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Kalaga's Singles Win Highlights Aggies' Matchup against Weber State

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NM State picks up win in number four singles

Box Score SALT LAKE CITY - Junior Gavi Kalaga secured her first singles win of the season, a 6-3, 6-4 victory on line four, but it was the only point the NM State women's tennis team picked up in its 6-1 setback to Weber State Friday at the Eccles Tennis Center on the campus of the University of Utah. 

DOUBLES
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Things could have easily gone either way for the Aggies in doubles action, but in the end it was the Wildcats who made all the right moves. Weber State won 6-2 on line one before Chloe Gavino and Lucija Josipovic dropped a narrow 7-6 decision in third-flight action. 
• Bella Nguyen and Miranda Bishard suffered just as bad of a tough-luck loss on line two, falling 7-5 to Pei-Hsuan Kuo and Megan Davies. 

SINGLES
• Weber State won their singles matches on lines six, three and five to lock up the win, but the teams continued on and finished up the remaining three one-on-one bouts. 
• Kalaga got the better of Kuo 6-3, 6-4 in fourth-flight singles to break up the Wildcats' shutout bid and Gavino won her opening set against Lombardi by a 6-3 tally before dropping the next two sets 7-6 and 11-9.
• Harsha Challa faced off in a pitched battle with Yuuna Ukita in top-flight singles play only to suffer a hard-fought 7-5, 6-4 loss at the end of the day. 

COMING UP NEXT
• The Aggies will enjoy a break of two weeks before their next non-conference action. On Friday, Feb. 19, NM State starts a two-match swing in the state of Texas when it heads to Nacogdoches to take on Southland Conference - and soon-to-be-WAC member - SFA at the Schlief Tennis Complex. First serve has been set for 1:00 p.m.

WEBER STATE 6 (1-1), NM STATE 1 (0-3)
Friday, Feb. 5
Eccles Tennis Center | Salt Lake City, Utah


Singles Competition
1. Yuuna Ukita (WSU-W) def. Harsha Challa (NMSU) 7-5, 6-4
2. Megan Lombardi (WSU-W) def. Chloe Gavino (NMSU) 3-6, 7-6, 11-9
3. Ana Morett Salas (WSU-W) def. Miranda Bishard (NMSU) 6-3, 6-0
4. Gavi Kalaga (NMSU) def. Pei-Hsuan Kuo (WSU-W) 6-3, 6-4
5. Megan Davies (WSU-W) def. Bella Nguyen (NMSU) 6-3, 6-2
6. Sicely Ferreira (WSU-W) def. Lucija Josipovic (NMSU) 6-1, 6-3

Doubles competition
1. Yuuna Ukita/Ana Morett Salas (WSU-W) def. Harsha Challa/Gavi Kalaga (NMSU) 6-2
2. Pei-Hsuan Kuo/Megan Davies (WSU-W) def. Miranda Bishard/Bella Nguyen (NMSU) 7-5
3. Megan Lombardi/Sicely Ferreira (WSU-W) def. Chloe Gavino/Lucija Josipovic (NMSU) 7-6

Match Notes
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (6,3,5,4,2,1)

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