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Huskies Win Opener On Road In Provo
January 22, 2011 | Women's Tennis
Jan. 22, 2011
PROVO, Utah. - Winning on the road is something the Husky women's tennis team will hope to make a habit this season, so no better way to start their 2011 season than with a victory on a ranked opponent's home turf. The 23rd-ranked Huskies defeated 73rd-ranked BYU by a 5-2 margin today at the BYU Indoor Tennis Courts, moving to 1-0 on the new season. Ten of Washington's first 12 matches will be on the road.
All-Americans Venise Chan and Denise Dy each posted straight set singles wins and teamed up for a dominant doubles win over a ranked Cougars tandem. After winning the Michigan Invitational doubles title last week in Ann Arbor, the Husky pair continued their hot streak with an 8-1 win over 53rd-ranked Megan Price and Callie Craig, who had just gone 3-0 in their own right at a tourney last week in Memphis. Washington clinched the doubles point to take a 1-0 lead when seniors Lina Xu and Aleksandra Krsljanin held off BYU's Young and Paul, 8-6.
In singles, Chan and Dy gave the Huskies a 3-0 lead with solid singles play. Chan played in the top spot against Price, and rolled to a 6-2, 6-1 victory. The sixth-ranked Dy finished next, defeating Elle Carney, 6-2, 6-3 at No. 2 singles.
Freshman Andjela Nemcevic got the clinching point in her first career dual match. Nemcevic battled through two tough sets against Desiree Tran, closing out the win 7-5, 7-6. Junior Samantha Smith later added another hard-fought point at No. 3 singles, defeating Craig in a third-set super-tiebreaker, 7-5, 5-7, and 12-10 in the tiebreak.
BYU netted two points in the last two singles points. Xu dropped a 6-3, 6-3 match to Elizaveta Ezhova at No. 5, and Krsljanin dropped a 7-6, 6-3 decision to Aubrey Paul at No. 6.
The Huskies will face another road test tomorrow when they head to Salt Lake City to take on 40th-ranked Utah, starting at 10 a.m.
Washington Women's Tennis
January 22, 2011 - Provo, Utah
BYU Indoor Tennis Courts
No. 23 Washington 5; No. 73 BYU 2
Doubles
2) Carney/Ezhova (BYU) def. Nemcevic/Smith (UW) 8-5
3) Krsljanin/Xu (UW) def. Paul/Young (BYU) 8-6
Order of finish: 1, 3, 2
Singles
1) (55) Venise Chan (UW) def. Megan Price (BYU) 6-2, 6-1
2) (6) Denise Dy (UW) def. Elle Carney (BYU) 6-2, 6-3
3) Samantha Smith (UW) def. Callie Craig (BYU) 7-5, 5-7, (10)
4) Andjela Nemcevic (UW) def. Desiree Tran (BYU) 7-5, 7-6
5) Elizaveta Ezhova (BYU) def. Lina Xu (UW) 6-3, 6-3
6) Aubrey Paul (BYU) def. Aleksandra Krsljanin (UW) 7-6, 6-3
Order of finish: 1, 2, 4, 5, 3, 6
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