SALT LAKE CITY, Utah --- Utah State women's tennis began play on Friday at the Utah Invitational. The Aggies faced three doubles teams from Weber State and six singles opponents from New Mexico.
 
In doubles play, juniors Carolina Millan and Zeynep Naz Ozturk advanced to the second round via an 8-6 win over Weber State's Kenadee Semenik and Patty Kuo. Seniors Carolina Millan and Gabrielle Dekkers fell in their first-round matchup to WSU's Yuuna Ukita and Ana Morett, 8-6. USU's third and final pairing, sophomore Lisa Küng and freshman Brooke Demerath, also came up short in the first round versus WSU's Megan Davies and Sicely Ferreira by score of 8-4.
 
In singles play, Naz Ozturk again scored an Aggie victory with a straight-set win over New Mexico's Sarah Alice O'Connor, 7-5, 6-2. County also won her first-round match, outlasting UNM's Albie Huang in the third set to win 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-2.
 
Elsewhere in singles play, Dekkers pushes UNM's Myu Kageyama to a third set before eventually falling, 6-0, 4-6, 6-3. Demerath also forced a third set, but was unable to score the victory over New Mexico's Satoho Toriumi in a 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 defeat. Millan and Küng each fell in straight sets to Polly Chen, 6-2, 6-2, and Hsuan Huang, 6-2, 6-1, respectively.
 
Doubles and singles play is scheduled to continue at the Utah Invitational on Saturday morning.
 
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Utah Invitational Results
Doubles
First Round
Carolina Millan/Zeynap Naz Ozturk (USU) def. Kenadee Semenik/Patty Kuo (WSU) 8-6
Yuuna Ukita/Ana Morett (WSU) def. Gabrielle Dekkers/Annaliese County (USU) 8-6
Megan Davies/Sicely Ferreira (WSU) def. Lisa Küng/Brooke Demerath (USU) 8-4
 
Singles
First Round
Polly Chen (UNM) def. Carolina Millan (USU) 6-2, 6-2
Hsuan Huang (UNM) def. Lisa Küng (USU) 6-2, 6-1
Myu Kageyama (UNM) def. Gabrielle Dekkers (USU) 6-0, 4-6, 6-3
Annaliese County (USU) def. Albie Huang (UNM) 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-2
Zeynep Naz Ozturk (USU) def. Sarah Alice O'Connor (UNM) 7-5, 6-2
Satoho Toriumi (UNM) def. Brooke Demerath (USU) 2-6, 6-2, 6-2