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Women's Tennis
at Santa Barbara
The University of Utah Athletics
Friday, March 31
Salt Lake City, Utah
1:30 PM
University of Utah
1
vs
6
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.
"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."
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.
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.
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.
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
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
"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."
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.
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.
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.
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
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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