Utah Tech opened its 2023 WAC slate on a sour notes as the Trailblazers were defeated at New Mexico State, 7-0, on Friday at the NM State Tennis Center.
 
The Trailblazers played a pair of close doubles matches, with the duo of Rachel Mellor and Annemiek Sterk falling by a 7-5 count at No. 1 Doubles, while Ya-Chi Hsu and Adithi Venkatakrishnan came out on the short end of a hard-fought 6-4 result. UT was then swept in all six singles matches in straight sets.  
 
Utah Tech returns to action on Saturday with a pair of matches at Eastern Arizona against host EAU and Weatherford College.
 
New Mexico State 7, Utah Tech 0
Las Cruces, N.M. (NM State Tennis Center); March 17, 2023
Singles competition 
1. Anna Pinaieva (NMSU) def. Rachel Mellor (UTU) 6-3, 6-1
2. Valeriia Ivanovskaia (NMSU) def. Ya-Chi Hsu (UTU) 6-1, 6-4
3. Miranda Bishard (NMSU) def. Adithi Venkatakrishnan (UTU) 6-0, 6-4
4. Bella Nguyen (NMSU) def. Annemiek Sterk (UTU) 6-0, 6-3
5. Kurdi Dora) def. Alysha Damron (UTU) 7-6 (7-2), 6-4
6. Melissa Cartis (NMSU) def. Raquel Roshak (UTU) 6-3, 6-2

Doubles competition 
1. Anna Pinaieva/Lisa Zhu (NMSU) def. Annemiek Sterk/Rachel Mellor (UTU) 7-5
2. Miranda Bishard/Bella Nguyen (NMSU) def. Ya-Chi Hsu/Adithi Venkatakrishnan (UTU) 6-4
3. Valeriia Ivanovskaia/Dora Kurdi (NMSU) vs. Alysha Damron/Jane Dorny (UTU) 6-2