John-Baptiste, Hattingh Earn All-America Honors

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The quest for an NCAA title continued for Lauryn John-Baptiste and Ilze Hattingh and the two Sun Devils combined to take down a duo from N.C. State to advance to the Elite Eight Friday in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

"Really happy for Lauryn and Ilze to become the program's newest All-Americans," associate head coach Matt Langley said. "They came out with really high energy and played aggressively and with confidence. The first set was probably their best tennis set of the season."

It was more of the same for the Sun Devils as they got off to another quick start, just like Thursday's first round match. They got up 5-1 early on the Wolfpack tandem, but this time stifled…