Salt Lake City--The University of Utah women's tennis team is on the road this week for a Tuesday matchup against the Utah State Aggies at 2 p.m. MT in Logan.
After playing the Aggies, the Utes will return home to close out the week with a Pac-12 Conference match against Oregon at the Eccles Tennis Center on Friday at 1:30 p.m MT.
Utah Notes
This past weekend, the Utes (7-8, 2-6 Pac-12) faced No. 40 USC and No. 20 UCLA on the road. They were shutout in both match ups. Utah is 2-6 in Pac-12 play this season, after wins at Arizona and vs. Washington State by identical 4-3 scores.
Junior
Alexia Petrovic has been in the best form for the Utes, winning four of her last five singles matches at the No. 3 position, and has the most wins on the team in dual match play with nine
Whitney Turley is the only other Ute with a winning record in dual match play with a record of 7-4. She has been primarily slotted at the No. 5 position during the season.Â
Utah tried out two new doubles pairings this weekend with
Margo Pletcher and
Taylor Calton at the No. 1 spot and Turley teaming with her sister Brianna at the No. 2 spot.
Opponents at a Glance
Utah State (10-9, 1-3 Mountain West) suffered two tough losses last weekend to New Mexico and Air Force. Oregon (11-9, 4-4 Pac-12) started Pac-12 play with a pair of road wins over No. 25 Washington and Washington State but suffered setbacks to Stanford and Cal last weekend