Friday, 05/18/2012

ATHENS, Ga.- No. 11 Stanford rallied for a 4-1 victory over No. 6 Kentucky on Friday night in the round of 16 at the NCAA Tennis Championships.

After losing the doubles point, the Cardinal (20-8, 5-2 Pac-12) stormed back to collect four straight singles victories. John Morrissey's 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 win at the No. 4 position provided the clincher, with the final match point awarded to Morrissey following an unsportsmanlike point penalty on Kentucky's Tom Jomby.

Bradley Klahn, Ryan Thacher and Daniel Ho also collected singles wins for the Cardinal.

Stanford will play Virginia on Sunday night in the quarterfinals.

More details to follow,

No. 11 Stanford 4, No. 6 Kentucky 1

DOUBLES
1) No. 7 Jha/Quigley (KENT) d. Lin/Thacher (STAN) 8-2
2) Klahn/Morrissey (STAN) vs. No. 38 Musialek/Rossi (KENT) abandoned
3) Gomez/Jomby (KENT) d. Kandath/Stineman (STAN) 8-2
Order of Finish: 3, 1

SINGLES
1) No. 36 Bradley Klahn (STAN) d. No. 3 Eric Quigley (KENT) 6-1, 6-2
2) No. 29 Ryan Thacher (STAN) d. No. 15 Alex Musialek (KENT) 6-1, 7-5
3) Matt Kandath (STAN) vs. No. 22 Anthony Rossi (KENT) abandoned
4) John Morrissey (STAN) d. No. 80 Tom Jomby (KENT) 6-1, 3-6, 6-4
5) Daniel Ho (STAN) d. No. 111 Alejandro Gomez (KENT) 6-3, 2-6, 6-4
6) Robert Stineman (STAN) vs. Grant Roberts (KENT) abandoned
Order of Finish: 1, 2, 5, 4