Friday, January 19
Seattle, WA
12:00 PM
University of Washington
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Texas Tech
Photo by: Red Box Pictures
Huskies Fall In Home Opener To No. 8 Red Raiders
January 19, 2018 | Women's Tennis
SEATTLE โ In its dual match home opener at the Nordstrom Tennis Center, the Husky women's tennis team had a couple of top-25 wins in singles and doubles, but couldn't get the top-25 win in the team column, as eighth-ranked Texas Tech had too much depth in a 4-1 win over the Dawgs.
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Freshman Vanessa Wong continues to make a name for herself as she dispatched the 23rd-ranked player in the country in straight sets, and UW also had an impressive doubles win over the 21st-ranked duo but the Dawgs dropped to 1-1 while the Red Raiders, an NCAA quarterfinalist a year ago, won its season-opener.
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"The doubles point was definitely close," said Head Coach Robin Stephenson. "We had Miki (Kobayashi) out of the lineup and had a new team out there, and we just wanted to improve a lot in our doubles from Hawaii because we didn't play very well there. I thought we did, and we gave ourselves opportunities to win the doubles point, but unfortunately came up short.
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"After that point I still felt like we had a chance at every spot, but Texas Tech is tough, there's a reason they're No. 8 in the country. Vanessa had a big win today for us, Stacey was in a good position against a top-five player in the country, and I think there's just a lot to learn at this point in the season playing an opponent like that. I think we can get a lot out of this match."
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Doubles started about as well as could be for the Dawgs, as Kenadi Hance and Lana Slavica rolled to a 6-0 upset of Texas Tech's 21st-ranked team of Federici/Dvorak at the No. 1 spot. UW had early leads on courts two and three as well, but Texas Tech turned around No. 2, as Talaba/Maltby won five games in a row to defeat Wong and Katarina Kopcalic, 6-3, after UW was up 3-1. It all came down to the No. 3 spot, where Stacey Fung and Alexis Prokopuik went up 6-5 and then had 0-40 for match points against Valenstein/Rush. But the Raiders saved them all to hold and force a tiebreak. Texas Tech went up 4-0 in the breaker but UW evened it at 5-5. The teams traded points, with UW saving two Texas Tech match points, but couldn't get a lead, and the Raiders closed it out on their third chance, 9-7.
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In singles play, Wong and sixth-ranked Fung raced out to big leads and easily won their first sets, but all of the remaining four sets went to Texas Tech.
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Wong, ranked 115th, put away Felicity Maltby at the No. 2 singles spot, 6-1, 6-2, for the lone Husky singles point. The No. 1 spot was a marquee match between sixth-ranked Fung and fifth-ranked Gabriela Talaba, but it did not get to see a conclusion. Fung blanked Talaba, 6-0, in the first set, but Talaba answered with a 6-2 win in the second set. Fung had broken serve for a 3-1 lead and was serving in the third set when Texas Tech earned its fourth team point to clinch and the remaining two matches were halted.
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At No. 4 singles, Sarah Dvorak defeated the junior Hance, 6-3, 6-1. Sophomore Katarina Kopcalic lost at No. 5 singles, 6-1, 6-1, to Tech's Alex Valenstein. The No. 6 singles match was won by Texas Tech's Lana Rush, 6-3, 6-2, over sophomore Lana Slavica. Senior Alexis Prokopuik was also trailing her No. 3 match, 4-6, 1-5, against Sabrina Federici when the match was halted.
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Washington Women's Tennis
Nordstrom Tennis Center โ Seattle, Wash.
January 19, 2018
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No. 8 Texas Tech 4, Washington 1
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Doubles
1) Hance/Slavica (UW) def. (21) Federici/Dvorak (TT), 6-0
2) Talaba/Maltby (TT) def. Wong/Kopcalic (UW), 6-3
3) Valenstein/Rush (TT) def. Fung/Prokopuik (UW), 7-6 (7)
Order of finish: 1, 2, 3
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Singles
1) (6) Stacey Fung (UW) vs. (5) Gabriela Talaba (TT), 6-0, 2-6, 3-1, DNF
2) (115) Vanessa Wong (UW) def. (23) Felicity Maltby (TT), 6-1, 6-2
3) Alexis Prokopuik (UW) vs. Sabrina Federici (TT), 4-6, 1-5, DNF
4) Sarah Dvorak (TT) def. Kenadi Hance (UW), 6-3, 6-1
5) Alex Valenstein (TT) def. Katarina Kopcalic (UW), 6-1, 6-1
6) Lana Rush (TT) def. Lana Slavica (UW), 6-3, 6-2
Order of finish: 5, 2, 6, 4
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Freshman Vanessa Wong continues to make a name for herself as she dispatched the 23rd-ranked player in the country in straight sets, and UW also had an impressive doubles win over the 21st-ranked duo but the Dawgs dropped to 1-1 while the Red Raiders, an NCAA quarterfinalist a year ago, won its season-opener.
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"The doubles point was definitely close," said Head Coach Robin Stephenson. "We had Miki (Kobayashi) out of the lineup and had a new team out there, and we just wanted to improve a lot in our doubles from Hawaii because we didn't play very well there. I thought we did, and we gave ourselves opportunities to win the doubles point, but unfortunately came up short.
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"After that point I still felt like we had a chance at every spot, but Texas Tech is tough, there's a reason they're No. 8 in the country. Vanessa had a big win today for us, Stacey was in a good position against a top-five player in the country, and I think there's just a lot to learn at this point in the season playing an opponent like that. I think we can get a lot out of this match."
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Doubles started about as well as could be for the Dawgs, as Kenadi Hance and Lana Slavica rolled to a 6-0 upset of Texas Tech's 21st-ranked team of Federici/Dvorak at the No. 1 spot. UW had early leads on courts two and three as well, but Texas Tech turned around No. 2, as Talaba/Maltby won five games in a row to defeat Wong and Katarina Kopcalic, 6-3, after UW was up 3-1. It all came down to the No. 3 spot, where Stacey Fung and Alexis Prokopuik went up 6-5 and then had 0-40 for match points against Valenstein/Rush. But the Raiders saved them all to hold and force a tiebreak. Texas Tech went up 4-0 in the breaker but UW evened it at 5-5. The teams traded points, with UW saving two Texas Tech match points, but couldn't get a lead, and the Raiders closed it out on their third chance, 9-7.
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In singles play, Wong and sixth-ranked Fung raced out to big leads and easily won their first sets, but all of the remaining four sets went to Texas Tech.
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Wong, ranked 115th, put away Felicity Maltby at the No. 2 singles spot, 6-1, 6-2, for the lone Husky singles point. The No. 1 spot was a marquee match between sixth-ranked Fung and fifth-ranked Gabriela Talaba, but it did not get to see a conclusion. Fung blanked Talaba, 6-0, in the first set, but Talaba answered with a 6-2 win in the second set. Fung had broken serve for a 3-1 lead and was serving in the third set when Texas Tech earned its fourth team point to clinch and the remaining two matches were halted.
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At No. 4 singles, Sarah Dvorak defeated the junior Hance, 6-3, 6-1. Sophomore Katarina Kopcalic lost at No. 5 singles, 6-1, 6-1, to Tech's Alex Valenstein. The No. 6 singles match was won by Texas Tech's Lana Rush, 6-3, 6-2, over sophomore Lana Slavica. Senior Alexis Prokopuik was also trailing her No. 3 match, 4-6, 1-5, against Sabrina Federici when the match was halted.
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Washington Women's Tennis
Nordstrom Tennis Center โ Seattle, Wash.
January 19, 2018
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No. 8 Texas Tech 4, Washington 1
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Doubles
1) Hance/Slavica (UW) def. (21) Federici/Dvorak (TT), 6-0
2) Talaba/Maltby (TT) def. Wong/Kopcalic (UW), 6-3
3) Valenstein/Rush (TT) def. Fung/Prokopuik (UW), 7-6 (7)
Order of finish: 1, 2, 3
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Singles
1) (6) Stacey Fung (UW) vs. (5) Gabriela Talaba (TT), 6-0, 2-6, 3-1, DNF
2) (115) Vanessa Wong (UW) def. (23) Felicity Maltby (TT), 6-1, 6-2
3) Alexis Prokopuik (UW) vs. Sabrina Federici (TT), 4-6, 1-5, DNF
4) Sarah Dvorak (TT) def. Kenadi Hance (UW), 6-3, 6-1
5) Alex Valenstein (TT) def. Katarina Kopcalic (UW), 6-1, 6-1
6) Lana Rush (TT) def. Lana Slavica (UW), 6-3, 6-2
Order of finish: 5, 2, 6, 4
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