May 13, 2005
PALO ALTO, Calif. -
Top-seeded Stanford knocked off Army, 4-0, this afternoon in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament at the Taube Family Tennis Stadium.
"I'm very proud of my team, they played very hard," said head coach Paul Peck. "The final result is not indicative of how competitive many of the matches were. Overall it was a great experience."
The loss snaps Army's 13-match win streak. The Black Knights finish the season with a 23-5 record. Stanford improves to 22-0 on the year.
The Cardinal opened the match by taking the doubles point. The 36th-ranked team of Amber Liu and Anne Yelsey downed the duo of junior Megan Noble and freshman Christine Ong, 8-1, at No. 2, while the pairing of Whitney Deason and Lejla Hodzic upended senior Pam Chavez and junior Amanda Paluch, 8-2, at No. 3. Army's top doubles squad of senior captain Marissa Limsiaco and freshman Amy Morgenstern stuck with the No. 8 team of Alice Barnes and Erin Burdette. The Stanford twosome held a modest 4-3 lead when the match was stopped.
In singles play, Limsiaco fell to No. 7 Liu, 6-1, 6-1, at No. 1. Noble was defeated by No. 32 Theresa Logar, 6-0, 6-1, at No. 4, while senior Lyndsey Nott bowed to No. 61 Yelsey, 6-0, 6-0, at No. 6.
Stanford will play Oregon on Saturday with the winner advancing to the Round of 16 in Athens, Ga., May 19-28.
Singles
No. 7 Amber Liu (S) def. Marissa Limsiaco (A) - 6-1, 6-1
No. 25 Erin Burdette (S) v. Christine Ong (A) - 6-2, 2-0, DNF
No. 22 Alice Barnes (S) v. Amy Morgenstern (A) - 6-2, 2-1, DNF
No. 32 Theresa Logar def. (S) Megan Noble (A) - 6-0 6-1
No. 36 Whitney Deason (S) Jennifer Segar (A) - 6-3, 0-0, DNF
No. 61 Anne Yelsey (S) v. def. Lyndsey Nott (A) - 6-0, 6-0
Doubles
No. 8 Barnes/Burdette (S) v. Limsiaco/Morgenstern (A) - 4-3 DNF
No. 36 Liu/Yelsey (S) def. Noble/Ong (A) - 8-1
Deason/Hodzic (S) def. Chavez/Paluch (A) - 8-2
