Stanford opened its Pac-10 season this weekend with a pair of 7-0 sweeps against Washington State and Washington. The top-ranked Cardinal (11-0, 2-0 Pac-10) have now shut out nine of their 11 opponents this year.

The Card doubles teams were dominant during both matches. Against the Cougars (4-5, 0-2) on Friday, the top-ranked team of senior Alice Barnes and junior Anne Yelsey won 8-0 at the No. 1 doubles position while senior Amber Liu and sophomore Celia Durkin won 8-1 at the No. 2 spot. A new doubles combination of sophomore Lejla Hodzic and freshman Jessica Nguyen competed at the No. 3 doubles spot, and won 8-3.

“We got to look at Lejla and Jess as a doubles team this weekend and we were really pleased,” head coach Lele Forood said. “We’ll be giving them more of a chance as a team in the future.”

Against the No. 39 Huskies (1-5, 0-2) on Saturday, Barnes and Yelsey beat the ITA-ranked No. 29 pair of Dinka Hadzic and Victoria Brymer, 8-1. Hodzic and Nguyen also won 8-1, while Liu and Durkin won 8-2.

In singles action against Washington State, Deason played the only three-set match of the weekend. After dropping her first set to Alexsandra Cekic, 0-6, she bounced back with a 6-3 second set and a 1-0 (10) 10-point tiebreaker.

Against Washington, Stanford made a similarly strong singles showing. Durkin started things off with a 6-0, 6-1 drubbing of Monika Kobovic at the No. 6 position. Yelsey finished her sets 6-1, 6-1 against Stephanie Svanfeldt at the No. 4 spot, then Barnes clinched the dual match on the second court with a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Victoria Brymer.

“We played pretty solidly this weekend, especially against Washington,” Liu said.”Everyone played smart and efficiently — we were off the court pretty quickly. These wins were important for us to keep the momentum going into the rest of the season.”

Forood said this past weekend was good for the team because eight players, rather than six, got the chance to compete.

“It was nice to get so many people into the matches,” she said. “I think we’re going to get a lot of people in to play in the coming weeks.”

After three February weekends spent on the road, the team is looking forward to this weekend’s home matches. The Cardinal host Arizona State on Friday at 1:30 p.m. and Arizona at noon on Saturday

“The Arizona schools are always tough and play with a lot of energy,” Deason said. “But we are all looking forward to playing at home.”