Jan. 17, 2010

The Arizona State women's tennis team concluded play at the Freeman Memorial Tennis Championships. Held at the Fertitta Tennis Complex in Las Vegas, Nev., the Sun Devils competed against several challenging opponents to prepare for the dual season that begins next weekend.

Two doubles teams pulled out wins during the final day. The duo of Kelcy McKenna and Hannah James handed UCLA's Carling Seguso and Pamela Montez an 8-3 loss. Micaela Hein and Nadia Abdala pulled out the same score of 8-3 to defeat Veronica Li and Natalie Dillon of Stanford. Sianna Simmons and Ashlee Brown dropped their match 8-3.

Several Sun Devils competed in additional singles matches. Nadia Abdala outlasted Adrienn Hidvegi of UNLV 6-1, 2-6, 5-1 retired. McKenna took her match against Anastasia Revzine to three sets, but fell 4-6, 6-3, 6-1. Simmons put up a strong battle against UNLV's Nives Pavlovic, but fell 4-6, 6-4, 7-6.

The Sun Devils open their dual season on Friday, hosting UCSB at 1:30 p.m.

Singles
Anastasia Revzina (UF) def. Kelcy McKenna (ASU) 4-6, 6-3, 6-1
Caroline Hitimana (UF) def. Micaela Hein (ASU) 6-3, retired
Nadia Abdala (ASU) def. Adrienn Hidvegi (UNLV) 6-1, 2-6, 5-1 retired
Jana Albers (UNLV) def. Hanna James (ASU) 6-3, 4-6, retired
Nives Pavlovic (UNLV) def. Sianna Simmons (ASU) 4-6, 6-4, 7-6

Doubles
Kelcy McKenna/Hanna James (ASU) def. Carling Seguso/Pamela Montez (UCLA) 8-3
Micaela Hein/Nadia Abdala (ASU) def. Veronica Li/Natalie Dillon (STAN) 8-3
Alisa Razina/Anna Maskaljun (UNLV) def. Sianna Simmons/Ashlee Brown (ASU) 8-3