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Colorado State Finishes Fifth

Rams defeat Utah, 4-2.

Carla Pallares defeated Cinthia Saucedo at No. 3 singles.

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May 1, 2004

SAN DIEGO - Fifth-seeded Colorado State defeated seventh-seeded Utah, 4-2, to claim fifth-place at the 2004 Mountain West Conference Women's Tennis Championship Saturday at Barnes Tennis Center in San Diego.

The Rams' doubles pairs of Carla Pallares and Jasmin Singh and Tayana Ugorich and Alexandra Paganetti won matches at the number two and three positions, respectively, to tally the doubles point. Jessica Jones (No. 6), Charity Malone (No. 4) and Pallares (No. 3) were victorious in their respective singles matches, to clinch the win for Colorado State. Sheri Esrock (No. 1) and Jessica Watts (No. 5) notched points for Utah with wins in their respective matches.

The Rams close out the tournament with a 13-12 overall record, while Utah finishes with an 8-18 record on the season.

Mountain West Conference Women's Tennis Championship
Fifth Place Match, Barnes Tennis Center, San Diego, Calif., May 1, 2004

(5) COLORADO STATE 4, (7) UTAH 2

Match Start Time: 9 a.m. PDT
Weather: 70 degrees, winds 4 mph out of W, sunny and calm
Time of Match: 2:57

DOUBLES: (Colorado State won point)
No. 1 - Sheri Esrock/Whitney Eber (Utah) vs. Dasha Zhurin/Emily Kirchem (CSU), 5-5, DNF
No. 2 - Carla Pallares/Jasmin Singh (CSU) def. Cinthia Saucedo/Jessica Watts (Utah), 8-6
No. 3 - Tatyana Ugorich/Alexandra Paganetti (CSU) def. Rachel Alder/Jenessa Jackson (Utah), 8-0

Order of Finish: 3, 2
Clinched Point: 2

SINGLES:
No. 1 - Sheri Esrock (Utah) def. Dasha Zhurin (CSU), 6-2, 6-2
No. 2 - Emily Kirchem (CSU) vs. Whitney Eber (Utah), 7-6, 3-2, DNF
No. 3 - Carla Pallares (CSU) def. Cinthia Saucedo (Utah), 7-5, 6-1
No. 4 - Charity Malone (CSU) def. Rachel Alder (Utah), 6-4, 6-4
No. 5 - Jessica Watts (Utah) def. Tatyana Ugorich (CSU), 6-2, 7-5
No. 6 - Jessica Jones (CSU) def. Jenessa Jackson (Utah), 6-0, 6-1

Order of Finish: 1, 6, 5, 4, 3
Clinched Match: 3