Box Score SALT LAKE CITY (April 9, 2023) – Freshman Eva Alvarez Sande picked up a straight-set win at No. 1 singles but it was too much Utah as the Utes posted a 6-1 win over Washington State Sunday morning at the George S. Eccles Tennis Center.
Doubles play opened the action and Utah (12-8, 3-4 Pac-12) captured the first two wins to clinch the doubles point. At No. 3, Utah’s Marcela Lopez and Kaila Barksdale posted a 6-1 win over Yang Lee and Hania Abouelsaad, while Katya Hersh and Samantha Horwood completed a 6-3 win over WSU’s (7-11, 0-7) Yura Nakagawa and Fifa Kumhom at No. 2. The match at No. 1 was halted with WSU’s Eva Alvarez Sande and Elyse Tse down a break at 2-5 to Utah’s Madison Tattini and Anastasia Goncharova.
Utah increased its lead to 2-0 when Barksdale defeated Tse, 6-1, 6-0 at No. 3. At No. 5, Lopez completed a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Abouelsaad, pushing the Utes to within one win of clinching the match.
Alvarez Sande provided the highlight for the Cougars as she posted a 6-2, 6-2 win over Townsend at No. 1 singles. The win was Alvarez Sande’s team-leading 18th on the season as she moved to 4-3 in Pac-12 play.
The match was clinched when Tattini defeated Nakagawa at No. 2 in two close sets, 7-5, 6-3. Horwood made it 5-1 with a 6-3, 6-2 win at No. 6 over Stefaniia Mikhailova. The final match of the day saw Goncharova pull out a first-set tiebreaker en route to a 7-6, (1), 6-1 win over Kumhom at No. 4.
The Cougars are next in action Friday when they travel to the Bay Area to face No. 37 California.
WASHINGTON STATE TENNIS
No. 60 Utah 6 def. Washington State 1
April 9, 2023
George S. Eccles Tennis Center
Salt Lake City, Utah
DOUBLES
No. 1 #46 Eva Alvarez Sande/Elyse Tse (WSU) vs. Madison Tattini/Anastasia Goncharova (Utah) 2-5 DNF
No. 2 Katya Hersh/Samantha Horwood (Utah) def. Yura Nakagawa/Fifa Kumhom (WSU) 6-3
No. 3 Marcela Lopez/Kaila Barksdale (Utah) def. Yang Lee/Hania Abouelsaad (WSU) 6-1
Order of Finish: 3,2
SINGLES
No. 1 Eva Alvarez Sande (WSU) def. Katya Townsend (Utah) 6-2, 6-2
No.2 Madison Tattini (Utah) def. Yura Nakagawa (WSU) 7-5, 6-3
No. 3 Kaila Barksdale (Utah) def. Elyse Tse (WSU) 6-1, 6-0
No. 4 Anastasia Goncharova (Utah) def. Fifa Kumhom (WSU) 7-6 (1), 6-1
No. 5 Marcela Lopez (Utah) def. Hania Abouelsaad (WSU) 6-3, 6-3
No. 6 Samantha Horwood (Utah) def. Stefaniia Mikhailova (WSU) 6-3,…
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