TEMPE – No. 13 Sun Devil Women’s Tennis continues Big 12 Conference play with a pair of matches, facing West Virginia on Thursday, March 19, at 2 p.m. MST at the Morgantown Tennis Courts, then Cincinnati on Saturday, March 21, at 9 a.m. at Trabert-Talbert Tennis Center.
Live stats will be available on StatBroadcast for both matches with a live stream available against Cincinnati. Fans can follow live updates on the team’s social media accounts @sundevilwtennis on Instagram and X, Sun Devil Women’s Tennis on Facebook, and on sundevils.com.
Last time out:
Arizona State won their 11th-straight home match over Arizona in a 4-2 victory last Saturday, March 14, to improve to 46-13 over the Wildcats all time. Junior and No. 19-ranked Emilija Tverijonaite picked up her ninth singles win of the season with a 6-1, 6-2 win from court No. 1 to tie the match at one. Graduate Vivian Ovrootsky improved to 12-0 this spring with a 6-3, 6-1 win.
Junior Sara Svetac gave ASU a 3-2 lead by picking up her sixth singles victory of the season, winning 6-4, 6-4 on court No. 2. Sophomore Aiya Nupbay clinched the win with a 6-4, 6-2 win from court No. 5 for her third-straight singles win.
Sun Devil outlook:
No. 13 Arizona State (11-4, 3-2 Big 12)
- ASU visits Morgantown and Cincinnati for the first time in program history.
- Last season, the Sun Devils got their first wins in program history against the Mountaineers and the Bearcats in Tempe.
- The Sun Devils have four wins this season when they lose the doubles point, surpassing their 2025 total of three wins last year when they fell in doubles.
- The Sun Devils are 7-1 this season when they win a singles match from the No. 4 position.
- No. 22-ranked Tverijonaite has defeated three ranked opponents on her way to a 9-2 record in duals: No. 16 Jana Hossam Salah (USC), No. 84 Raquel Caballero Chica (TCU) and No. 49 Ziva Falkner (Pepp).
- Before the dual season began at the UT Invite, she beat No. 17 Valeria Ray (Vanderbilt).
- Tverijonaite achieved a career high with 25 wins in singles this season, which is tied for ninth most in a season in program history.
- She has won 20-or-more matches in all three seasons as a Sun Devil.
- One win in singles this weekend would be Tverijonaite’s 70th career singles win, becoming the 27th Sun Devil all time to win 70-plus singles matches.
Additionally, one win in singles would be her 26th this season which would be tied for eighth all time in a season. - Ovrootsky leads the team with 12 wins this dual season, including a perfect 11-0 mark from the No. 3 position. She has won 24 of her last 25 sets since the dual season began.
- In the latest ITA singles Rankings, Ovrootsky is ranked No. 118 in the country and Tverijonaite is No. 22. It’s the first time this spring that both players have been ranked in singles.
- ASU is 7-2 this season when Tverijonaite wins from the No. 1 spot.
- Sophomore Aiya Nupbay has won three-straight singles matches entering the weekend, all earning victories in straight sets.
Opponent outlook
West Virginia (6-7, 0-6 Big 12)
- The Mountaineers are seeking their first conference win this season and have a 5-2 record at home.
- West Virginia has three players tied with six singles wins this spring: Julie Bousseau, Audrey Moutama and Lucia Tognoni all lead the team.
- Bousseau and Zuzana Kudlackova are 5-1 as a doubles pair this spring.
Cincinnati (6-7, 1-5 Big 12)
- The Bearcats went 5-2 in non-conference play before defeating Kansas State, 4-2, on Feb. 27 to notch their first Big 12 win.
- Sophomore Milica Popovski leads the team with a 7-3 record in singles this season.
- Senior Sara Watanabe is 8-3 in doubles this spring and won both matches last weekend.