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The University of Utah Athletics
Turley, Doubles Shine For Utes At ITA Regionals
10/12/2017 9:28 PM | Women's Tennis
SALT LAKE CITY – The University of Utah women's tennis program excelled through the second day of competition at the ITA Regionals, highlighted with two doubles wins to get the day started.
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Margo Pletcher and Brianna Turley scored an 8-3 win over Utah State, advancing to play against Northern Arizona tomorrow morning. The team of Whitney Turley and Leah Heimuli also came away victorious in their doubles match, beating Pac-12 foe Colorado, 8-6.
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"We played some excellent doubles this morning," head coach Mat Iandolo said. "Whitney Turley also had a breakthrough today in singles. I am looking forward to watching her and her sister compete in the main draw singles tomorrow and top seeded doubles tandem of Margo and Brianna as well as Leah and Whitney."
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In singles play, W. Turley picked up big wins over Chiara Tomasetti of Northern Arizona (6-4, 6-3) and then advanced to take on Meredith Jones of Air Force, taking her down in two sets (6-0, 6-3). She is set to play No. 83-ranked Aiwen Zhu of UNLV tomorrow.
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Her sister, B. Turley, also advanced today with two wins, recording a victory of Hannah Jonesof Utah State 2-1 (5-7, 6-1, 6-1) and Huibre-Mare Botes of Idaho State (6-4, 6-4). Alexia Petrovic picked up a win in her first match of the day against Elizabeth Barnickel of Air Force in two sets (6-2, 6-1), but fell to En-Pei Huang of UNLV in the next round (6-4, 5-7, 6-3).
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Victoria Robertson took on Kate Cusick of BYU, but fell in two sets (6-2, 6-2). Pletcher competed in the singles draw today as well after a first round BYE yesterday, beating Meredith Laskey of Air Force 6-2, 6-1, but then was unable to overcome Ghita Nassik of Southern Utah, falling in two (6-3, 6-2).
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Utah returns to action tomorrow for the third day of competition with doubles getting underway at 9 a.m. and the singles to follow.Â
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Margo Pletcher and Brianna Turley scored an 8-3 win over Utah State, advancing to play against Northern Arizona tomorrow morning. The team of Whitney Turley and Leah Heimuli also came away victorious in their doubles match, beating Pac-12 foe Colorado, 8-6.
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"We played some excellent doubles this morning," head coach Mat Iandolo said. "Whitney Turley also had a breakthrough today in singles. I am looking forward to watching her and her sister compete in the main draw singles tomorrow and top seeded doubles tandem of Margo and Brianna as well as Leah and Whitney."
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In singles play, W. Turley picked up big wins over Chiara Tomasetti of Northern Arizona (6-4, 6-3) and then advanced to take on Meredith Jones of Air Force, taking her down in two sets (6-0, 6-3). She is set to play No. 83-ranked Aiwen Zhu of UNLV tomorrow.
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Her sister, B. Turley, also advanced today with two wins, recording a victory of Hannah Jonesof Utah State 2-1 (5-7, 6-1, 6-1) and Huibre-Mare Botes of Idaho State (6-4, 6-4). Alexia Petrovic picked up a win in her first match of the day against Elizabeth Barnickel of Air Force in two sets (6-2, 6-1), but fell to En-Pei Huang of UNLV in the next round (6-4, 5-7, 6-3).
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Victoria Robertson took on Kate Cusick of BYU, but fell in two sets (6-2, 6-2). Pletcher competed in the singles draw today as well after a first round BYE yesterday, beating Meredith Laskey of Air Force 6-2, 6-1, but then was unable to overcome Ghita Nassik of Southern Utah, falling in two (6-3, 6-2).
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Utah returns to action tomorrow for the third day of competition with doubles getting underway at 9 a.m. and the singles to follow.Â
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