Stanford players earn four titles in three tourneys

Stanford's Kristie Ahn swept the singles and doubles titles in
the NCTC Classic in Indian Wells. 2012 photo by Paul Bauman

   Stanford players racked up four titles in three tournaments on Sunday.
   Kristie Ahn swept the singles and doubles titles in the NCTC Classic in Indian Wells.
   The sixth-ranked Ahn, a 5-foot-5 (1.65-meter) senior from Upper Saddle River, N.J., edged No. 9 Chanelle van Nguyen of UCLA 1-6, 7-5 [10-8].
   Ahn also teamed with freshman Carol Zhao to whip Samantha Asch and Luisa Fernandez of Wake Forest 6-0.
   Ahn won the deciding match in Stanford's 4-3 victory over Texas A&M in last year's NCAA final.
   No. 94 Ellen Tsay won the Freeman Memorial Invitational in Las Vegas when No. 1 Robin Anderson of UCLA defaulted with an undisclosed illness.
   John Morrissey and Maciek Romanowicz took the doubles title in the Sherwood Cup in the Los Angeles suburb of Thousand Oaks, defeating Clarke Spinosa and Filip Vittek of the University of San Diego 8-4.
   No. 1 Clay Thompson of UCLA will play teammate Marcos Giron, ranked 11th, today for the singles title.
   Meanwhile, the Saint Mary's men defeated Fresno State 4-3 in Moraga in the San Francisco Bay Area. Freshman Nathan Lewis won the deciding match, beating Nikolas Papic 6-0, 3-6, 6-2 at No. 5 singles.
   At No. 1 singles, Sam MacNeil of Fresno State topped Joakim Norstrom 6-5, 6-4.