April 29, 2011

FORT COLLINS, Colo. -

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The second-seeded and 55th-ranked Utah women's tennis team advanced to the championship match of the 2011 Mountain West Women's Tennis Championship with a 4-0 win over sixth-seeded Wyoming on Friday. The Utes will face the winner of No. 1 seed UNLV and No. 4 TCU on Saturday, April 29 at 10 a.m. MT at the University Tennis Complex on the campus of Colorado State in Fort Collins, Colo.

Utah jumped out to a 1-0 advantage after winning the doubles point with victories at the No. 1 and No. 3 positions. After the Utes' tandem of Lucia Kovarcikova and Sarah Pham downed Carly Van Hollen and Veronica Popovici, 8-4, at No. 3 and the Wyoming duo of Rebecca Berger and Alexandra Kovacs defeated Evgenia Kryuchkova and Lexi Provancha, 8-3, at No. 2, the doubles point came down to the top of the lineup. Anastasia Putilina and Paige Miles gave Utah the 1-0 advantage with a 9-7 victory at the No. 1 position.

Following a 90-minute delay between doubles and singles competition, Utah claimed three more points to secure the match. Kryuchkova earned the second point for the Utes at No. 2 singles by defeating Alexandra Kovacs, 6-0, 6-1, while Miles captured the third point following a 7-5, 6-2 win over Rebecca Berg at the fifth position.

Pham secured the dual for the Utes with a 7-6 (7), 6-4 win over Simona Synkova at the No. 3 singles spot.

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#6 Wyoming Cowgirls vs #2 Utah Utes
Apr 29, 2011 at Fort Collins, Colo.
(University Tennis Complex)
#55 #2 Utah Utes 4, #6 Wyoming Cowgirls 0

Singles competition
1. #89 Anastasia Putilina (UTAH) vs. Veronica Popovici (WYO) 3-6, 6-4, unfinished
2. Evgenia Kryuchkova (UTAHW) def. Alexandra Kovacs (WYO) 6-0, 6-1
3. Sarah Pham (UTAH) def. Simona Synkova (WYO) 7-6 (9-7), 6-4
4. Lucia Kovarcikova (UTAH) vs. Kim van Ginkel (WYO) 6-3, unfinished
5. Paige Miles (UTAH) def. Rebecca Berger (WYO) 7-5, 6-2
6. Lexi Provancha (UTAH) vs. Sasa Nemcova (WYO) 6-2, unfinished

Doubles competition
1. Anastasia Putilina/Paige Miles (UTAH) def. Simona Synkova/Kim van Ginkel (WYO) 9-7
2. Rebecca Berger/Alexandra Kovacs (WYO) def. Evgenia Kryuchkova/Lexi Provancha (UTAH) 8-3
3. Lucia Kovarcikova/Sarah Pham (UTAH) def. Carly Van Hollen/Veronica Popovici (WYO) 8-4

Match Notes:
#6 Wyoming Cowgirls 14-9 (3-5 MW)
#2 Utah Utes 15-9 (7-1 MW); National ranking #55
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (2,5,3)
Due to high winds, singles action was delayed for approx. 90 minutes