SUN DEVIL WOMEN’S TENNIS Contact: Elias Williams | [email protected] | (816) 830-5335 Schedule THIS WEEK Date Opponent Location Time/Result 1/20 Northern Arizona ASU Whiteman W – 7-0 Arizona State Sun Devils 1/26 Oklahoma State Stillwater, OK L – 4-3 1/27 TCU Stillwater, OK W – 4-1 Overall: 16-7 | Pac-12: 8-4 2/2 UNLV ASU Whiteman W – 4-2 2/4 Gonzaga ASU Whiteman W – 4-0 2/17 Santa Clara ASU Whiteman W – 4-0 NCAA Championships – Athens Regional 2/23 Kentucky Lexington, KY L – 4-2 2/25 Ohio State Columbus, OH L – 4-3 May 11-13 | Athens, Georgia 3/2 San Diego State ASU Whiteman W – 4-0 Wake Forest, Georgia State, Georgia* 3/3 UC Santa Barbara ASU Whiteman W – 4-0 3/9 Utah* Salt Lake City W – 4-1 3/11 Colorado* Boulder, CO W – 4-3 Devils Set Sights on Run to Winston-Salem 3/17 Loyola Marymount ASU Whiteman W – 4-1 3/25 Oregon* Eugene, OR L – 4-0 3/30 Stanford* ASU Whiteman L – 4-0 TEMPE – With the fifth-longest NCAA Championships appearance streak still in tact, coach Sheila 3/31 California* ASU Whiteman W – 4-0 McInerney leads her youthful Sun Devil squad to the Peach State for the Athens regional where 4/6 Washington State* ASU Whiteman W – 4-2 Wake Forest awaits them in the first round. 4/7 Washington* ASU Whiteman W – 4-0 4/13 UCLA* Los Angeles L – 4-0 This will be just the second time in program history the Demon Deacons and Sun Devils have met 4/14 USC* Los Angeles W – 4-3 on the hard court, and the first time they’ve done so in the NCAA tournament. ASU won the first and 4/21 Arizona* Tucson, AZ W – 4-2 only meeting 12 years ago 4-3 at the Whiteman Tennis Center. 4/26 USC*^ Ojai, CA W – 4-2 4/27 UCLA*^ Ojai, CA L – 4-1 Plenty has changed since the squads’ last meeting. The Devils have advanced to 11 more NCAA 5/11 Wake Forest Athens, GA 9 a.m. Championships, the Deacons have switched coaches and ASU cut and revived the men’s tennis 5/17-22 NCAA Finals^ Winston Salem, NC All Day program during the decade-plus hiatus between matches. 5/23-28 NCAA Individuals^ Winston Salem, NC All Day * indicates Pac-12 conference matchup ASU heads into the second installment after being eliminated in the Pac-12 semifinal in a good showing against regional host UCLA. Wake suffered a similar fate two weeks ago as they couldn’t hold on against eventual ACC champions North Carolina in the quarterfinal round. ITA/Oracle Rankings Rank Team Conference Trend All four of the teams are playing for a coveted seed in the NCAA Championships, but Wake Forest 1. North Carolina ACC +1 is also playing for a trip home as the Deacons host this year’s men’s and women’s championships in 2. Vanderbilt SEC -1 Winston-Salem, North Carolina. 3. Duke ACC -- 4. Georgia Tech ACC -- Court one doubles will be the marquee matchup of the day as No. 12 John-Baptiste/Hattingh will 5. Texas Big 12 +1 take on Wake’s No. 15 Davis/Carter, a clash of two NCAA Doubles Championship-bound pairings. 6. Mississippi SEC -1 7. Georgia SEC +1 The Sun Devil pair has only lost once this season, but their sole defeat was avenged when they beat 8. Florida SEC +1 the same duo in the Pac-12 semifinal round to improve to a remarkable 17-1 on the season. Davis/ 9. Oklahoma State Big 12 -2 Carter have lost five times this year, but the duo boasts 19 wins with seven coming in the ACC. 10. South Carolina SEC -- 11. Texas Tech Big 12 +3 Prior to both team’s losses in their respective conference tournaments, ASU had won five of their last 12. Pepperdine WCC -1 six to close the regular season, and Wake had won just one of their previous six. 13. Northwestern Big Ten -1 14. UCLA Pac-12 -1 The winner of Friday’s match will face the winner of the match between No. 8 Georgia and Georgia 15. Stanford Pac-12 +1 State Sunday. 16. Miami (Fla.) ACC -1 17. Michigan Big Ten +6 ASU and Wake Forest hit the hard courts this Friday at 9 a.m. PT. Live stats and a live stream of the 18. Kansas Big 12 -- match will be available on the host’s website, and @sundevilwtennis will have live updates on Twitter. 19. Illinois Big Ten -- 20. Auburn SEC +1 21. Florida State ACC -4 22. Central Florida AAC -- 23. Virginia ACC -3 24. Tulsa AAC -- 25. Baylor Big 12 +1 --- Sun Devil Roster and Staff 37. Arizona State Pac-12 -2 Name Class Height Hometown/Last School Kelley Anderson Sr. 5’6” Roanoke, Texas (Baylor/Southlake Carroll HS) Nicole Fossa Huergo Sr. 6’1” Bologna, Italy (Armstrong State) Pac-12 Regular season Standings Sammi Hampton Jr. 5’8” Vancouver, Wash. (Skyview HS) 1. Stanford – 9-0 (15-3) 7. Oregon – 5-5 (14-8) llze Hattingh So. 5’10” Pretoria, South Africa Lauryn John-Baptiste Fr. 5’8” London, England 2. UCLA – 9-1 (18-4) 8. Washington – 5-5 (15-10) Sasa Klanecek Fr. 5’6” Maribor, Slovenia 3. Arizona State – 7-3 (15-6) 9. Colorado – 2-7 (9-11) Tereza Kolarova Fr. 5’4” Frydek-Mistek, Czech Republic 4. California – 6-4 (11-8) 10. Utah – 1-9 (10-13) Savannah Slaysman So. 5’4” Phoenix, Ariz. (Arizona Connections Academy 5. Washington State – 5-5 (20-6) 11. Arizona – 0-9 (9-15) Head Coach: Sheila McInerney Graduate Student Manager: Ebony Panoho 6. USC – 5-5 (12-9) Associate Head Coach: Matt Langley Graduate Student Assistant: Alexandra Osborne Athletic Trainer: Lindy Kryger Sun Devil Women’s Tennis Thesundevils.com @Sundevilwtennis 1 SUN DEVIL WOMEN’S TENNIS Team Notes Rankings Update The Arizona State Sun Devils head into the NCAA Championships ranked No. 37 in the nation. Last 15 NCAA Appearances They’ll be the three-seed out in Athens, Georgia, behind No. 8 and host Year Record Round Region Georgia, and Friday’s opponent No. 29 Wake Forest. 2018 16-7 TBD Athens, Ga. Among the Pac-12 neighborhood, UCLA and Pac-12 champion Stanford 2017 14-7 64 Auburn, Ala. come in at No. 14 and 15, respectively, and Oregon checks in at No. 33. Behind ASU are Washington and Washington State at 43 and 44, and Southern California 2016 17-5 32 Auburn, Ala. at No. 50. 2015 15-7 32 Stillwater, Okla. Individually, Lauryn John-Baptiste is the 66th-ranked singles player in the 2014 18-8 64 Tuscaloosa, Ala. country, but the true freshman is listed as an alternate for the 64-person NCAA 2013 17-6 32 Athens, Ga. Singles Championships set to take place after the team championships in Winston- 2012 11-10 64 Athens, Ga. Salem, North Carolina later this month. 2011 15-7 32 Atlanta, Ga. John-Baptiste will participate in the doubles version of the championships 2010 14-6 32 Los Angeles with teammate Ilze Hattingh. They combine to make the 12th-ranked doubles duo in 2009 12-9 32 Los Angeles the nation. 2008 15-8 32 Fresno, Calif. 2007 13-10 32 Berkeley, Calif. Last Time Out 2006 13-9 64 Waco, Texas Two weeks ago at the Pac-12 Championships, Arizona State advanced to the conference semifinal round before being knocked out of the tournament by No. 14 UCLA 4-1. 2005 11-8 32 Los Angeles Before the defeat, in the quarterfinal round, ASU earned its second win over 2004 8-15 16 Athens, Ga. Southern California this season when they toppled the Trojans 4-2. The Devils took the doubles point, then got wins from Ilze Hattingh, Savannah Slaysman and Nicole Fossa Huergo to clinch the win. It was Fossa Huergo’s team-leading ASU Leaders third clinch in conference play. Singles Wins .........................................Savannah Slaysman – 13 While ASU fell to UCLA the next day, the Devils showed fight as they took a point Singles Win % ........................................... Sasa Klanecek – 86% from the Bruins in doubles play thanks to a big upset on court one from then No. 15 John- Doubles Wins ................................. John-Baptiste/Hattingh – 17 Baptiste/Hattingh. They duo defeated No. 7 Fleming/Hart less than a month after the same Doubles W%............................... John-Baptiste/Hattingh – 94% pairing gave the ASU No. 1 their first lost of the season. Matches Clinched .................................Lauryn John-Baptiste – 4 .................................................................. Nicole Fossa Huergo – 4 Conference Play Double trouble With a relatively young team consisting of three freshmen and two sophomores, the Singles Wins ........................................... Savannah Slaysman – 6 2018 Sun Devil squad has found leadership and consistency outside of its lone senior Nicole Singles Win % ................................Nicole Fossa Huergo – 80% Fossa Huergo from a pair of newcomers. Doubles Wins ....................................John-Baptiste/Hattingh – 7 Playing on courts two and one for the entire season, Ilze Hattingh and Lauryn John- Doubles W%............................... John-Baptiste/Hattingh – 86% Baptiste have combined to not only clinch six of the Devils’ 15 wins, but also as a tandem had Matches Clinched ................................ Nicole Fossa Huergo – 3 one of the most prolific debut seasons in ASU history. The duo began the season unranked and playing on court two, but the NCAA has taken notice as the young Devils have accumulated 16 wins and just one loss and are now in position to make the NCAA Doubles Championships as they sit ranked 12th in the nation in The last time ASU..