Friday, March 8
Boulder, CO
12:30 PM
University of Washington
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Colorado
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No. 7 Huskies Win Pac-12 Opener 4-1 At Colorado
March 08, 2019 | Women's Tennis
BOULDER, COLO. --- The seventh ranked Washington women's tennis team defeated Colorado 4-1 on Friday afternoon at Rocky Mountain Tennis Center. The Huskies are now 1-0 in Pac-12 play and 11-1 on the season.
The Huskies jumped out to a 1-0 lead after winning two doubles matches on Courts 1 and 2. The 43rd ranked doubles partner of Stacey Fung and Nika Zupancic defeated Malinen and Andrinopoulos 6-3. Fung and Zupanic's record on the year now stands at 7-1 in dual doubles matches.
On Court 2, sophomore Vanessa Wong and Zoey Weil beat Nayar and Forster 6-4 to clinch the doubles point for the Dawgs. Wong and Weil are now 5-1 in dual doubles matches.
Senior Kenadi Hance and freshman Sedona Gallagher's match on Court 3 went unfinished. The score was 4-4 at the time of the doubles point being decided.
In singles play, the Buffaloes tied up the match at one as junior Katarina Kopcalic lost to Malinen 1-6, 3-6.
However, the Huskies did not look back and went on to win the next three singles matches.
Wong came back from a one set deficit to defeat Andrinopoulos 1-6, 6-3, 6-3 to give UW a 2-1 lead. Wong remains perfect in singles dual matches at 11-0.
Fung then finished off Nayar 7-6, 6-4 to extend the Washington lead to 3-1. Fung improved her record on the season to 8-3 in singles dual matches.
On Court 5, Gallagher took care of business and took down Farrow 6-4, 6-3 to give the Huskies their fourth point of the match.
Junior Natsuho Arakawa was down 6-7, 5-4 when the match was completed. Zupancic took the first set 6-3, and was up 4-2 as her match went unfinished.
The Dawgs look to keep their six-match win streak alive as the road trip continues on March 10, when the Huskies face Utah at 10 a.m.
Doubles Results (1, 2, 3)
No.1 #43 Fung/Zupancic (UW) def. Malinen/Andrinopoulos (CU) 6-3
No.2 Wong/Weil (UW) def. Nayar/Forster (CU) 6-4
No.3 Farrow/Ecton (CU) vs. Hance/Gallagher (UW) 4-4 unfinished
Singles Results (3, 2, 1, 5)
No.1 #69 Stacey Fung (UW) def. Sara Nayar (CU) 7-6(7), 6-4
No.2 #112 Vanessa Wong (UW) def. Annabelle (CU) 1-6, 6-3, 6-3
No.3 Monica Malinen (CU) def. Katarina Kopcalic (UW) 6-1, 6-3
No.4 Megan Forster (CU) vs. Natsuho Arakawa (UW) 7-6(2), 4-6, 4-5 unfinished
No.5 Sedona Gallagher (UW) def. Tallulah Farrow (CU) 6-4, 6-3
No.6 Ky Ecton (CU) vs. Nika Zupancic (UW) 3-6, 2-4 unfinished
Check back at GoHuskies.com for more updates on the Husky women's tennis team, and follow the Huskies on Twitter @UW_WTennis, on Instagram @uw_wtennis and on Facebook at Washington Husky Women's Tennis.
The Huskies jumped out to a 1-0 lead after winning two doubles matches on Courts 1 and 2. The 43rd ranked doubles partner of Stacey Fung and Nika Zupancic defeated Malinen and Andrinopoulos 6-3. Fung and Zupanic's record on the year now stands at 7-1 in dual doubles matches.
On Court 2, sophomore Vanessa Wong and Zoey Weil beat Nayar and Forster 6-4 to clinch the doubles point for the Dawgs. Wong and Weil are now 5-1 in dual doubles matches.
Senior Kenadi Hance and freshman Sedona Gallagher's match on Court 3 went unfinished. The score was 4-4 at the time of the doubles point being decided.
In singles play, the Buffaloes tied up the match at one as junior Katarina Kopcalic lost to Malinen 1-6, 3-6.
However, the Huskies did not look back and went on to win the next three singles matches.
Wong came back from a one set deficit to defeat Andrinopoulos 1-6, 6-3, 6-3 to give UW a 2-1 lead. Wong remains perfect in singles dual matches at 11-0.
Fung then finished off Nayar 7-6, 6-4 to extend the Washington lead to 3-1. Fung improved her record on the season to 8-3 in singles dual matches.
On Court 5, Gallagher took care of business and took down Farrow 6-4, 6-3 to give the Huskies their fourth point of the match.
Junior Natsuho Arakawa was down 6-7, 5-4 when the match was completed. Zupancic took the first set 6-3, and was up 4-2 as her match went unfinished.
The Dawgs look to keep their six-match win streak alive as the road trip continues on March 10, when the Huskies face Utah at 10 a.m.
Doubles Results (1, 2, 3)
No.1 #43 Fung/Zupancic (UW) def. Malinen/Andrinopoulos (CU) 6-3
No.2 Wong/Weil (UW) def. Nayar/Forster (CU) 6-4
No.3 Farrow/Ecton (CU) vs. Hance/Gallagher (UW) 4-4 unfinished
Singles Results (3, 2, 1, 5)
No.1 #69 Stacey Fung (UW) def. Sara Nayar (CU) 7-6(7), 6-4
No.2 #112 Vanessa Wong (UW) def. Annabelle (CU) 1-6, 6-3, 6-3
No.3 Monica Malinen (CU) def. Katarina Kopcalic (UW) 6-1, 6-3
No.4 Megan Forster (CU) vs. Natsuho Arakawa (UW) 7-6(2), 4-6, 4-5 unfinished
No.5 Sedona Gallagher (UW) def. Tallulah Farrow (CU) 6-4, 6-3
No.6 Ky Ecton (CU) vs. Nika Zupancic (UW) 3-6, 2-4 unfinished
Check back at GoHuskies.com for more updates on the Husky women's tennis team, and follow the Huskies on Twitter @UW_WTennis, on Instagram @uw_wtennis and on Facebook at Washington Husky Women's Tennis.
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
1,2
#1 Singles Match
12
76
Nayar, Sara / 0 [COLO]
64
#2 Singles Match
123
166
Andrinopoulos, A. / 0 [COLO]
633
#3 Singles Match
12
13
Malinen, Monica / 0 [COLO]
66
#4 Singles Match
1234
665UF
Forster, Megan / 0 [COLO]
744UF
#5 Singles Match
12
66
Farrow, Tallulah / 0 [COLO]
43
#6 Singles Match
123
64UF
Ecton, Ky / 0 [COLO]
32UF
Order of Finish:
3,2,1,5
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