Utah Earns Dominant 4-0 Win Over Houston

Thursday, April 10

Salt Lake City, Utah

3:00 PM

University of Utah

Houston

4/10/2025 5:59 PM | Women's Tennis

Box Score

By: Satya Redman

SALT LAKE CITY — The University of Utah women's tennis team picked up an impressive 4-0 win over Houston Thursday afternoon.

Utah saw a standout performance from Sara Akid who picked up a 6-0 win in doubles with partner Emma Valletta as well as a 6-2, 6-3 win in singles. Kaila Barksdale stepped up big for the Utes to clinch the match with her 6-3, 6-2 win at the No. 3 spot.

DOUBLES
Utah got off to a strong start picking up the doubles point. Sara Akid and Emma Valletta started things off with a 6-0 win over Iva Sepa and Santa Strombacha at the No. 1 spot.
Samantha Horwood and Dyan Lolofie followed en suite with a 6-4 win over Valeriira Krokhotina and Heta Nuutinen to clinch the doubles point. Emma Kamper and Hayley Roberts were up 5-4 before the match went unfinished.

SINGLES
Utah started the singles matches impressively, with Akid clinching a 6-2, 6-3 win over Sepa on court No. 2. Shortly thereafter, Emma Kamper delivered a commanding 6-1, 6-3 victory against Strombacha on court No. 1.

Kaila Barksdale clinched for the Utes as she defeated Nuutinen 6-3, 6-2 on court three.

On court No. 4, Emma Valletta was up 7-5, 3-3 before the match went unfinished. Also on court No. 5, Hayley Roberts picked up a 6-3 win in her first set but fell 2-6 in the second. Roberts match went unfinished before starting the third. On court No. 6 Dylan Lolofie dropped her first set 5-7 and was up 4-0 before remaining unfinished.

NEXT UP
The Utes will host UCF in the final match of the season for senior day at 11 a.m.. Utah will honor lone senior Samantha Horwood after the doubles competition. Utah will then head to Waco, Texas, for the Big 12 Conference Tournament April 16-20.

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FINAL RESULTS
Utah 4, Houston 0
DOUBLES
1 Sara Akid and Emma Valletta (UU) def. Iva Sepa and Santa Strombacha (UH) 6-0
2 Emma Kamper and Hayley Roberts (UU) vs Gabriela Cortes and Sophie Schouten (UH) went unfinished. (5-4)
3 Samantah Horwood and Dylan Lolofie (UU) def. Valeriia Krokhotina and Heta Nuutinen (UH) 6-4
Order of finish: 1, 3

SINGLES
1 Emma Kamper (UU) def. Santa Strombacha (UH) 6-1, 6-3
2 Sara Akid (UU) def. Iva Sepa (UH) 6-2, 6-3
3 Kaila Barskdale (UU) def. Heta Nuutinen (UH) 6-3, 6-2
4 Emma Valletta (UU) vs. ??Valeriia Krokhotina (UH) this match went unfinished 7-5, 3-3
5 Hayley Roberts (UU) vs. Sophie Schouten (UH) this match went unfinished 6-3, 2-6
6 Dylan Lolofie (UU) vs. Gabriela Cortes (UH) this match went unfinished 5-7, 4-0
Order of finish: 2, 1, 3