Salt Lake City-- University of Utah dropped a tough loss to the No. 36 Washington Huskies, 4-0, in its first Pac-12 Conference match at home.

In doubles play, the Utes took two tough losses to drop the doubles point. Alexia Petrovic and Luisa Gerstner Da Rosa fell in a 6-1 decision to Stacey Fung and Kenafi Hance in the No. 2 spot and Margo Pletcher and Brianna Turley lost to Miki Kobayashi and Nour Abbes in the No. 1 spot, 6-3.

In singles play, the Huskies gained momentum to seal the win with victories in the No. 1, No. 4, and No. 5 spots. Margo Pletcher and Taylor Calton each took difficult losses in two sets while Jena Cheng fought back from a first set loss to win the second set, but Alexis Prokopuik clinched the win with a  6-2, 4-6, 6-3 victory.

The Utes will be back at the Eccles Tennis Center for a doubleheader on Sunday. They face Washington State at 11 a.m. and the Weber State Wildcats at 4 p.m.

Doubles Competition
Miki Kobayashi/Nour Abbes def. Pletcher/Turley, 6-3
Stacey Fung/Kenadi Hance def. Gerstner Da Rosa/ Petrovic, 6-1
Calton/W. Turley vs. Katerina Kopcalic/Lana Slavica, 5-3 (DNF) 

Singles competition
Stacey Fung def. Pletcher, 6-2, 6-2
Nour Abbes vs. B. Turley, 6-3, 6-7, 3-3 (DNF)
Miki Kobayashi vs. Petrovic, 6-7, 6-3, 0-0 (DNF)
Alexis Prokopuik def. Cheng, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
Kenadi Hance def. Calton, 6-2, 6-3
Katerina Kopcalic vs. W. Turley, 7-5, 4-6, 2-1 (DNF)