April 18, 2005

LOGAN, Utah - Utah State's women's tennis team beat the Idaho State Bengals here this afternoon, 6-1 in the Aggies final match of regular season play. This is the Aggies second win over the Bengals this season, and the Aggies finished regular season play with an 11-11 record.

Utah State started the match strong winning all three doubles matches to take the doubles point. Lindsey Bennion won the No. 1 singles match in a 6-2, 6-3 victory. Jill Smith lost a close match at No. 2 to Armine Sarkavagyan 7-6, 6-4. At No. 4 and 5 Courtney Anderson and Andrea Barker shut down their opponents, both winning 6-0, 6-0.

The Aggies will play again on Thursday, April 21 at 2:00 p.m. against Cal State Fullerton in the opening round of the Big West Tournament in Indian Wells, California.

Utah State 6, Idaho State 1
Singles:
No. 1 Lindsey Bennion (USU) def. Denise Cockrell 6-2, 6-3
No. 2 Armine Sarkavagyan (ISU) def. Jill Smith 7-6, 6-4
No. 3 Carolyn Stephens (USU) def. Valerie Espinosa 6-1, 6-4
No. 4 Courtney Anderson (USU) def. Quinlan Hatch 6-0, 6-0
No. 5 Andrea Barker (USU) def. Katherine Zigars 6-0, 6-0
No. 6 Lauren Monson (USU) def. Kacey Peach 6-2, 6-1
Doubles:
No. 1 Bennion/Stephens (USU) def. Sarkavagyan/Zigars 8-2
No. 2 Smith/Monson (USU) def. Cockrell/Peach 8-2
No. 3 Barker/Anderson (USU) def. Bennion/Espinosa 8-2