W. Tennis. No. 21 Arizona State Travels To California For Weekend Play

No. 21 Arizona State Travels To California For Weekend Play

The No. 21 Sun Devils will travel to Malibu, Calif. to take on both Boise State and Pepperdine this weekend. The Sun Devils are coming into this weekend 5-1, and off a big win against Northern Arizona University.

Feb. 24, 2012

TEMPE, Ariz. -

The No. 21 Arizona State Sun Devils women's tennis team will take to the road for the first time of the 2012 regular season and travel to southern California for weekend competition.

ASU will face Boise State on Saturday afternoon, and Pepperdine on Sunday afternoon. Both games will be played in Malibu, Calif. at 12 p.m. PT, 1 p.m. MT. The Sun Devils come into the game after winning big against Northern Arizona University 7-0 at the Whiteman Tennis Center last weekend in Tempe, Ariz.

"We don't know that much about Boise State. They play Pepperdine on Friday so we will be able to get there and watch a little bit of that," ASU head coach Sheila McInerney said.

The unranked Boise State Broncos, who enter into this weekend standing at 5-1, are fresh off two recent wins against Eastern Washington and Idaho. Boise State is led by Junior Marlena Pietzuch who just recently made her debut at the No. 1 spot.

Pepperdine is a little bit more familiar for the Sun Devils however. "We know Pepperdine is a very good program, they've been a good program for over 30 years," said McInerney. We know a lot of the kids on the team, so it's going to be a dog fight."

Pepperdine also has an extra variable thrown into their home court advantage mix -- the courts are at elevations fairly close to sea level. An altitude that is completely different from that of Tempe.

"It's not that big of a deal, but here (Tempe) the ball travels a little bit quicker. So the ball is not going to be traveling as quickly outdoors in California. The points are a little bit longer, and it's nothing major but you are going to play longer points that's for sure," said McInerney.

Last week against NAU, all six Sun Devil singles matches were won in two sets, including three sets that were won outright 6-0. The last time sophomore Sun Devil Jacqueline Cako went three sets deep in the No. 1 spot was against San Diego on February 5th, with ASU coming out as the victors 4-3.

Back to back play this weekend for Arizona State will help throw the team back into the loop they need to be in for conference play. ASU will play three double match weekends in the next 30 days.

"Our schedule was just a little bit weird this year because we didn't qualify for the indoor. We didn't have that many matches in a long period of time. So I think it's good for us to get back at it and have two matches so we are used to Pac-12 competition, (playing on) Friday and Saturday," said McInerney.

This is the first time the Devils have been on the road since they traveled to Las Vegas to compete in the Freeman Memorial Tournament in mid January.

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"We just need to get back competing on a regular basis and having two matches, and sort of see where the girls are," said McInerney. "I think the kids are excited about it. We've been home and we haven't played at all on the road except for Vegas, which was an individual tournament."

Stick with thesundevils.com and ASU Women's Tennis on Facebook for all the action this weekend.

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