Box Score The No. 8 seeded Utah women’s tennis team fell short to No. 9 seed Arizona in the opening round of the Pac-12 Tournament with a final score of 4-1 Wednesday afternoon.
Utah battled in the doubles round and found success in the No. 2 spot. Samantha Horwood and Katya Townsend defeated Wildcat duo Parker Fry and Kayla Wilkins with a 6-4 score. In the No. 1 spot, Madison Tattini and Anastasia Goncharova went into a tiebreak where they narrowly fell 7-6 (6).
In the No. 3 doubles spot, Marcela Lopez and Kaila Barksdale took Beelen Nevenhoven and Midori Castillo into a tiebreak set as well but fell 7-6 (4).
Arizona had the doubles point advantage going into singles action. The Wildcats picked up wins in the No. 1 and No. 6 spots to take a 3-0 lead over Utah.
In the No. 5 singles spot, Goncharova defeated Fry 6-3, 6-4 to give the Utes its lone point of the match.
Arizona clinched the match in the No. 2 spot. Utah’s Tattini took on Arizona’s Salma Ziouti and picked up a 6-4 win in the first set before falling 6-1, 6-2 in sets two and three to give Arizona the 4-1 win.
Utah now has a 13-11 overall record on the season.
Arizona Women’s Tennis 4, University of Utah 1
Singles competition
1. Reece Carter (ARIZ) def. Townsend, Katya (UU) 6-3, 6-0
2. Salma Ziouti (ARIZ) def. Tattini, Madison (UU) 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
3. Barksdale,Kaila (UU) vs. Kayla Wilkins (ARIZ) 4-6, 4-4, unfinished
4. Lopez,Marcela (UU) vs. Midori Castillo-Meza (ARIZ) 6-1, 4-6, 5-1, unfinished
5. Goncharova, A (UU) def. Parker Fry (ARIZ) 6-3, 6-4
6. Tanvi Narendran (ARIZ) def. Horwood,Samantha (UU) 6-2, 6-3
Doubles competition
1. Reece Carter/Salma Ziouti (ARIZ) def. Tattini, Madison/Goncharova, A (UU) 7-6 (0-6)
2. Townsend, Katya/Horwood,Samantha (UU) def. Parker Fry/Kayla Wilkins (ARIZ) 6-4
3. Belen Nevenhoven/Midori Castillo-Meza (ARIZ) def. Barksdale,Kaila/Lopez,Marcela (UU) 7-6 (0-4)
Match Notes:
Order of Finish:
Doubles (2, 1, 3) Singles (1, 6, 5, 2)
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