Colorado State Defeats Utah For Fifth Place at MWC Women's Tennis Tournament

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Colorado State Defeats Utah For Fifth Place at MWC Women's Tennis Tournament

Rams end season with 10-9 overall record; Utah finishes with a 7-16 record on the season.

The Rams' doubles pair of Sanja Hansson (pictured) and Dasha Zhurin picked up a victory for CSU.

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April 26, 2003

SAN DIEGO - Fifth-seeded Colorado State defeated seventh-seeded Utah, 4-1, to claim fifth-place at the 2003 MWC Women's Tennis Championship Saturday morning at SDSU Courts.

The Rams doubles pairs of Sanja Hansson and Dasha Zhurin and Carla Pallares and Tatyana Ugorich won matches at the number one and three positions, respectively, to tally the doubles point. Pallares (No. 4), Hansson (No. 1) and Jessica Jones (No. 5) were victorious in their respective singles matches, to clinch the win for Colorado State. Sheri Esrock notched the only point for Utah with her victory over CSU's Dasha Zhurin at number two singles.

The Rams close out the tournament with a 10-9 overall record, while Utah finishes with a 7-16 record on the season.

Mountain West Conference Women's Tennis Championship
Fifth Place Match SDSU Tennis Courts, San Diego, Calif. April 26, 2003

(5) Colorado State 4, (7) Utah 1

Singles
1. Sanja Hansson (CSU) def. Ellen Svensson (Utah) 6-3, 6-1
2. Sheri Esrock (Utah) def. Dasha Zhurin (CSU) 7-5, 6-2
3. Alexandra Paganetti (CSU) vs. Cassie Kasteler (Utah) DNF
4. Carla Pallares (CSU) def. Rachel Alder (Utah) 6-0, 6-1
5. Jessica Jones (CSU) def. Allison Hansen (Utah) 6-4, 6-2
6. Tatyana Ugorich (CSU) vs. Maria Svensson (Utah) 3-6, 3-3 DNF

Doubles
1. Hansson/Zhurin (CSU) def. E. Svensson/Hansen (Utah), 8-4
2. Esrock/M. Svensson (Utah) def. Jones/Paganetti (CSU), 8-1
3. Pallares/Ugorich (CSU) def. Doyle/Kasteler (Utah), 8-3
Colorado State wins doubles point.