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Women's Tennis

Cats Continue Win Streak with 4-2 Victory Over Utah

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah - Arizona women's tennis tallied its third consecutive win on Sunday, defeating Utah 4-2 in Salt Lake City.

The doubles point went to the Wildcats (16-10, 4-5 Pac-12) behind wins on courts two and three. Midori Castillo-Meza and Belen Nevenhoven recorded a 6-2 takedown of Sara Akid and Kaila Barksdale just minutes before Teja Tirunelveli and Kayla Wilkins secured a 6-4 win over Samantha Horwood and Kat Lyman.

No. 101 Reece Carter jumped out to an early lead on court one in singles, going up 5-0 on Lopez and going on to take the first set. Wilkins and Fulgenzi also won their first sets, and it was Fulgenzi who was the first to victory with a 6-1, 6-2 takedown of Akid on court five.

Carter closed out the straight-set win on court one, getting the 6-2, 7-5 victory over Lopez to put Arizona one away from clinching the win.

Utah (10-10, 2-7 Pac-12) got on the board with a win on court four as Kat Lyman defeated Castillo-Meza 6-2, 7-5 and put up a second team point when Barksdale got a 6-2, 7-5 win over Martyna Ostrzygalo.

Wilkins clinched the Arizona victory, defeating Yuhan Liu 6-2, 7-6(8) on court two to seal the Cats' fifth win in their last six matches.

Arizona will play its final match of the regular season Saturday, April 20 at 12:00 p.m. MST at Arizona State.

Results

#42 Arizona 4, #48 Utah 2
Doubles Competition

Order of finish: 3, 2

  1. #71 Reece Carter/Brandelyn Fulgenzi vs. Ana Cruz/Marcela Lopez 5-5, unfinished
  2. Teja Tirunelveli/Kayla Wilkins def. Samantha Horwood/Kay Lyman 6-4
  3. Midori Castillo-Mez/Belen Nevenhoven def. Sara Akid/Kaila Barksdale 6-3

Singles Competition
Order of finish: 5, 1, 4, 3, 2

  1. #101 Reece Carter def. Marcela Lopez 6-2, 7-5
  2. Kayla Wilkins def. Yuhan Liu 6-2, 7-6(8)
  3. Kaila Barksdale def. Martyna Ostrzygalo 7-5, 6-2
  4. Kat Lyman def. Midori Castillo-Meza 6-2, 7-5
  5. Brandelyn Fulgenzi def. Sara Akid 6-1, 6-2
  6. Tanvi Narendran vs. Ana Cruz 6-0, 6-6(5-2), unfinished
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Players Mentioned

Midori Castillo-Meza

Midori Castillo-Meza

Junior
Tanvi Narendran

Tanvi Narendran

Sophomore
Belen Nevenhoven

Belen Nevenhoven

Junior
Kayla Wilkins

Kayla Wilkins

Graduate Student
Martyna Ostrzygalo

Martyna Ostrzygalo

Freshman
Teja Tirunelveli

Teja Tirunelveli

Freshman
Brandelyn Fulgenzi

Brandelyn Fulgenzi

Graduate Student

Players Mentioned

Midori Castillo-Meza

Midori Castillo-Meza

Junior
Tanvi Narendran

Tanvi Narendran

Sophomore
Belen Nevenhoven

Belen Nevenhoven

Junior
Kayla Wilkins

Kayla Wilkins

Graduate Student
Martyna Ostrzygalo

Martyna Ostrzygalo

Freshman
Teja Tirunelveli

Teja Tirunelveli

Freshman
Brandelyn Fulgenzi

Brandelyn Fulgenzi

Graduate Student
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