Reno, Nev. The Nevada women’s tennis team bounced back with a 6-1 victory over Western Athletic Conference foe Utah State on Thursday at the Wilbur D. May Tennis Complex at Reno High School.
Nevada got the doubles points by sweeping all three matches and then won five of six singles matches in improving to 9-8 on the year and 1-2 in WAC play.
Four of Nevada’s singles wins came in straight sets and the fifth, a win in the No. 5 spot by Fiorella Velez, came with a 10-6 win in the super tie-breaker. The Wolf Pack’s lone defeat on the day came at the No. 4 spot where Alice Hall retired in the second set because of injury. Hall had won the first set and was up 4-1 in the second when she retired.
The Wolf Pack will return to action on Friday at 1 p.m. when it plays host to Idaho at the Wilbur D. May Complex.
RESULTS
No. 61 Nevada 6, Utah State 1
at Wilber D. May Tennis Complex
Doubles
1. No. 48 Caroline Bailly/Maria Mizyuk (NEV) def. Erin Monson/Lauren Monson, 8-1.
2. Fiorella Velez/Alice Hall (NEV) def. Brianna Harris/Courtney Anderson, 8-4.
3. Ly-Houng Dinh/Bach-Lan Pham (NEV) def. Bridgette Strickland/Dee-Dee Nelson, 8-4.
Singles
1. Bailly def. Anderson, 6-2, 6-3.
2. Mizyuk def. E. Monson, 6-3, 7-6.
3. Dinh def. Harris, 6-3, 6-2.
4. Nelson def. Hall, 5-7, 1-4 (ret.).
5. Velez def. L. Monson, 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (10-6).
6. Pham def. Strickland, 6-1, 6-2.
