(St. George, UT - Mar. 25, 2026) – Utah Tech women's tennis returns to action on Friday for the final time during the 2026 regular season as they will play host to Colorado Mesa in a double header, beginning at 10 a.m..
Two Trailblazer seniors (
Raquel Roshak and
Nicole Kells) will be honored with a senior ceremony in between the two matches.
Who | Utah Tech (9-11, 0-1 WAC) vs. Colorado Mesa (11-14, 0-0 RMAC)
When | Friday, Apr. 10 - 10 a.m. (MT) (Double Header)
Where | Trailblazer Tennis Courts - St. George, UT
Social Media | Instagram + X (Twitter)
Who | Utah Tech (9-11, 0-1 WAC) vs Colorado Mesa (11-14, 0-0 RMAC)
When | Friday, Apr. 10 - 2 p.m. (MT) (Double Header)
Where | Trailblazer Tennis Courts - St. George, UT
Social Media | Instagram + X (Twitter)
A GLANCE AT COLORADO MESA
The Colorado Mesa Mavericks will visit St George this weekend coming off of a three match road trip to the state of Hawaii. During that road trip, the Mavericks went 1-2, with the win coming against Hawaii-Hilo. Sophie Hartman leads CMU in singles play with a 9-4 record on the season, while Delia Maier and Catalina Ballon team up for the best duos record at 19-11.
This is the second time the Mavericks and Trailblazers have faced each other this season, as they met on Feb 27 where UT was victorious by a score of 7-0.
LAST TIME OUT
Two weekends ago on Mar 27-28, Utah Tech split a pair of matches as they defeated Montana 5-2 on Friday, but fell 7-0 to Tarleton State on Saturday. After Friday's win over the Grizzlies, the Trailblazers had a 4 match win streak going, which was the longest of the 2026 campaign. Both
Maya Inouye and
Nutsa Tsintsadze secured their ninth singles victories of the 2026 season and each improved their singles match win streak to three versus Montana.
Cameron Hendrix continued her strong freshman campaign as she picked up her team leading 11th singles victory, and is now 3 wins shy of tying the school record for single-season singles match victories. Cameron also improved her singles win streak to four.
MEET THE TRAILBLAZERS
Utah Tech returns seven letter winners from last year's squad, including sophomore
Maya Inouye, a 2024-25 Second Team All-WAC selection. She led the Trailblazers with 10 singles wins, logging a 10-6 record during the dual season and setting the UT Division I-era record for single-season wins. Inouye is the Trailblazers' first-ever All-WAC singles honoree and the first Trailblazer to reach 10 wins since Yolena Carlon went 10-7 in 2018.
The Trailblazers' two newcomers are freshmen
Cameron Hendrix and
Ilse Fernanda Elechiguerra Ortega. Seeing action in two tournaments last fall, Hendrix won the Bengal draw with doubles partner senior
Nicole Kells at the Idaho State Invitational, and went 2-1 in singles play at the UNLV Watanabe Classic. Out of La Ceiba, Mexico, Elechiguerra Ortega joined the team in time for this spring semester.
Head coach
Eric Pelton is in his 20th season at the helm of Utah Tech women's tennis. He has totaled 111 wins at UT and winning seasons in 2014 (12-9), 2017 (9-8), 2019 (13-4) and 2020 (6-3). Pelton has mentored 10 all-conference selections, including Inouye.
2025 IN REVIEW
UT posted its best Division I-era record in 2025, going 7-13 with wins over Colorado Mesa, the College of Idaho, Mesa CC, Montana, UT Dallas and Weber State. Five of those victories were 7-0 sweeps. Utah Tech's season ended in the first round of the WAC Tennis Championships with a 4-0 loss to UT Arlington.
BIG SKY ON THE HORIZON
Utah Tech is in its last year of competition as a member of the Western Athletic Conference. The Trailblazers will join the Big Sky Conference on July 1, 2026. UT will keep the conference at nine women's tennis programs, joining Eastern Washington, Idaho, Idaho State, Montana, Montana State, Northern Arizona, Portland State and Weber State. Sacramento State departs for the Big West after this season.
UP NEXT
The Trailblazers will head to Arlington, Texas Apr 17-18 for the 2026 WAC Women's Tennis Championship at the Arlington Tennis Center, hosted by UT Arlington.
