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Fresno State Takes on Utah
3/5/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
March 5, 2010
FRESNO, Calif. - Fresno State began its Beehive State road trip with a match against Utah on Friday in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Utes came away with a 7-0 victory.
Senior Renata Kucerkova and sophomore Laura Pola each battled hard in close matches.
Pola went to a super-tiebreaker set, with the Utes' Evgenia Krychkova picking up a 6-1, 6-7 (7-5), (12-10) victory.
At the No. 1 position, Kucerkova went to a tiebreaker in both sets with Utah's Anastasia Putilina, with the Ute coming away with a 7-6 (9-7), 7-6 (13-11) victory.
"We played in a very tough environment and had some opportunities to captilalize," Fresno State head coach Simon Thibodeau said. "We are looking forward to playing BYU on Saturday."
The Bulldogs will next be in action against BYU on Saturday in Provo, Utah.
NCAA WOMEN'S TENNIS
March 5, 2010 - Salt Lake City, Utah
No. 41 Utah 7 Fresno State 0
Doubles (Utah wins the doubles point)
1. Putilina/Miles (UTAH) def. Kucerkova/Pola (FS), 8 5
2. Monson/Maughan (UTAH) def. McQueen/Gragera-Cano (FS), 8-4
3. Kryuchkova/Johnson (UTAH) def. Modoc/Mikhailova (FS), 8-0
Order of Completion: 3, 2, 1
Singles
1. Anastasia Putilina (UTAH) def. Renata Kucerkova (FS), 7-6 (9-7), 7-6 (13-11)
2. Evgenia Kryuchkova (UTAH) def. Laura Pola (FS) 6-1, 6-7 (7-5), (12-10)
3. Erin Monson (UTAH) def. Bianca Modoc (FS), 6-3, 6-4
4. Paige Miles (UTAH) def. Melissa McQueen (FS), 6-2, 6-3
5. Missy Harris (UTAH) def. Julia Gragera-Cano (FS), 7-5, 6-3
6. Lisa Johnson (UTAH) def. Anna Mikhailova (FS), 6-3, 6-2
Order of Completion: 6, 4, 3*, 5, 2, 1
"We Are Your Team" - Come cheer on the Bulldogs as they host a doubleheader against Harvard and Pacific at the Wathen Tennis Center on March 20. For all the up to date information on Fresno State men's tennis stay logged on to gobulldogs.com.
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