April 19, 2011
STANFORD, Calif.- No. 8 Stanford's season-high winning streak stretched to nine matches on Tuesday afternoon following a 7-0 shutout of No. 35 BYU at the Taube Family Tennis Stadium.
Notching its fourth shutout of the year and first since a 7-0 win over Utah back on Feb. 8, Stanford (17-5, 4-1 Pac-10) has not lost since Mar. 22.
Meanwhile, BYU (18-5, 5-0 Mountain West) saw its 14-match winning streak come to an end.
Participating in its final tune-up before Saturday's regular season finale against California, the Cardinal looked sharp in both doubles and singles.
Stanford claimed the doubles point for a 1-0 advantage, sweeping all three matches.
Bradley Klahn's 6-3, 6-0 victory over Evan Urbina at the No. 1 spot put Stanford ahead 2-0, followed by a 6-4, 6-2 triumph from Denis Lin on court four over BYU's only nationally-ranked player in No. 107 Patrick Kawka.
The clincher came from Alex Clayton at the No. 3 position, with the Cardinal senior taking down Spencer Smith 6-3, 6-3.
Stanford hosts California on Saturday, Apr. 23, at 1 p.m. The match will also represent Senior Day for Clayton, Greg Hirshman and Ted Kelly.
No. 8 Stanford 7, No. 35 BYU 0
DOUBLES
1) No. 3 Klahn/Thacher (STAN) d. No. 80 Batrakov/Shubert (BYU) 8-5
2) Matt Kandath/Lin (STAN) d. Kawka/Urbina (BYU) 8-7 (5)
3) Ball/Clayton (STAN) d. Smith/Warias (BYU) 8-3
Order of Finish: 1, 3, 2
SINGLES
1) No. 9 Bradley Klahn (STAN) d. Evan Urbina (BYU) 6-3, 6-0
2) No. 43 Ryan Thacher (STAN) d. Georgy Batrakov (BYU) 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (3)
3) No. 66 Alex Clayton (STAN) d. Spencer Smith (BYU) 6-3, 6-3
4) Denis Lin (STAN) d. No. 107 Patrick Kawka (BYU) 6-4, 6-2
5) Matt Kandath (STAN) d. Thomas Shubert (BYU) 6-3, 6-4
6) Jamin Ball (STAN) d. Roman Warias (BYU) 6-0, 6-2
Order of Finish: 1, 4, 3, 6, 5, 2