No. 5/27 Women's Tennis Falls to No. 4/10 Cal in Quarterfinals of Pac-12 Championships

OJAI, Calif.-- It's an early exit for the No. 5/27 Sun Devils at the Pac-12 Championships, as they were bested by No. 4/10 California, 5-0, in the quarterfinals on Thursday morning at the Weil Tennis Academy.
 
It snapped a six-match win streak to close out the regular season, which included six wins against conference opponents.
 
California jumped out to an early lead with wins on Courts 2 and 3. It was just the third loss of the spring for the Morlet/Svetac tandem on Court 2, who entered play this morning boasting a 9-2 mark.
 
With the Sun Devils needing to steal four of six singles matches, the Golden Bears jumped out to the early lead with a 6-0, 6-2 win on Court 4. They would go on to pick up singles wins on Courts 1, 5 and 6 to win the match in a 5-0 win.
 
#4/10 California 5, #5/27 ASU 0
Pac-12 Championship Quarterfinals
Ojai, Calif.
DOUBLES

1. #35 Patricija Spaka/Chelsea Fontenel vs. #18 Hannah Viller Moeller/Mao Mushika, 5-5 (unfinished)
2. #56 Jessica Alsola/Valentina Ivanov def. Giulia Morlet/Sara Svetac, 6-1
3. Berta Passola Folch/Katja Wiersholm def. Marianna Argyrokastriti/Emilija Tverijonaite, 7-5

Order of Finish: 2,3
SINGLES

1. #41 Hannah Viller Moeller def. Chelsea Fontenel, 6-3, 6-3
2. Marianna Argyrokastriti vs. #52 Valentina Ivanov, 3-6, 6-2, 1-0 (unfinished)
3. #108 Emilija Tverijonaite vs. #44 Katja Wiersholm, 4-6, 2-5 (unfinished)
4. #82 Jessica Alsola def. Sara Svetac, 6-0, 6-2
5. Mao Mushika def. Rachel Hanford, 6-2, 6-4
6. Lan Mi def. Patricija Spaka, 6-2, 7-5

Order of Finish: 4, 5, 1, 6
 
UP NEXT
Despite the abrupt exit from Ojai, the Sun Devils will shift their attention to the NCAA Tournament, where they will learn their fate via the selection show on Monday, April 29 at 3:30 p.m. MST.