LOGAN, Utah - Utah State women's tennis outlasted Nevada for a 4-2 victory on Sunday at the Sports Academy & Racquet Club, improving to 8-8 on the season. USU's eight wins are already the most by the program in a single season since 2019.

Doubles 
Sophomore Kylee Sperry and freshman Terezia Mlkva kicked the day off with a 6-2 win at No. 2 doubles. From there, the match grew increasingly tight. Nevada responded with a 7-5 win at the top spot of the doubles lineup before sophomore Maria Paula Ramos Garcia and freshman Chahd Tourkhani pulled through with a 6-4 win at No. 3 doubles to secure the 1-0 lead for USU.

Singles 
Ramos Garcia picked up in singles play where she left off in doubles, dominating at the No. 4 position in a 6-0, 6-2 win to double Utah State's lead. The remaining five matches all either went a full three sets or involved tiebreakers. At the sixth position, redshirt junior Magdalena Nunez Pureco came through in the clutch in a first-set tiebreak before breaking open the match in the second to record a 7-6 (5), 6-1 victory, putting the Aggies up, 3-0.

The Wolf Pack battled back, winning at the top two positions in matches that both featured tiebreaks. At the second position, freshman Sabina Pintea battled back from a multi-break deficit in the second set to win in a tiebreaker, 7-6 (3), and force a third set where she again attempted a multi-point comeback, winning three-straight points before ultimately falling, 1-6, 7-6 (3), 4-6. At the fourth position, however, Paterova returned momentum to the Aggies with a dominant third set, blanking her opponent and securing the team victory with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-0 win. At No. 5 singles, Tourkhani was tied at 5-5 in a decisive third set at the time the match was clinched.

Next Up
Utah State returns to the road for its next three matches, beginning on Thursday, April 2, at 3 p.m. (MT) at Fresno State.

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Utah State vs Nevada
March 29, 2026
Sports Academy & Racquet Club
Logan, Utah
 
Results
Utah State 4, Nevada 2
 
Doubles
1. Silvia Costache/Marlene Foerster (Nevada) def. Natalie Paterova/Sabina Pintea (Utah State) 7-5
2. Terezia Mlkva/Kylee Sperry (Utah State) Amahee Charrier/Petra Janigova (Nevada) 6-2
3. Maria Paula Ramos Garcia/Chahd Tourkhani (Utah State) def. Wiem Boubaker/Kennedy Robinson (Nevada) 6-4

Singles
1. Amaze Charrier (Nevada) def. Terezia Mlkva (Utah State) 7-6 (4), 6-4
2. Marlene Foerster (Nevada) def. Sabina Pintea (Utah State) 6-1, 6-7 (3), 6-4
3. Natalie Paterova (Utah State) def. Kennedy Robinson (Nevada) 4-6, 6-3, 6-0
4. Maria Paula Ramos Garcia (Utah State) def. Silvia Costache (Nevada) 6-0, 6-2
5. Chahd Tourkhani (Utah State) vs Petra Janigova (Nevada) 4-6, 7-5, 5-5, unfinished
6. Magdalena Nunez Pureco (Utah State) def. Wiem Boubaker (Nevada) 7-6 (5), 6-1

Match Notes
Order of Finish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (4,6,1,2,3)
Utah State (8-8, 2-4 MW)
Nevada (6-9, 2-4 MW)
 
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