Utah Tech opened its final homestand of the 2022-23 season on the wrong side of a 5-2 WAC dual loss to Abilene Christian on Friday afternoon at the Trailblazer Tennis Courts.  
 
UT (2-18/0-8 WAC) dropped all three doubles matches, but came back to claim victory at No. 1 and No. 2 singles. Junior Rachel Mellor recorded the Trailblazers' first point of the match with a 7-6, 6-3 victory over ACU's No. 1 Masha Vrsalovic, while freshman Adithi Venkatakrishnan defeated ACU's Maryjoe Crisolog at No. 2 singles, 7-6, 6-3.
 
However Utah Tech fell in straight sets in the other four singles matches as the Wildcats (10-12/4-4 WAC) cruised to the dual win.  
 
Utah Tech will close out the 2022-23 season with a home dual vs. Tarleton State this Sunday morning beginning at 9:30 a.m.  
 
Abilene Christian 5, Utah Tech 2
St. George, Utah (Trailblazer Tennis Courts); April 14, 2023
Singles competition 
1. Rachel Mellor (UTU) def. Masha Vrsalovic (ACU) 7-6 (7-3), 6-3
2. Adithi Venkatakrishnan (UTU) def. Maryjoe Crisologo (ACU) 7-6 (7-4), 6-3
3. Olivia Sears (ACU) def. Alysha Damron (UTU), 6-1, 6-1
4. Maria Cascos (ACU) def. Raquel Roshak (UTU) 6-1, 6-4
5. Andrea Guerrero (ACU) def. Cami Oyama (UTU) 6-1, 6-0
6. Eva Arranz (ACU) def. Jane Dorny (UTU) 6-3, 6-1

Doubles competition 
1. Masha Vrsalovic/Olivia Sears (ACU) def. Annemiek Sterk/Rachel Mellor (UTU) 7-5
2. Maryjoe Crisologo/Maria Cascos (ACU) def. Ya-Chi Hsu/Adithi Venkatakrishnan (UTU) 6-1
3. Andrea Guerrero/Eva Arranz (ACU) def. Raquel Roshak/Cami Oyama (UTU) 6-0