ASU women's tennis secured at least a semifinal spot in the annual Thunderbird Invitational Friday.
A pair of Sun Devils – Stephanie Vlad and Ebony Panoho – will face off in the quarterfinals tomorrow.
"We won a lot of matches and we have three still in the quarterfinals tomorrow." Coach McInerney said. "A lot of tennis, a beautiful day and some tough competition which is exactly what you want in the last tournament."
ASU began the day with two wins and a loss in the doubles matchups as Desirae krawcyk and Stephanie Vlad handily defeated their Minnesota Golden Gopher adversaries 8-1. Panoho and Alexandra Osborne were victorious as well, winning their set 8-6.
ASU senior Desirae Krawczyk won both of her singles matches sweeping the first match 6-0,6-0 and winning the second one 6-2,6-2.
Krawczyk's fellow senior Stephanie Vlad won both of her matches to earn a quarterfinal appearance with a 6-4,6-2 win in the first match as well as a 6-3,2-6,6-3 victory in the second match.
"I felt that my first match was a little shaky in the beginning but I cleaned it up and got the win," Vlad said. "I just needed to stay solid, grind it out and have long points against her."
Freshman Sammi Hampton was defeated after a long grinding match that resulted in Cal's Lyann Hoang winning 6-0,2-6,7-5(5).
Sophomore Kassidy Jump had a tough day as she was victorious in her first match against her Texas Longhorn opponent but was defeated in the last match of the day by Fresno State's Anneka Watts 2-6,7-5,6-3.
ASU's finally player Gussie O'Sullivan was also victorious in her first round but was defeated by the No. 2 seeded player in the tournament, Cal's Lynn Chi. O'Sullivan was defeated 7-5,6-3.
ASU will look to build on its success in the quarterfinals and semifinals, which begin at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the Whiteman Tennis Center in Tempe.
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