Aggies down Wildcats in Ogden

The Utah State women’s tennis team beat Weber State 6-1 Wednesday in Ogden. This was the Aggies’ 12th consecutive win against Weber.

“It’s hard to beat anybody twice in a row, let alone twelve times in a row like we have,” said USU head coach Sean McInerney. “It’s a credit to all of the players in this program and we’re just trying to keep that streak going.”

The match began with three doubles matches where junior Ekaterina Tugarinova and sophomore Sabrina Demerath won their match 6-2. Sophomore Maggie O’Meara and junior Nini Guensler would lose their doubles match 6-3, and freshman Monika Van de Vondel and junior Lexi Turley lost their match 6-2.

The two wins gave Weber State the doubles point and a 1-0 lead heading into singles.

“I think it was a really good win,” McInerney said. “I think that we came out a little slow in doubles, but we found a way to bounce back and win all six singles matches against a team that was 4-1 in its conference heading into today. I’m really happy with how tough our team was today.”

Tugarinova and Demerath won their singles matches 6-3, 6-4 and 6-2, 6-3, respectfully. O’Meara also won her match in straight sets, 6-2, 6-3. Guensler and Monika Van de Vondel both won their matches in three sets. Guensler defeated Agata Bachanek 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 and Van de Vondel topped Devi Hasan 6-3, 4-6, 6-1.

Sophomore Meghan Lyall was up 7-5, 4-5 over Morgan Dickason before her match was left unfinished because the match was already decided.

Next up for Utah State is a home match against Montana State on Saturday at 11 a.m. The match is the first home match for USU since Feb. 14 and it opens a four-match homestand.

“Montana state is very good, they’re very good all the way down their lineup,” said McInerney, “I think it’s a good opportunity to get to our fourth win in a row, we’re trying to build momentum going into the Mountain West tournament.”

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