No. 6 Utah Upsets No. 3 San Diego State to Advance at the Mountain West Conference Women's Tennis Championship

April 23, 2009

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -

The sixth-seeded Utah Utes upset No. 3 seed San Diego State, 4-3, on Thursday at the Jerry Cline Tennis Center to advance to the semifinals of the 2009 Mountain West Conference Women's Tennis Championship. Utah improved to 10-12 on the season, while SDSU fell to 17-8.

Utah jumped out to a 1-0 lead after capturing doubles matches at the No. 1 and No. 2 positions. The Utes' duo of Erin Monson and Andrea Maughan led off play with an 8-3 victory over No. 68 Holly Bagshaw and Julia Trunk at the No. 1 slot. Utah's Anastasia Putilina and Lisa Johnson followed with an 8-5 win over Esther Cadua and Milana Yusupov at the bottom position to clinch the point.

Putilina began the singles scoring for Utah with a 6-0, 6-3 victory over San Diego State's Julia Trunk at the No. 1 position. Evegina Kryuchkova continued the Ute scoring with a 6-0, 6-4 win over SDSU's Esther Cadua at the No. 3 spot. San Diego State got on the board with Holly Bagshaw's straight set win (6-3, 6-3) at the No. 2 position. San Diego State pulled within one point with Sierra Ellison's win over Lisa Johnson at the No. 6 position, while Milana Yusupov tied the contest with her win over Lexi Provancha at No. 5 singles. The contest came down to the No. 4 position, where Utah's Leigh Walsh pulled out a come from behind win over SDSU's Roxanne Ellison (1-6, 7-6 [7-5], 6-4) to clinch the Utah victory.

Utah advances to face second-seeded TCU in the women's tournament semifinals Friday, April 24, at 10 a.m. MT.

Tennis Match Results - #6 Utah 4, #3 San Diego State 3
April 23, 2009 at Albuquerque, N.M. (Jerry Cline Tennis Center)

Singles competition
1. Anastasia Putilina (UTAH) def. TRUNK, Julia (SDSU) 6-0, 6-3
2. BAGSHAW, Holly (SDSU) def. Erin Monson (UTAH) 6-3, 6-3
3. Evegina Kryuchkova (UTAH) def. CADUA, Esther (SDSU) 6-0, 6-4
4. Leigh Walsh (UTAH) def. ELIISON, Roxanne (SDSU) 1-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-4
5. YUSUPOV, Milana (SDSU) def. Lexi Provancha (UTAH) 1-6, 6-1, 6-4
6. ELIISON, Sierra (SDSU) def. Lisa Johnson (UTAH) 7-6 (7-2), 2-6, 6-2

Doubles competition
1. Erin Monson/Andrea Maughan (UTAH) def. #68 BAGSHAW, Holly/TRUNK, Julia (SDSU) 8-3
2. ELIISON, Roxanne/ELIISON, Sierra (SDSU) def. Evegina Kryuchkova/Leigh Walsh (UTAH) 8-5
3. Anastasia Putilina/Lisa Johnson (UTAH) def. CADUA, Esther/YUSUPOV, Milana (SDSU) 9-8 (7-3)

Match Notes:
#6 Utah 10-12, 3-5 MWC; National ranking #67
#3 San Diego State 17-8, 6-2 MWC; National ranking #41
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (1,3,2,6,5,4)
2009 Mountain West Conference Tournament Quarterfinals
Utah advances
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