University of Houston
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Cougars Fall 7-0 at Utah
3/23/2017 12:00:00 AM | Tennis
SALT LAKE CITY -- The Houston Cougar Women's Tennis team fell 7-0 to the University of Utah in the first match of its 2-match road trip, on Thursday.
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Cougars began the day short-handed after freshman Tsveta Dimitrova was forced to miss the match due to an injury. The Utes won the first point of the match with a 6-1 victory from Luisa Gerstner Da Ro and Alexia Petrovic over Ana Glumac and Cristina Rovira at the No. 2 doubles position.
When doubles play was halted, Sveva Mazzari and Lauren Alter trailed Margo Pletcher and Brianna Turley 5-4 at the No. 1 doubles position.
Utah picked up another point to open singles play with a forfeit at No. 6 singles due to Dimitrova's injury, making the score 2-0.
The Utes tallied their third point of the match with a win at the No. 2 singles position. Brianna Turley defeated Cristina Rovira 6-2 in the first set, before returning for a 6-1 win in set two to extend the lead to 3-0 Utah.
Utah picked up the deciding point at the No. 1 singles position with a victory for Pletcher over Mazzari. The Utes took set one 6-1, and clinched the match with a 6-2 mark in set two. The Utes would then add another point at the No. 5 singles position when Taylor Calton defeated Glumac 6-4, 6-2.
Utah garnered its sixth point from freshman Jena Cheng at the No. 4 singles position. Nicolaou jumped ahead with a 6-4 win in set one. However, Cheng would battle back with a 6-0 win in set two to even the match and force a super tiebreaker. The tiebreaker would also prove intense for the pair, eventually being tied at 10 apiece, before Cheng rallied for two straight points to win 4-6, 6-0, 12-10.
Alter and Petrovic were locked in a duel at the No. 3 singles position as the final match of the afternoon. Alter grabbed the lead with a 7-5 victory, before Petrovic was able to send the match to a tiebreaker with a 6-3 win in the second set. Alter grabbed an early lead in the tiebreaker, however Petrovic bounced back to win 10-5 and clinch the match.
UP NEXT FOR HOUSTON
The Cougars continue their final road trip of the regular season when they meet BYU on Saturday, in Provo, Utah. First serve against BYU is scheduled for 11 a.m., CT.
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