BOISE, Idaho – Utah State women's tennis lost to the UNLV Rebels, 4-0, on Sunday.
UNLV began the day by taking the doubles point in a battle. After the Rebels won the match on court two, the Aggies' Monique Burton and Lisa Küng took the court one victory leaving all pressure on court three. UNLV was able to clinch the doubles point in a 7-5 win to earn the first point of the match.
During singles play at the No. 1 spot, senior Zeynep Naz Ozturk recorded a 6-3 first set win. Her match was left unfinished with the second set at a 5-5 tie. Graduate students Monique Burton and Annaliese County both had their matches left unfinished in the second set after earning first-set wins as well. The Rebels clinched the match with wins on courts two, four and five.
Utah State (5-9, 0-4 MW) will travel to Colorado Springs, Colorado to continue Mountain West play as they face New Mexico (7-4, 0-2 MW) on Friday, April 7, at 10 a.m. (MT) and Air Force (7-8, 3-1 MW) on Saturday, April 8, at 2 p.m. (MT).
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RESULTS
Utah State 0, UNLV 4
Doubles
1. Burton/Küng (USU) def. Aher/Helgesson (UNLV) 6-4
2. Hu/Zhao (UNLV) def. Lavatai/Naz Ozturk (USU) 6-1
3. Kovacs/Zdravkovic def. County/Nunez Pureco (USU) 7-5
Singles
1. Zeynep Naz Ozturk (USU) vs. Molly Helgesson (UNLV) 6-3, 5-5 unfinished
2. Zita Kovacs (UNLV) def. Lisa Küng (USU) 6-2, 6-4
3. Monique Burton (USU) vs. Salsa Aher (UNLV) 6-3, 3-4 unfinished
4. Cindy Hu (UNLV) def. Magdalena Nunez Pureco (USU) 6-4, 6-2
5. Coco Zhao (UNLV) def. Laura Fernanda (USU) 6-3, 6-3
6. Annaliese County (USU) vs. Aura Fang (UNLV) 6-3, 5-5 unfinished
Match Notes
Utah State: 5-9 (0-4 MW)
UNLV: 11-2 (3-0 MW)
Order of finish: (2,1,3) (2,4,5)
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