SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah women's tennis had a successful first day of the Utah Invite as they won seven matches on the day. The Utes are hosting Weber State, New Mexico, and Utah State for the invite.
The Utes won every match in doubles against New Mexico. Madison Tattini/Emily Dush and Anya Lamoreaux/Samantha Horwood beat the New Mexico Lobos double teams, 8-3. Lindsay Hung and Katya Hersh were able to fight it out against Hsuan Huang and Sarah O'Connor and win 8-4.
In singles, the Utes won four matches on the day. Lamoreaux, Dush, Tattini, and Horwood won their singles matches and went 2-0 on the day. Lamoreaux defeated Megan Davies, 6-2, 6-3. Dush picked up a 6-2, 6-3 win over Yuuna Ukita. Tattini came away with a 6-4, 6-4 win, while Horwood picked up her first career win as a Ute with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Megan Lombardi.
The Utes will be back out again for the second day of the Utah Invite on Saturday. The Utes face Utah State in singles at 8:30 a.m. and it will be followed by playing doubles against Weber State at 11 a.m. Full results from the Utah Invite can be found by clicking here.
Utah Invitational – Day 1 Results
Doubles
Emily Dush/Madison Tattini (UU) def. Yue Lin Chen/My Kageyama (UNM), 8-3
Samantha Horwood/Anya Lamoreaux (UU) def. Hsiang-Wen Huang/Satoho Toriumi, 8-3
Lindsay Hung/Katya Hersh (UU) def. Hsuan Huang/Sarah O'Connor, 8-4
Singles
Anya Lamoreaux (UU) def. Megan Davies (WSU), 6-2, 6-3
Madison Tattini (UU) def. Kenadee Semenik (WSU), 6-4, 6-4
Emily Dush (UU) def. Yuuna Ukita (WSU), 6-2, 6-3
Patty Kuo (WSU) def. Katya Hersh (UU), 6-2, 6-3
Samantha Horwood (UU) def. Megan Lombardi (WSU), 6-3, 6-3
Ana Morett (WSU) def. Lindsay Hung (UU), 6-3, 6-1