Jan. 28, 2006

Utah State's women's tennis team lost to Montana State Saturday afternoon, 5-2. With the loss the Aggies are now 1-2 this season.

At the No. 3 spot Courtney Anderson and Dee-Dee Nelson were the only Aggies to win in the doubles action beating Lisa Clark and Katy Clark 8-3.

As for the single matches, Utah State won two of the six matches taking the No. 3 and 4 spots. Courtney Anderson defeated Vera Vasileva 7-5, 6-3 to take No. 3 and Dee Dee Nelson defeating Katy Clark 7-6, 6-4 to take No. 4

"I wasn't happy with the results, but I was extremely happy with the effort everyone had," said coach Christian Wright. "We need to make adjustments for our upcoming match.

The Aggies will be in action again Sunday at 8 a.m. in Bozeman, Montana where they will play Wyoming.

MONTANA STATE 5, UTAH STATE 2

Doubles:

#1-Nicole Luetolf/Nuria Lozano(MSU) def. Lindsey Bennion/Andrea Barker 8-5

#2-Allison Fey/Vera Vasileva (MSU) def. Lauren Monson/Jill Smith 8-1

#3-Courtney Anderson/ Dee-Dee Nelson (USU) def. Lisa Clark/Katy Clark 8-3

Singles:

#1- Nuria Lozano (MSU) def. Lindsey Bennion 6-4, 6-4

#2- Nicole Luetolf def. (MSU) def. Jill Smith 6-3, 6-0

#3- Courtney Anderson (USU) def. Vera Vasileva 7-5, 6-3

#4- Dee Dee Nelson (USU) def. Katie Clark 7-6, 6-4

#5- Allison Fey (MSU) def. Andrea Barker 1-6, 6-4, 7-5

#6- Lisa Clark (MSU) def. Lauren Monson 7-6, 1-6, 6-2