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MIKE OLSON

Photo Credit: Stan Plewe/Utah Tech Athletics

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Feb. 11, 2022

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Match Recap: Women's Tennis | 2/11/2022 2:31:00 PM

Trailblazers fall 0-7 in home opener versus Utah State

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Dixie State women's tennis had its home opener Friday afternoon against Utah State. The Trailblazers were swept 7-0 but had some strong individual performances throughout.

Head coach Eric Pelton said, "The girls competed very well today. We fought hard in some very close matches. Even despite some injuries we stayed strong and are so proud of our girls today."

Ya-Chi Hsu and Alexandra Hildreth swept Lisa Kung and Sidnee Lavatai in the No. 2 doubles match, winning their set 6-0. The Aggies took the other two doubles matches and ultimately the doubles point, though, starting the Blazers off down 1-0 heading into singles play.

Hildreth started strong in the No. 1 singles spot, winning the first set. Utah State's Lisa Kung won set 2 and forced a tiebreaker set that Hildreth dropped <>> despite a hard fight until the end.

Another strong performance came out of the No. 3 singles spot where Juliana Honczaruk forced a tiebreak set after winning the first set 6-4, she lost set two 6-3 but played an impressive tiebreak set. Honczaruk lost the tiebreak set 6-10 but made a strong effort to hold the Aggies off.

Hsu also gave it her best effort in the No. 2 singles spot after winning set one and losing set two, she also played to a tiebreaker set but was forced to retire giving Utah State the set win. Additionally, Rachel Mellor held her own in the No. 5 singles spot after losing set one 6-3, she rallied back for a 5-7 set two win to force a tiebreak game she lost 3-10.

Freshman Jane Dorny competed her first singles match as a Trailblazer in the No. 6 spot as well.

The Trailblazers had strong performances throughout the match and forced tie break sets in four of the six singles matches.

The Trailblazers will now head back out on the road for a weekend slate of matches at UNLV against Montana on Feb. 18, North Dakota on Feb. 19 and UNLV on Feb. 20. All three matches will start at 11 a.m. (MST).

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Results

#1 Doubles
FINAL	1
Zeynep Naz Ozturk / Carolina Millan [USU]	6
Honczaruk, Juliana / Mellor, Rachel [DSU]	0

#2 Doubles
FINAL	1
Lisa Kung / Sidnee Lavatai [USU]	0
Hildreth, Alexandra / Hsu, Ya-Chi [DSU]	6

#3 Doubles
FINAL	1
Annaliese County / Gabrielle Dekkers [USU]	6
Longson, Sabrina / Dorny, Jane [DSU]	1

Order of Finish: 2, 1, 3

#1 Singles
FINAL	1	2	3
Lisa Kung [USU]	6	3	6
Hildreth, Alexandra [DSU]	2	6	1

#2 Singles
FINAL	1	2	3
Carolina Millan [USU]	5	6	1
Hsu, Ya-Chi [DSU]	7	3	0

#3 Singles
FINAL	1	2	3
Zeynep Naz Ozturk [USU]	4	6	10
Honczaruk, Juliana [DSU]	6	3	6

#4 Singles
FINAL	1	2
Annaliese County [USU]	6	6
Longson, Sabrina [DSU]	1	1

#5 Singles
FINAL	1	2	3
Gabrielle Dekkers [USU]	6	5	10
Mellor, Rachel [DSU]	3	7	3

#6 Singles
FINAL	1	2
Sidnee Lavatai [USU]	6	6
Dorny, Jane [DSU]	0	1

Order of Finish: 4, 6, 2, 5, 1, 3

Players Mentioned

Juliana Honczaruk: Freshman

Alexandra Hildreth: 5' 5"; Junior

Ya-Chi Hsu: 5' 4"; Sophomore

Rachel Mellor: 5' 11"; Sophomore

Jane Dorny: 5' 3"; Freshman

Players Mentioned

Juliana Honczaruk
: Freshman

Alexandra Hildreth
: 5' 5"; Junior

Ya-Chi Hsu
: 5' 4"; Sophomore

Rachel Mellor
: 5' 11"; Sophomore

Jane Dorny
: 5' 3"; Freshman