SEATTLE, Wash. - Arizona fought to the last court, but fell just short, losing to the No. 40 Washington Huskies 4-3. They gear up to face Washington State on Sunday, Mar. 14 at 1 p.m MST.
The Wildcats fell into an early hole, losing the doubles point and the first singles point to make it a 2-0 deficit.
Khim Iglupas cut the defecit down with the only straight set win of the day for the Wildcats.
Gitte Heynemans and
Talya Zandberg both won close three-set battles to eventually tie the game at 3-3 before Amos lost an intense 8-6 tiebreaker.
Results
Doubles
1. Heynemans/Iglupas vs. Wong/Gallagher 5-5 unf.
2. Weil/Lin def. Lukic/Zandberg 6-3
3. Fortin/Chilton def. Amos/Wilkins 6-3
Singles
1. No. 74 Vanessa Wong def.
Kayla Wilkins 6-1, 6-2
2. Sarah-Maude Fortin def.
Jelena Lukic 6-4, 6-4
3. Sedona Gallagher def.
Abby Amos 6-4, 5-7, 7-6(6)
4.
Talya Zandberg def. Zoey Weil 0-6, 7-6, 6-3
5.
Gitte Heynemans def. Tara Chilton 2-6, 6-2, 6-2
6.
Khim Iglupas def. Yolanda Lin 7-6, 6-4
Order of finish: 1, 6, 2, 5, 4, 3
