SALT LAKE CITY - No. 13 Stanford completed a weekend road sweep to start Pac-12 play on Sunday, taking down Utah 5-2.
The Cardinal had to rebound from a doubles-point loss, picking up a win from Connie Ma and Valencia Xu on court three, but with losses on one and two.
Stanford made quick work in singles, winning five of the six matches, each in straight sets. Ma raced to a 6-0, 6-1 win on court one, followed by a 6-0, 6-1 win from Sara Choy on two and a 6-2, 7-5 victory by Alexandra Yepifanova on two.
The Utes picked up their second point of the day on court six, but the match was clinched by Angelica Blake on court three, 6-4, 6-2.
Stanford is back home for a midweek match with San Francisco on Wednesday, March 8 at 1:30 p.m.#13 Stanford 5, #56 Utah 2
DOUBLES
1. Anastasia Goncharova/Madison Tattini (UTAH) d. Angelica Blake/Alexis Blokhina (STAN) 6-2
2. Samantha Horwood/Katya Townsend (UTAH) d. Sara Choy/Alexandra Yepifanova (STAN) 6-4
3. Connie Ma/Valencia Xu (STAN) d. Kaila Barksdale/Marcela Lopez (UTAH) 6-3
Order of Finish: 1, 3, 2
SINGLES
1. #5 Connie Ma (STAN) d. Katya Townsend (UTAH) 6-1, 6-0
2. #25 Alexandra Yepifanova (STAN) d. Kaila Barksdale (UTAH) 6-2, 7-5
3. #20 Angelica Blake (STAN) d. Madison Tattini (UTAH) 6-4, 6-2
4. Valencia Xu (STAN) d. Marcela Lopez 6-1, 7-5
5. Sara Choy (STAN) d. Anastasia Goncharova (UTAH) 6-0, 6-1
6. Samantha Horwood (UTAH) d. Emma Sun (UTAH) 6-1, 7-5
Order of Finish: 1, 5, 2, 6, 3, 4