Preview of the matches in Arizona this weekend. Dominate the Desert Buffs!
(Per rankings at
https://slam.tennis/teams/rankings.asp?season=2019&div=di&topic=women&week=5 (don't know how respected they are), Arizona, like the Buffs, aren't ranked (at least in the Top 50 shown), while ASU is #43. (None of the 3 teams are in the Top 50 of the ITA rankings.) As noted below, Buff freshman Sara Nayer (who just arrived at CU in January), has made the ITA individual rankings for the 1st time (at #121).)
Direct link -
https://cubuffs.com/news/2019/3/20/tennis-colorado-takes-on-arizona-teams-on-the-road.aspx
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Shaun Wicen, Assistant SID
BOULDER – The University of Colorado women's tennis team takes to the road this weekend for a pair of Pac-12 matchups against Arizona and Arizona State.
For the first time this season, every match this weekend will feature ranked opponents on both sides of the net. The Buffaloes (8-7, 1-1 Pac-12) will play at Arizona (8-7, 0-4 Pac-12) at 2:30 p.m. (MT) Friday with freshman
Sara Nayar moving into the ITA rankings at No.121 in singles play to lead the team. She,
Annabelle Andrinopoulos and
Monica Malinen will have their hands full on Saturday against Arizona State (5-8, 0-4 Pac-12), as the Sun Devils boast three ranked individuals.
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Arizona, coach Steinberg's alma mater, have been a streaky team this season and share the same overall record as the Buffaloes at 8-7. The Wildcats started the dual season with three straight wins, then suffered the same amount of losses. After stringing five wins together, Arizona entered a downslide with four conference losses to USC, UCLA, Cal and Stanford. Arizona was unable to pick up a single point at Cal and No.4 Stanford, losing both 7-0. Arizona nearly upset No.6 UCLA at home but fell 4-3.
Arizona State has three individuals ranked in the ITA singles rankings with John-Baptiste at No.87, Hattingh at No.109 and Cali Jankowski at No.120. They also have two doubles teams ranked in the top-50, but despite their rankings are 5-8 this season. The Sun Devils have lost five-straight matches, beginning with a loss to No.11 Ohio State and followed with losses to UCLA, USC, Stanford and Cal. ASU has managed to score at least two points against all of their opponents on the drought, coming up short in a 4-3 match against both the Buckeyes and Trojans.
Colorado returns home next Friday, March 29, to take on Oregon at 1:30 p.m. at the CU South Campus Tennis Complex.
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Media links -
Vs. Arizona (Friday, 3/22, 2:30 PM MT):
Live video - Don't know if they will work, but there is a page showing links to live streams of 6 courts at - https://arizonawildcats.com/sports/2018/1/26/tennis-live-streaming.aspx .
Live scoring - Couldn't find a link for them. So, assume we'll have to do with updates from CU (https://twitter.com/CUBuffsTennis) and/ or AZ (https://twitter.com/ArizonaWTennis) twitter.
Vs. ASU (Saturday, 3/23, (EDIT- corrected times) Noon MT/ 11:00 AM Arizona time):
Live video - The Pac 12 webpage shows a video link of
https://pac-12.com/live/arizona-state-university , while ASU's preview article (
https://thesundevils.com/news/2019/...vils-return-home-for-no-38-utah-colorado.aspx) says to go to their twitter account (
https://twitter.com/SunDevilWTennis), I assume at the time of the match(es), for video links.
Live scoring - The ASU preview says scoring will be available (I assume via link(s)) at their homepage (
https://thesundevils.com), while I assume CU's and ASU's twitter (
https://twitter.com/SunDevilWTennis) will also be providing updates. (Like CU, it looks like ASU also has a static link for live scores, but it's looking like they may not have used it for their last 2 home matches. In case it does work, that page is
http://sidearmstats.com/asu/wten/ .)