University of Utah
Weber State
Utah Women's Tennis Wins Fourth Straight
3/22/2015 12:00 AM | Women's Tennis
SALT LAKE CITY - The University of Utah women's tennis team (7-10, 2-4 Pac-12) collected its fourth-straight win as the Utes netted back-to-back victories Sunday against No. 46 Washington (10-5, 2-1 Pac-12) and Weber State (5-4).
The Utes snapped the Huskies seven-match win streak to collect a 4-3 victory at Coach Mike's Tennis Academy, then returned to the Eccles Tennis Center to blank the Wildcats 7-0.
"Washington has been an intense back-and-fourth series since we've been in the conference," said Utah head coach Mat Iandolo. "It's always good to get a win over them. It also sets us up for the rest of the season and making a run for a strong Pac-12 [Conference] finish."
Utah took an early 1-0 lead over Washington after taking the doubles point. Luisa Gerstner Da Rosa and Elena Najera-Salas bested Angela Chen and Natalie Allen (8-5) before No. 31 Tereza Bekerova and Margo Pletcher took the first match from Riko Shimizu and Miki Kobayashi (8-3) to secure the point.
The Utes then took a 3-0 lead in the match as Alexia Petrovic topped Chen at No. 6 (6-1, 6-4) and Bekerova downed Grace Ysidora at No. 1 (6-3, 6-0).
The Huskies fought back, claiming three-straight points to knot the match at 3-3. The decision came down to the second match between Richter and Kobayashi with Richter prevailing 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 to clinch the Utah victory.
In match two, Utah handily took the doubles point from Weber State with wins from Bekerova and Pletcher at No. 1 and Richter and da Rosa at No. 2. The Utes continued on to take all six singles matches to execute their first sweep of the season.
"Weber [State] is a much improved team and even though we were a little tired from the first match, I felt like we came out and focused really well and played some solid tennis," said Iandolo. "We have to feel good about a four-match win streak. We have to keep it going through next week."
Utah returns to Coach Mike's Tennis Academy Friday to take on Washington State at 1:30 p.m.
Utah 4, #46 Washington 3
Doubles
- No. 31 Bekerova/Pletcher (UT) def. Shimizu/Kobayashi (UW) - 8-3
- Richter/Cheng (UT) vs. Lukac/Ysidora (UW) - 7-7, DNF
- da Rosa/Najera-Salas (UT) def. Chen/Allen (UW) - 8-5
Order of Finish: 3, 1
Singles
- No. 53 Tereza Bekerova (UT) def. Grace Ysidora (UW) - 6-3, 6-0
- Sarah Richter (UT) def. Miki Kobayashi (UW) - 6-1, 3-6, 6-4
- Julija Lukac (UW) def. Jena Cheng (UT) - 6-4, 6-4
- Riko Shimizu (UW) def. Margo Pletcher (UT) - 2-6. 6-1, 6-1
- Capucine Gregorie (UW) def. Luisa Gerstner Da Rosa (UT) - 6-1, 3-6, 6-2
- Alexia Petrovic (UT) def. Angela Chen (UW) - 6-1, 6-4
Order of Finish: 1, 6, 3, 4, 5, 2
Utah 7, Weber State 0
Doubles
- Bekerova/Pletcher (UT) def. Bachanek/Elmer (WSU) - 6-1
- Richter/Rosa (UT) def. Beauvais/Stephens (WSU) - 6-2
- Najera-Salas/Petrovic (UT) vs. Tanner/Rindlisbacher (WSU) - 5-2, DNF
Order of Finish: 1, 2
Singles
- No. 53 Tereza Bekerova (UT) def. Agata Bachanek (WSU) - 6-3, 6-3
- Margo Pletcher (UT) def. Krist Elmer (WSU) - 6-1, 6-1
- Luisa Gerstner Da Rosa (UT) def. Dominique Beauvais (WSU) - 6-0, 6-0
- Alexia Petrovic (UT) def. Romy Dodd-Stephens (WSU) - 6-2, 6-3
- Elena Najera-Salas (UT) def. Devi Hasan (WSU)- 6-2, 6-0
- Victoria Robertson (UT) def. Emily Tanner (WSU) - 6-7, 6-0 (10-2)
Order of Finish: 3, 5, 2, 1, 4, 6
