ST. GEORGE, Utah – The Bengals women's tennis team traveled down to St. George, Utah this past weekend to take on the Utah Tech Trailblazers for the second time this season. The Bengals went on to sweep the Trailblazers, 7-0, just a few weeks ago in Ogden, Utah.
In the doubles matches, the Bengals would come out firing on all cylinders, sweeping all three doubles matches. In the #1 doubles match the twins, Sol and
Lola O'Lideadha would win 6-4, in the #2 doubles match
Asem Shoybek and
Stefanya Shalakhova would down their UT matchups 6-3, and in the #3 doubles match
Hana Cho and
Megan Lang-Gould would take care of business, winning 6-3.
Heading into singles play, the Bengals led 1-0, however, Utah Tech would not go down as easy as last time, as
Hana Cho would fall in the #1 singles match, 2-6, 6-0, 3-6, helping Utah tech tie the team score up 1-1. In the #2 singles match
Lola O'Lideadha would pull out a three-set win, 4-6, 6-3, 10-5, and in the #3 singles match
Sol O'Lideadha would down her matchup in straight sets 6-2, 6-3.
Megan Lang-Gould would step up for Idaho State, as she went on to defeat her #4 singles opponent in straight sets, 6-1, 7-5. In the #5 singles match
Sydney Morris would be unable to get it done, falling 4-6, 3-6. In the final singles match,
Olivia Mikkelson would go to work, defeating her Trailblazer opponent handily, 6-2, 6-1, as ISU would go on to defeat UT 5-2. Following the win, the Bengals are winners of their last 5 in a row, and improve to 6-3 overall and 1-0 in Big Sky play.
Head Coach
Gretchen Maloney shared her thoughts on the team's performance, "Playing outside was nice but we took a bit to acclimate. We swept the doubles matches with strong play, but singles were a bit more challenging with the conditions. Our team made the right adjustments and got it done."
The Bengals will return to the court next on Sunday, March 17
th, as they travel to Flagstaff, Arizona to resume Big Sky Conference play, taking on the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks.
