TUCSON, Ariz. - Arizona finished their opening weekend with a 5-2 victory over Utah State (2-1). Utah State clinched the doubles point but the Wildcats came back during singles to clinch the win and hand the Aggies their first loss of the season. 

"I'm happy to be 3-0 to start the season, that's what I had expected from our team but I think we made it harder than it needed to be," said head coach Vicky Maes. "On the other hand, I'm sort of happy that we did have some rough matches and were forced to play under pressure. I was surprised at how poorly we did in doubles this weekend. We barely won the first two on Friday, so we tweaked some teams to make it better but it didn't turn out how I was hoping. In singles, I wasn't watching courts five and six today but I know they battled very hard. I was super impressed with our one through four lineup. They played smart, fought hard, and were under pressure in many situations especially when you're down 1-0 after the doubles point. Devin stepped up big time, Mary kept her composure, Mila had a rough start but recovered and played well, and Talya played ten times better than she did in the doubles."

Arizona's win against Utah State puts them at 3-0 to start the season. The Wildcats will play University of San Diego and Grand Canyon University Feb. 3, 2018 at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. MST, respectively.

Results
Singles
1. Devin Chypyha (UA) def. Sasha Pisareva (USU) 6-4, 6-4
2. Mary Lewis (UA) def. Lucy Octave (USU) 6-2, 6-3
3. Camila Wesbrooks (UA) def. Hannah Jones (USU) 6-4, 6-0
4. Talya Zandberg (UA) def. Maggie O'Meara (USU) 6-3, 6-2
5. Sabrina Demerath (USU) def. Sophia Thomas (UA) 6-7, 6-2, 13-11
6. Maggie Cohen (UA) def. Sophia Haleas (USU) 3-6, 6-4, 11-9

Doubles
1. Devin Chypyha/Camila Wesbrooks (UA) def. Sasha Pisareva/Sabrina Demerath (USU) 6-1
2. Maggie O'Meara/Hannah Jones (USU) def. Marie Van Aelst/Mary Lewis (UA) 6-1
3. Alexandra Taylor/Sophia Haleas (USU) def. Gitte Heynemans/Talya Zandberg (UA) 7-5

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