Stanford Powering Past the Huskies

SEATTLE - No. 19 Stanford got back in the win column on Friday afternoon, cruising past No. 47 Washington 6-1 to begin its Pacific Northwest road swing.

The Cardinal (11-5, 6-1 Pac-12), which still has an outside shot at the Pac-12 regular-season title with No. 1 California scheduled to visit The Farm next weekend, quickly wrapped up the doubles point and dominated singles competition.

Stanford is focused on closing strong down the stretch and strengthening its case to host the first and second rounds of NCAA Championships next month.

Leading 1-0, Carol Zhao easily put away Stacey Fung 6-2, 6-1 at the No. 1 spot of the lineup.

The Cardinal moved in front 3-0 following Krista Hardebeck’s 6-2, 6-2 victory over Sophia Bott on court four. Hardebeck has now won a career-high 13 matches in a row, the most for a Stanford player since Zhao won 15 straight before falling in last year’s NCAA singles final.

Caroline Lampl provided her team-high fourth clincher, powering past Kenadi Hance 6-1, 6-1 at the No. 5 position.

Washington (12-9, 3-5 Pac-12) collected its only point at the No. 6 spot.


DOUBLES
1) No. 33 Nour Abbes/Kobayashi (WASH) led No. 4 Davidson/Doyle (STAN) 4-3, unfinished
2) Lord/Zhao (STAN) d. Douglas-Miron/Tami Grende (WASH) 6-0
3) No. 49 Hardebeck/Lampl (STAN) d. Bott/Fung (WASH) 6-0
Order of Finish: 2, 3
SINGLES
1) No. 55 Carol Zhao (STAN) d. Stacey Fung (WASH) 6-2, 6-1
2) No. 28 Taylor Davidson (STAN) d. No. 100 Nour Abbes (WASH) 7-5, 6-4
3) No. 78 Caroline Doyle (STAN) d. Elianne Douglas-Miron (WASH) 6-2, 6-1
4) No. 97 Krista Hardebeck (STAN) d. Sophia Bott (WASH) 6-2, 6-2
5) Caroline Lampl (STAN) d. Kenadi Hance (WASH) 6-1, 6-1
6) Miki Kobayashi (WASH) d. Melissa Lord (STAN) 7-6, 1-6, 10-3
Order of Finish: 1, 4, 5, 3, 2, 6