FORT COLLINS, Colo. – Utah State women's tennis competed in singles and doubles action on Saturday at the Colorado State-hosted John Messick Invitational. 

In the doubles Gold North Draw, fifth-year Zeynep Naz Ozturk along with senior Lisa Küng won their match 6-3 over South Dakota's Paige Alter and Amanda de Oliveira as Utah State sophomore Magdalena Nunez Pureco and junior Cielo Tapia-Cruz lost their match in the draw 6-3 against South Dakota junior Beata Havlickova and freshman Sorcha Caves.  

Junior Indya Nespor paired with Weber State sophomore Li Yang Ping An defeated Utah State senior Maile Brilhante and freshman Ana Chavez Sanchez in a tight 7-6 tiebreaker win of the Green East Draw Semifinals. 

The Aggies participated in 16 matches of singles play with two players advancing to their respective main draw finals. 

In the Gold East Draw quarterfinals, Ozturk was defeated 6-2, 7-5 by Colorado State junior Sarah Weekly. She then went on to beat South Dakota's Caves in a 2-6, 6-2, 10-4 win in the semifinals of the Gold North Draw, advancing herself to the finals.  

Küng earned her first singles win of the day in the Gold West draw posting a 6-2, 7-6 victory over MSU-D senior Emily Hafner. In the semifinals, Küng defeated Colorado's Emily Puzak, 7-5, 6-3 to advance into the finals of the draw. 

Nunez Pureco also competed in the Gold West Draw but was defeated by Puzak 7-5, 1-6, 10-6 in the quarterfinal. She then went on to beat Hafner 6-4, 6-1 in the semifinals of the Gold South Draw. 

Utah State freshman Niyati Kukreti defeated South Dakota's Anna Medyedyeva in a 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 third-set tiebreaker of the Green East Draw, and then recorded a 6-2, 7-6 straight-set tiebreaker win over Colorado State sophomore Luana Avelar to advance to the finals. 

Nespor also found success in the Green East Draw defeating Wyoming senior Lucia Malinak 7-6, 6-1 in the quarterfinals, but then lost to Weber State's Sydney Schnell in the third set of the semifinals. 

In the Green West Draw, Chavez-Sanchez recorded two wins. The first was a 6-1, 6-3 victory over MSU-D sophomore Kim Heddes in the quarterfinals, and then a 6-1, 6-1 semifinal win over Anya Nelson of Colorado.

Tapia-Cruz found success in the Orange East Draw as she recorded a 6-2, 7-5 straight-set quarterfinal win over Wyoming junior Serina Abriola, and continued with a 6-4, 6-3 straight-set semifinal win over South Dakota's Selena Bird to advance to the final of the Orange Draw. 

In the Orange West Draw, Brilhante took both of her matches in straight-set fashion as she beat MSU-D's Courtenay Leonard 6-4, 7-5 in the quarterfinal, and then left Kambra Roles scoreless posting a 6-0, 6-0 semifinal victory. 

Utah State women's tennis continues play at the Jon Messick Invitational on Sunday, Oct. 1 with matches starting at 9 a.m. 
   
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John Messick Invitational Results   
  
Day Two Results   
Singles   
Gold East Draw – Quarterfinals 
Sarah Weekley (CSU) def. Zeynep Naz Ozturk (USU) 6-2, 7-5 
Gold West Draw – Quarterfinals 
Lisa Küng (USU) def. Emily Hafner (MSU-D) 6-2, 7-6 (2) 
Ellen Puzak (COL) def. Magdalena Nunez Pureco (USU) 7-5, 1-6, 10-6 
Gold West Draw – Semifinals 
Lisa Küng (USU) def. Ellen Puzak (COL) 7-5, 6-3 
Gold North Draw – Semifinals 
Zeynep Naz Ozturk (USU) def. Sorcha Caves (USD) 2-6, 6-2, 10-4 
Gold South Draw – Semifinals 
Magdalena Nunez Pureco (USU) def. Emily Hafner (MSU-D) 6-4, 6-1 
Green East Draw – Quarterfinals 
Niyati Kukreti (USU) def. Anna Medvyedyeva (USD) 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (6) 
Indya Nespor (USU) def. Lucia Malinak (WYO) 7-6 (4), 6-1 
Green East Draw – Semifinals 
Niyati Kukreti (USU) def. Luana Avelar (CSU) 6-2, 7-6 (5) 
Sydney Schnell (WSU) def. Indya Nespor (USU) 6-4, 2-6, 7-5 
Green West Draw – Quarterfinals 
Ana Chavez Sanchez (USU) def. Kim Heddes (MSU-D) 6-1, 6-3 
Green West Draw – Semifinals 
Ana Chavez Sanchez (USU) def. Anya Nelson (COL) 6-1, 6-1 
Orange East Draw – Quarterfinals 
Cielo Tapia-Cruz (USU) def. Serina Abriola (WYO) 6-2, 7-5 
Orange East Draw – Semifinals 
Cielo Tapia-Cruz (USU) def. Selena Bird (USD) 6-4, 6-3 
Orange West Draw – Quarterfinals 
Maile Brilhante (USU) def. Courtenay Leonard (MSU-D) 6-4, 7-5 
Monica Guarin (MSU-D) def. Savannah Johnson (USU) Ret-Inj 
Orange West Draw – Semifinals 
Maile Brilhante (USU) def. Kambra Roles (MSU-D) 6-0, 6-0 
Orange South Draw – Semifinals 
Mikayla Mckenzie (MSU-D) def. Savannah Johnson (USU) Ret-Inj   

Doubles   
Gold North Draw – Semifinals   
Beata Havlickova/Sorcha Caves (USD) def. Magdalena Nunez Pureco/Cielo Tapia-Cruz (USU) 6-3 
Zeynep Naz Ozturk/Lisa Küng (USU) def. Paige Alter/Amanda de Oliveira (USD) 6-3 
Green East Draw – Semifinals 
Indya Nespor (USU)/ Li Yang Ping An (WSU) def. Maile Brilhante/Ana Chavez Sanchez (USU) 7-6 (3) 
Green North Draw – Semifinals 
Sicely Ferreira/Sydney Schnell (WSU) def. Niyati Kukreti/Savannah Johnson (USU) Ret-Inj 

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