Feb. 7, 2008
Northern Arizona was victorious in five of six singles matches in handing the UTEP tennis team its first loss of the spring season, 5-2 on Thursday at the El Paso Tennis Club.
The Miners (3-1) swept all three doubles matches. But junior Weronika Bloczynska was the only UTEP player to manage a win in singles. She downed the Lumberjacks' Edit Suhajda 6-0, 6-1 at the no. 1 position.
UTEP's Marina Deluca, Megan Pritchard, Ximena Fuentes, Vicky Michaud and Amber Brightly all suffered straight-set losses in singles.
Bloczynska and Pritchard beat NAU's Orsi Golovics and Suhajda 8-4 at no. 1 doubles. Deluca and Fuentes dominated the Lumberjacks' Stephanie Vallejos and Amiee Oki in the no. 2 slot 8-2, while Brightly and Michaud prevailed over NAU's Leslie Vial and Stacey Pinchbeck at the no. 3 position, 8-5.
The Miners will host Idaho on Friday at 1 p.m. and Utah State on Sunday at 9 a.m.
Northern Arizona 5, UTEP 2
DOUBLES
1. Weronika Bloczynska/Megan Pritchard (UTEP) d. Orsi Golovics/Edit Suhajda (NAU) 8-4
2. Marina Deluca/Ximena Fuentes (UTEP) d. Stephanie Vallejos/Amiee Oki (NAU) 8-2
3. Amber Brightly/Vicky Michaud (UTEP) d. Leslie Vial/Stacey Pinchbeck (NAU) 8-5
SINGLES
1. Bloczynska (UTEP) d. Suhajda (NAU) 6-0, 6-1
2. Golovics (NAU) d. Deluca (UTEP) 6-4, 6-2
3. Pinchbeck (NAU) d. Pritchard (UTEP) 6-2, 6-4
4. Vallejos (NAU) d. Fuentes (UTEP) 6-1, 6-0
5. Paij Porter (NAU) d. Michaud (UTEP) 6-3, 6-3
6. Vial (NAU) d. Brightly (UTEP) 6-1, 6-0
