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Friday, January 28
Salt Lake City
5:00 PM MT
University of Utah
7
vs
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Colorado St
Utah Opens Mountain West With Win
1/28/2000 12:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Jan. 28, 2000
SALT LAKE CITY - The University of Utah women's tennis team opened up the inaugural Mountain West Conference season with an impressive 7-2 victory over Colorado State.
Utah swept doubles play, while winning four of six singles matches. Megan Payne-Dorny and Cassie Kasteler secured the match with an 8-3 win at No. 1 doubles. Frida Kareld and Irini Kotoglou took their Ram opponents by the same score at No. 2, while Linn Ronnberg and Brooke Wilkinson added to the team lead with an 8-4 triumph.
"Every single player showed great fight," said assistant Ute coach Adam Eke. "Colorado State is a very competitive team. It was a positive early season win for us, especially to open conference."
Payne-Dorny, ranked No. 79, continued her success, 6-2, 6-0, at No. 1 singles. Kotoglou, Kareld, and Ronnberg also had singles wins.
The Rams positives came from Amanda Bartz at No. 3 singles and Bobbie Vasos in the No. 6 slot.
"We played competitively for our first match. Utah is more adapted to the competitive atmosphere than we are, having played a match and tournament already," states Ram head coach John Messick. "We should improve with each match experience. Later in the season, this match could go our way."
MATCH RESULTS-
SINGLES:
No. 1, Megan Payne-Dorny (UU) d. Sanja Hansson (CSU), 6-2, 6-0
No. 2, Irini Kotoglou (UU) d. Heidi Auvinen (CSU), 6-3, 6-2
No. 3, Amanda Bartz (CSU) d. Cassie Kasteler (UU), 1-6, 3-6
No. 4 Frida Kareld (UU) d. Allison Lisle (CSU), 7-5, 6-2
No. 5, Linn Ronnberg (UU) d. Catherine Sullivan (CSU), 6-4, 6-3
No. 6, Bobbie Vasos (CSU) d. Anna Stechert (UU), 7-6, 7-6
DOUBLES:
No. 1, Payne-Dorny/Kasteler (UU) d. Hansson-Lisle (CSU), 8-3
No. 2, Kotoglou-Kareld (UU) d. Auvinen-Petra Lunden (CSU), 8-3
No. 3, Ronnberg-Wilkinson (UU) d. Bartz-Vasos (CSU), 8-4
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