March 30, 2012
TUCSON, Ariz.- No. 8 Stanford bounced back from a loss on Wednesday to register a 5-2 victory over Arizona on Friday afternoon in the Cardinal's first Pac-12 match of the year.
The Cardinal (11-5, 1-0 Pac-12) won for the third time in four matches, shaking off a 6-1 defeat at No. 7 Pepperdine two days ago.
Stanford captured the doubles point and won three consecutive singles matches before the Wildcats (5-11, 0-1 Pac-12) finally got on the scoreboard.
Leading 1-0, Stanford received straight-set singles wins from Bradley Klahn (6-2, 6-1 at No. 1), Ryan Thacher (6-4, 6-4 at No. 2 and John Morrissey (7-5, 6-0 at No. 4).
Stanford concludes its three-match road swing on Sunday against Utah at 10 a.m. PT.
No. 8 Stanford 5, Arizona 2
U>DOUBLES
1) No. 9 Thacher/Klahn (STAN) d. Ionescu/Shinde (UA) 8-0
2) Lin/Kandath (STAN) d. Miccini/Urquidi (UA) 8-7 (4)
3) Stineman/Morrissey (STAN) d. Thompson/Chen (UA) 8-3Order of finish: 1, 3, 2
SINGLES
1) No. 84 Bradley Klahn (STAN) d. Giacomo Miccini (UA) 6-2, 6-1
2) No. 25 Ryan Thacher (STAN) d. Mario Urquidi (UA) 6-4, 6-4
3) Sumeet Shinde (UA) d. Matt Kandath (STAN) 6-4, 7-5
4) John Morrissey (STAN) d. Carlos Bermudez (UA) 6-5, 6-0
5) Kieren Thompson (UA) d. Denis Lin (STAN) 7-6 (4), 6-3
6) Robert Stineman (STAN) d. Sebastian Ionescu (UA) 6-4, 6-4
Order of finish: 1, 2, 4, 6, 3, 5