Box Score

SALT LAKE CITY - Facing off against its second consecutive Pac-12 foe to begin the 2021 season, the NM State women's tennis team dropped a 5-0 decision to Utah Thursday afternoon at the George S. Eccles Tennis Center.

DOUBLES
• The Aggies couldn't get much going in tandem play against their Pac-12 foe. Chloe Gavino and Lucija Josipovic fell 6-1 to the Utes' top-flight duo of Jasmine Rich and Anastasia Goncharova.
• Utah sewed up the doubles point after Miranda Bishard and Bella Nguyen found themselves on the wrong end of a 6-2 result against Anya Lamoreux and Lindsay Hung on line two.

SINGLES
• Once singles play got going, the Utes continued to pick up wins. Josipovic suffered a 6-0, 6-1 defeat at the hands of Rich in sixth-flight singles before Gavino dropped a 6-1, 6-2 decision to Hung on line two. Gavino's setback pushed the Utes' lead to 3-0.
• Utah clinched the win when Bishard lost her one-on-one match against Goncharova 6-2, 6-2 in flight number three.
• Before the match was called, Utah added another point when Nguyen was defeated 6-1, 6-2 by Lamoreaux.

COMING UP NEXT
• The Aggies' next opportunity to secure their first win of 2021 comes Friday morning at the George S. Eccles Tennis Center. NM State is set to take on Big Sky Conference foe Weber State at 9:00 a.m.

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