Friday, March 2
Albuquerque, NM
TBD
University of Utah
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New Mexico
Utes Back on the Road to Face New Mexico
2/26/2018 3:06 PM | Women's Tennis
SALT LAKE CITY – The University of Utah women's tennis team will be back in action this Friday, as they will make a trip down to Albuquerque, New Mexico, to take on the University of New Mexico (1-2). The match against the Lobos is set to begin at 1 p.m. MST at the Lobo Tennis Club.
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"We are looking forward to heading to Albuquerque and competing against another regional rival," said head coach Mat Iandolo. "This team happens to be coached by a young woman (Stephanie Wooten-Quijada) who was a great player on a few of my very good Purdue teams."
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Utah Notes
The Utes are coming off of a weekend at the Blue Gray Tennis Classic, where they fell to the University of Alabama in the first round of the tournament, 4-3. After the loss, they then moved onto the consolidation rounds, where they faced off against UAB in the second round of the tournament, beating them out with a score of 4-1. They then moved onto the consolidation final against the University of Denver, dropping the match to the Pioneers with a score of 4-0. Against Denver, the Pioneers went up early by earning the doubles point. Brianna Chisholm and Margo Pletcher were edged out at the No. 1 spot by Denver's Julia O'Loughlin and Bianca Mok, with a score of 6-2. Camille Verden-Anderson and Gracia Mboko then secured the doubles point for Denver by defeating Alexia Petrovic and Jena Cheng at the No. 2 position, with a final score of 6-4. In singles, Petrovic and Cheng both went to three sets against their opponents, but play was cut short when Denver secured the 4-0 victory over the Utes. With this loss, the University of Utah women's tennis team moves to 7-3 overall on the season.
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Opponent Notes
For a second straight match since returning to action after missing two weeks of action due to a car accident, The University of New Mexico women's tennis team had a match come down to the final singles flight. For the second straight time, UNM came out on the wrong side of a 4-3 decision. UNM opened the match down 1-0 as the team was swept in doubles, with Natasha Munday and Ruth Copas falling at No. 1 and Ruth Copas and Hsiang-Wen "Albie" Huang both losing 6-1. At No. 3, Diana Wong and Bronte Murgett forced a tiebreaker but fell 7-6. Wong rebounded and ended her three-match losing skid with a 6-1, 1-6, 6-4 win at No. 3 singles. However, ACU went up 3-1 with wins at No. 1 and No. 2 singles as the matches were held in ACU's Teague Events Center, where there are just three courts. Copas lost 6-3, 7-5 at No. 1 and Quevedo, playing in her home state, lost 7-5, 7-6 (7-4). The bottom three flights then took the courts with UNM needing the sweep, and they almost got it. Murgett won again, improving to 3-1 in the Spring, with a 6-2, 6-3 win, and right behind her was Huang, who took a 6-4, 6-2 win at No. 5, tying the match at 3-3. That left things up to Chen, but she fell 6-3, 6-2, giving the win to Abilene Christian.
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"We are looking forward to heading to Albuquerque and competing against another regional rival," said head coach Mat Iandolo. "This team happens to be coached by a young woman (Stephanie Wooten-Quijada) who was a great player on a few of my very good Purdue teams."
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Utah Notes
The Utes are coming off of a weekend at the Blue Gray Tennis Classic, where they fell to the University of Alabama in the first round of the tournament, 4-3. After the loss, they then moved onto the consolidation rounds, where they faced off against UAB in the second round of the tournament, beating them out with a score of 4-1. They then moved onto the consolidation final against the University of Denver, dropping the match to the Pioneers with a score of 4-0. Against Denver, the Pioneers went up early by earning the doubles point. Brianna Chisholm and Margo Pletcher were edged out at the No. 1 spot by Denver's Julia O'Loughlin and Bianca Mok, with a score of 6-2. Camille Verden-Anderson and Gracia Mboko then secured the doubles point for Denver by defeating Alexia Petrovic and Jena Cheng at the No. 2 position, with a final score of 6-4. In singles, Petrovic and Cheng both went to three sets against their opponents, but play was cut short when Denver secured the 4-0 victory over the Utes. With this loss, the University of Utah women's tennis team moves to 7-3 overall on the season.
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Opponent Notes
For a second straight match since returning to action after missing two weeks of action due to a car accident, The University of New Mexico women's tennis team had a match come down to the final singles flight. For the second straight time, UNM came out on the wrong side of a 4-3 decision. UNM opened the match down 1-0 as the team was swept in doubles, with Natasha Munday and Ruth Copas falling at No. 1 and Ruth Copas and Hsiang-Wen "Albie" Huang both losing 6-1. At No. 3, Diana Wong and Bronte Murgett forced a tiebreaker but fell 7-6. Wong rebounded and ended her three-match losing skid with a 6-1, 1-6, 6-4 win at No. 3 singles. However, ACU went up 3-1 with wins at No. 1 and No. 2 singles as the matches were held in ACU's Teague Events Center, where there are just three courts. Copas lost 6-3, 7-5 at No. 1 and Quevedo, playing in her home state, lost 7-5, 7-6 (7-4). The bottom three flights then took the courts with UNM needing the sweep, and they almost got it. Murgett won again, improving to 3-1 in the Spring, with a 6-2, 6-3 win, and right behind her was Huang, who took a 6-4, 6-2 win at No. 5, tying the match at 3-3. That left things up to Chen, but she fell 6-3, 6-2, giving the win to Abilene Christian.
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