{"id":508247,"date":"2026-03-01T22:45:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T22:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/508247\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T22:45:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T22:45:14","slug":"womens-tennis-falls-in-4-3-battle-versus-idaho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/508247\/","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s Tennis Falls in 4-3 Battle Versus Idaho"},"content":{"rendered":"

LOGAN, Utah –\u00a0Utah State women’s tennis battled valiantly against Idaho but came up one point short in a 4-3 loss to the Vandals on Sunday at the Sports Academy & Racquet Club.
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\nDoubles\u00a0
\nThe Aggies began the match with momentum as sophomore Maria Paula Ramos Garcia<\/a> and freshman Chahd Tourkhani<\/a> combined for a 6-1 victory at the third position of the doubles lineup. Shortly after, sophomore Natalie Paterova<\/a> and freshman Sabina Pintea<\/a> clinched the doubles point with a 6-3 victory at No. 2 doubles. At the top spot, senior Olivia Halvorsen<\/a> and freshman Terezia Mlkva<\/a> trailed, 4-3, but led 40-15 in a bid to tie the match before being abandoned.<\/p>\n

Singles\u00a0

\nThe Vandals responded in singles play with a pair of wins at the top two spots of the lineup to take a 2-1 lead for the match. Ramos Garcia then answered back for the Aggies, emerging victorious in a tiebreaker in the first set before dominating in the second for a 7-6 (6), 6-2 win at the fourth position. Tourkhani then returned the lead to USU with a dominant showing of her own at No. 5 singles in a 6-0, 6-2 victory. Idaho, however, came away with a three-set win at No. 3 singles before clinching the match with a win at the sixth position for the 4-3 victory.<\/p>\n

Next Up

\nUtah State readies for the beginning of Mountain West play. The Aggies open conference action on the road at Wyoming on Friday, March 13, at 4 p.m. (MT), before also taking on Colorado State on Sunday, March 15, at 11 a.m. (MT).<\/p>\n

Fans can follow USU’s women’s tennis team on Twitter @USUWomensTennis, on Facebook at \/UtahStateWomensTennis or on Instagram at USUWomensTennis. Aggie fans can also follow the Utah State athletic program on Twitter, @USUAthletics, Facebook at \/USUAthletics and on Instagram, @USUAthletics.<\/p>\n

Idaho at Utah State

\nMarch 1, 2026

\nSports Academy & Racquet Club

\nLogan, Utah

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\nResults

\nUtah State 3, Idaho 4

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\nDoubles

\n1. Olivia Halvorsen<\/a>\/Terezia Mlkva<\/a> (Utah State) vs Jessica Matthews\/Naomi Schraeder (Idaho) 3-4 unfinished

\n2. Natalie Paterova<\/a>\/Sabina Pintea<\/a> (Utah State) def. Ida Johansson\/Hanna Koprowska (Idaho) 6-3

\n3. Maria Paula Ramos Garcia<\/a>\/Chahd Tourkhani<\/a> (Utah State) def. Valentina Rodas\/Chenyue Xu (Idaho) 6-1<\/p>\n

Singles

\n1. Chenyue Xu (Idaho) def. Terezia Mlkva<\/a> (Utah State) 6-3, 6-3

\n2. Naomi Schraeder (Idaho) def. Sabina Pintea<\/a> (Utah State) 6-4, 6-4

\n3. Hanna Koprowska (Idaho) def. Natalie Paterova<\/a> (Utah State) 5-7, 6-4, 6-3

\n4. Maria Paula Ramos Garcia<\/a> (Utah State) def. Ida Johansson (Idaho) 7-6 (6), 6-2

\n5. Chahd Tourkhani<\/a> (Utah State) def. Mariam Hatem (Idaho) 6-0, 6-2

\n6. Soha Singh (Idaho) def. Nadine Abid<\/a> (Utah State) 6-3, 6-3<\/p>\n

Match Notes

\nOrder of Finish: Doubles (3,2); Singles (1,2,4,5,3,6)

\nUtah State (6-4, 0-0 MW)

\nIdaho (7-6, 2-0 Big Sky)

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\n– USU –<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOGAN, Utah –\u00a0Utah State women’s tennis battled valiantly against Idaho but came up one point short in a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":508248,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":["post-508247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=508247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/508248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=508247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=508247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=508247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}