Close Match Ends in 4-2 Loss Against No. 22 Stanford

Saturday, April 14

Seattle, WA

12:00 PM

University of Washington

Stanford

April 14, 2018 | Women's Tennis

SEATTLE – Despite battling hard and forcing three matches to a third set, Washington women's tennis fell 4-2 to No. 22 Stanford in the Nordstrom Tennis Center on Saturday afternoon.

The Huskies are now 14-10 (4-5 Pac-12) following this loss. In their series history with the Cardinal (14-3, 8-0 Pac-12), the Dawgs have never come out victorious. Stanford holds firm onto first place in the Pac-12 after its win today.

The Cardinal took the doubles point after winning at No. 2 and 3 doubles. The Huskies battled close to start doubles, keeping it tight in the beginning on courts one and five. However, Stanford's dominant 6-2 win at No. 2 gave the visitors the momentum. The Dawgs dropped the set at No. 3 doubles, 6-4, losing the doubles point.

Miki Kobayashi took charge right from the start of her singles match against No. 84 Caroline Lampl. She cruised to a 6-1 first-set win at No. 3 singles. In the second set, she kept up the strong play to win by the same 6-1 score and to take the match.

The Cardinal picked up singles wins on courts four and five. Alexis Prokopuik fought No. 42 Emily Arbuthnott at No. 4 singles, but the Cardinal came away with the win, 6-2, 6-4. Kenadi Hance fought tough and kept her match close toward the end, but she ended up losing by the same scores, 6-2, 6-4.

Vanessa Wong struggled in the first set at No. 2 singles, losing 6-2, but she battled back against No. 65 Melissa Lord in the second. Wong had the 4-2 lead before Lord tied it up. The two traded games to get to 5-5 when Wong won two in a row to take the second set 7-5 and force a third. Wong was up 5-1 in the third and allowed her foe to come back within one, 5-4. However, Wong finished strong, taking the third set 6-4 and winning the match.

At No. 6 singles, Katarina Kopcalic and her opponent traded leads in the beginning of the first set before the sophomore pulled ahead to take it 6-3. The second set went in favor of Stanford, Kopcalic falling 6-3 to move to a third set. She got down early in the third set, facing a 4-1 deficit. She kept the games close, but she was unable to come back, falling 6-1 and allowing Stanford to clinch the match.

On court one, Stacey Fung battled with No. 15 Michaela Gordon. The first set needed a tiebreaker to determine a winner. Fung fell in a close 7-5 tiebreaker but came back strong in the second set, winning 6-1 to force a third. The third set did not finish as the match was clinched on court six.

The final home match and regular season match will be next Saturday against Washington State.

RESULTS
Washington – 2
#22 Stanford – 4

Doubles (Order of finish: 2, 3)
1) #26 Kobayashi/Wong (UW) vs. #3 Arbuthnott/Gordon (STAN) 2-5 DNF
2) #54 Lampl/Yee (STAN) def. Hance/Prokopuik (UW) 6-2
3) Lord/Shin (STAN) def. Fung/Kopcalic (UW) 6-4

Singles (Order of finish: 3, 4, 5, 2, 6)
1) #22 Stacey Fung (UW) vs. #15 Michaela Gordon (STAN) 6-7(5), 6-1, 3-3 DNF
2) #63 Vanessa Wong (UW) def. #65 Melissa Lord (STAN) 2-6, 7-5, 6-4
3) Miki Kobayashi (UW) def. #84 Caroline Lampl (STAN) 6-1, 6-1
4) #42 Emily Arbuthnott (STAN) def. Alexis Prokopuik (UW) 6-2, 6-4
5) Janice Shin (STAN) def. Kenadi Hance (UW) 6-2, 6-4
6) Emma Higuchi (STAN) def. Katarina Kopcalic (UW) 3-6, 6-3, 6-1