsa 0
The Sun Devils quickly won the doubles point on court No. 1 with a 6-1 win by Ovrootsky and junior Sara Svetac, then clinched the doubles point with a 6-4, victory by sophomores Aiya Nupbay and Lily Taylor.
In singles, Ovrootsky cruised to another win from the No. 3 position, with a 6-1, 6-1, win to give ASU its second point of the match. Tverijonaite only dropped three games in her match, winning 6-2, 6-1. Then, Svetac clinched the match with a 6-1, 6-4 win from the No. 2 spot.
Doubles results
Ovrootsky/Svetac (ASU) def. Santos/Alonso (Tulsa) – 6-1
Nupbay/Taylor (ASU) def. Wilmot/Valle (Tulsa) – 6-4
Tverijonaite/Evans (ASU) vs. 6-5 (unfinished)
Order of finish: 1, 2
Singles results
1. #16 Emilija Tverijonaite (ASU) def. Carolina Alonso (Tulsa) – 6-2, 6-1
2. Sara Svetac (ASU) def. Alice Baba (Tulsa) – 6-1, 6-4
3. Vivian Ovrootsky (ASU) def. Lilitha Ndungane (Tulsa) – 6-1, 6-1
4. Lily Taylor (ASU) vs. Coral Valle (Tulsa) – 6-3, 3-1 (unfinished)
5. Aiya Nipbay (ASU) vs. Erin McKenzie (Tulsa) – 3-6, 2-2 (unfinished)
6. Zlata Bartanusz (ASU) vs. Uta Asakura (Tulsa) – 6-2, 4-4 (unfinished)
Order of finish: 3, 1, 2
#11 Arizona State 4, Denver 0
ASU swiftly took the doubles point with a pair of 6-1 wins on courts one and three against Denver to take a 1-0 lead.
In singles, Svetac helped the Sun Devils pick up a second point with her fourth win of the year with a 6-1, 6-1 result. Ovrootsky picked up her third win of the weekend by cruising to a 6-2, 6-0 straight-sets win from the No. 3 position and junior Karsyn Evans helped clinch the match with a 6-1, 6-0 win on court six.
Doubles results
1. Ovrootsky/Svetac (ASU) vs. Becirovic Novak/Lambert (Denver) – 6-1
2 .Nupbay/Taylor (ASU) vs. Martinez/Wikander (Denver) – 3-4
3. Tverijonaite/Evans (ASU) vs. Adkins/Cai (Denver) – 6-1
Order of finish: 1, 3
Singles Results
1. #16 Emilija Tverijonaite (ASU) vs. Louise Wikander (Denver) – 7-5 (unfinished)
2. Sara Svetac (ASU) vs. Marley Lambert (Denver) – 6-1, 6-1
3. Vivian Ovrootsky (ASU) vs. Zoe Adkins (Denver) – 6-2, 6-0
4. Lily Taylor (ASU) vs. Natalie Cinkova (Denver) – 6-2, 4-2 (unfinished)
5. Zlata Bartanusz (ASU) vs. Hana Becirovic Novak (Denver) – 6-2, 3-1 (unfinished)
6. Karsyn Evans (ASU) vs. Yunfei Cai (Denver) – 6-1, 6-0
Order of finish: 2, 3, 6
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