March 7, 2008

STANFORD, Calif.- No. 6 Stanford posted its second shutout of the season on Friday afternoon, blanking No. 63 Arizona 7-0 at the Taube Tennis Stadium.

The Cardinal improves to 9-3 overall and extends its regular-season dual-match home match winning streak to 99. The Wildcats fall to 7-7 and have dropped seven of their last nine contests.

Stanford captured the doubles point with three convincing wins, including an 8-4 victory from senior Celia Durkin and freshman Carolyn McVeigh at the No. 3 position to complete the sweep.

The Cardinal also locked up five straight-set victories in singles action. Junior Jessica Nguyen and sophomore Lindsay Burdette both recorded 6-0, 6-0 victories while freshman Hilary Barte, Durkin and McVeigh also cruised to quick wins.

Freshman Jennifer Yen survived a tiebreaker against Arizona's Katie Orletsky 7-5, 5-7, 1-0 (10-8) at the No. 6 spot to ultimately finish off the match.

Stanford hosts No. 13 Arizona State on Saturday at 12 p.m., representing the Cardinal's last match until Mar. 24.

No. 6 Stanford 7, No. 63 Arizona 0

DOUBLES
1) No. 30 Barte/Burdette (STAN) d. Steinberg/Reitsch (ARIZ) 8-4
2) Hodzic/Nguyen (STAN) d. Toporowska/Orletsky (ARIZ) 8-2
3) Durkin/McVeigh (STAN) d. Huh/Massschelein (ARIZ) 8-4
Order of finish: 2, 1, 3

SINGLES
1) No. 27 Hilary Barte (STAN) d. No. 62 Danielle Steinberg (ARIZ) 6-3, 6-0
2) No. 12 Jessica Nguyen (STAN) d. Claire Rietsch (ARIZ) 6-0, 6-0
3) No. 92 Celia Durkin (STAN) d. Natalia Toporowska (ARIZ) 7-5, 6-3
4) Lindsay Burdette (STAN) d. Jane Huh (ARIZ) 6-0, 6-0
5) No. 70 Carolyn McVeigh (STAN) d. Ariane Masschelein (ARIZ) 6-0, 6-3
6) No. 109 Jennifer Yen (STAN) d. Katie Orletsky (ARIZ) 7-5, 5-7, 1-0 (10-8)
Order of finish; 2, 1, 4, 5, 3, 6