LOS ANGELES – The University of Utah women's tennis team fell to No. 40 USC on the road, losing 7-0. The Utes dropped to 7-7 overall and 2-5 in Pac-12 play.

The Utes faced tough competition against three nationally-ranked Trojan doubles teams to start the match. The Utes lost the doubles point after Brianna and Whitney Turley lost to No. 38-ranked Zoë Katz and Gabby Smith, 6-0 in the No. 2 spot and Luisa Gerstner Da Rosa and Alexia Petrovic fell to No. 61 Angela Kulikov and Madison Westby, 6-2.

Following doubles play, the Utes dropped six singles matches to the Trojans. No. 44 Jessica Failla edged Margo Pletcher, 6-3, 6-4 in the No. 1 spot while Brianna Turley and Jena Cheng also fell to ranked opponents. Turley was defeated by No. 20 Gabby Smith, 6-3, 6-1 in the No. 2 spot and Cheng lost to No. 110 Zoë Katz, 6-2, 6-2 in the No. 4 spot.

The Utes will be back in action Saturday at 1:30 p.m. MT with a dual match at No. 20 UCLA.

USC 7, Utah 0
Doubles (Order of finish: 2, 3)
#74 Failla/Valdes vs. Calton/Pletcher, 5-2 (DNF)
#38 Katz/Smith def. B. Turley/W. Turley, 6-0
#61 Kulikov/Westby def. Gerstner Da Rosa/Petrovic, 6-2


Singles (Order of finish: 4, 2, 5, 6, 3, 1)
#44 Jessica Failla def. Pletcher, 6-3, 6-4
#20 Gabby Smith def. B. Turley, 6-3, 6-1
Rianna Valdes def. Petrovic, 6-2, 6-2
#110 Zoë Katz def. Cheng, 6-2, 6-2
Madison Westby def. W. Turley, 7-6 (3), 6-1
Angela Kulikov def. Gerstner Da Rosa 7-5, 6-1