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Saturday, February 12
Salt Lake City
2:00 PM MT
University of Utah
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UNLV
Ute Women's Tennis Takes Double Loss
2/12/2000 12:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Feb. 12, 2000
SALT LAKE CITY - Megan Payne-Dorny upset the 44th ranked player, but the Utah women's tennis team suffered its third and fourth consecutive losses by the same score, 7-2, to No. 27 New Mexico and No. 58 Nevada-Las Vegas.
Payne-Dorny split on the weekend, defeating No. 44 Ana Friganovic of UNM 6-1, 3-6, 6-4. UNLV's Katarina Malec, ranked No. 23, snapped Payne-Dorny's perfect 6-0 dual match record, 6-2, 6-2.
Freshmen Cassie Kasteler and Frida Kareld each had one win for the Utes on the weekend. Kareld won in a three-set thriller over the Rebels' Marianne Bakken, 7-6, 4-6, 6-4, while Kasteler drilled Nicoleta Spilca for the Lobos, 6-2, 6-4.
Linn Ronnberg and Brooke Wilkinson earned the lone doubles victory for the Utes, downing Michaela Gabl and Amela Hadziosmanovic of UNLV, 8-6.
MATCH RESULTS- SINGLES: No. 1, Megan Payne-Dorny (UU) d. Ana Friganovic (UNM), 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 No. 2, Ashley Hedberg (UNM) d. Irini Kotoglou (UU), 6-4, 7-5 No. 3, Natalia Alekhova (UNM) d. Frida Kareld (UU), 7-5, 6-1 No. 4, Cassie Kasteler (UU) d. Nicoleta Spilca (UNM), 6-2, 6-4 No. 5, Dominika Gerwin (UNM) d. Anna Stechert (UU), 6-1, 6-1 No. 6, Neza Kurnik (UNM) d. Linn Ronnberg (UU), 6-2, 3-6, 6-3DOUBLES: No. 1, Friganovic-Hedberg (UNM) d. Payne-Dorny/Kasteler (UU), 8-4 No. 2, Gerwin-Pollock (UNM) d. Kotoglou-Kareld (UU), 9-7 No. 3, Choate-Spilca (UNM) d. Ronnberg-Wilkinson (UU), 8-4
MATCH RESULTS- SINGLES: No. 1, Katarina Malec (UNLV) d. Payne-Dorny (UU), 6-2, 6-2 No. 2, Veronica Gouda (UNLV) d. Kasteler (UU), 6-0, 6-4 No. 3, Kareld (UU) d. Marianne Bakken (UNLV), 7-6, 4-6, 6-4 No. 4, Urska Radanovic (UNLV) d. Stechert (UU), 6-2, 6-3 No. 5, Michaela Gabl (UNLV) d. Ronnberg (UU), 7-5, 6-3 No. 6, Amela Hadziosmanovic (UNLV) d. Brooke Wilkinson (UU), 6-4, 6-3
DOUBLES: No. 1, Malec-Bakken (UNLV) d. Payne-Dorny/Kasteler (UU), 8-5 No. 2, Gabl-Hadziosmanovic (UNLV) d. Wilkinson-Ronnberg (UU), 8-6 No. 3, Gouda-Radanovic (UNLV) d. Kareld-Kotoglou (UU), 8-4
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