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Friday, March 31
Salt Lake City, Utah
1:30 PM
University of Utah
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Stanford
Utes drop conference match to Stanford
3/31/2017 7:48 PM | Women's Tennis
SALT LAKE CITY –  University of Utah women's tennis fell to the No. 8 Stanford Cardinal in a 6-1 decision at home.
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"Playing today without Margo Pletcher and Brianna Turley was tough, but I am so proud of Alexia's performance," head coach Mat Iandolo said. "She got a great win at the No. 1 position against the defending National Champions."
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To start off the day, the Utes faced three tough doubles matches. Taylor Calton and Jena Cheng pulled ahead early for a 4-1 lead over Caroline Doyle and Melissa Lord in the No. 1 spot before Doyle and Lord came back to tie the match at 5-5. Luisa Gerstner Da Rosa and Alexia Petrovic came back to take the lead over Emily Arbuthnott and Taylor Davidson, 3-2 in the No. 2 spot, but Arbuthnott and Davidson clinched the doubles point with a 6-4 win. Calton and Cheng had regained the lead, 6-5 when Stanford won the doubles point.
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In singles competition, Petrovic pulled out a difficult three-set win in the No. 1 spot over Caroline Doyle with a ten-point tie breaker, 3-6, 6-2, 10-8. Gerstner Da Rosa and Victoria Robertson both fought hard in close matches, but Stanford gained momentum and clinched five of the six singles matches.
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The Utes will be back at the Eccles Tennis Center on Sunday to face the No. 14 California Golden Bears in a Pac-12 matchup.
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Doubles competition (Order of finish: 3, 2)
Calton/Cheng vs. Caroline Doyle/Melissa Lord, 6-5 (DNF)
Emily Arbuthnott/Taylor Davidson def. Gerstner Da Rosa/Petrovic, 6-4
Emma Higuchi/Caroline Lampi def. W. Turley/Robertson, 6-2
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Singles competition (Order of finish: 4, 3, 2, 6, 5, 1)
Petrovic def. Caroline Doyle, 3-6, 6-2, 10-8
Melissa Lord def. Cheng, 6-2, 6-2
Caroline Lampl def. W. Turley, 6-1, 6-2
Emily Arbuthnott def. Calton, 6-0, 6-0
Emma Higuchi def. Gerstner Da Rosa, 6-4, 6-2
Kimberly Yee def. Robertson, 6-3, 6-4
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"Playing today without Margo Pletcher and Brianna Turley was tough, but I am so proud of Alexia's performance," head coach Mat Iandolo said. "She got a great win at the No. 1 position against the defending National Champions."
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To start off the day, the Utes faced three tough doubles matches. Taylor Calton and Jena Cheng pulled ahead early for a 4-1 lead over Caroline Doyle and Melissa Lord in the No. 1 spot before Doyle and Lord came back to tie the match at 5-5. Luisa Gerstner Da Rosa and Alexia Petrovic came back to take the lead over Emily Arbuthnott and Taylor Davidson, 3-2 in the No. 2 spot, but Arbuthnott and Davidson clinched the doubles point with a 6-4 win. Calton and Cheng had regained the lead, 6-5 when Stanford won the doubles point.
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In singles competition, Petrovic pulled out a difficult three-set win in the No. 1 spot over Caroline Doyle with a ten-point tie breaker, 3-6, 6-2, 10-8. Gerstner Da Rosa and Victoria Robertson both fought hard in close matches, but Stanford gained momentum and clinched five of the six singles matches.
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The Utes will be back at the Eccles Tennis Center on Sunday to face the No. 14 California Golden Bears in a Pac-12 matchup.
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Doubles competition (Order of finish: 3, 2)
Calton/Cheng vs. Caroline Doyle/Melissa Lord, 6-5 (DNF)
Emily Arbuthnott/Taylor Davidson def. Gerstner Da Rosa/Petrovic, 6-4
Emma Higuchi/Caroline Lampi def. W. Turley/Robertson, 6-2
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Singles competition (Order of finish: 4, 3, 2, 6, 5, 1)
Petrovic def. Caroline Doyle, 3-6, 6-2, 10-8
Melissa Lord def. Cheng, 6-2, 6-2
Caroline Lampl def. W. Turley, 6-1, 6-2
Emily Arbuthnott def. Calton, 6-0, 6-0
Emma Higuchi def. Gerstner Da Rosa, 6-4, 6-2
Kimberly Yee def. Robertson, 6-3, 6-4
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