The Lady T-Bird tennis team ended its 2013 regular season schedule Thursday afternoon defeating in-state rival Weber State 5-2 to lock up the No. 5 seed in the Big Sky Conference tournament.
SUU ends the season with a 11-7 record overall and 6-4 in Big Sky play.
The Wildcats finish the season with a 6-17 record overall and a 2-8 conference record, which knocks them out of the BSC tournament.
Joining the Lady T-Birds in the postseason tournament are Sacramento State, Montana, Northern Arizona, Northern Colorado and either Montana State or Idaho State.
SUU began the match with WSU by taking all three doubles matches by a combined score of 24-7.
At No. 1 doubles Olya Kunz and Alexsandra Ivanova defeated WSU’s Thais Kurer and Kristi Elemer 8-3 in the closest doubles match up of the afternoon.
In the No. 2 double match SUU’s Veronika Rogova and Anastasiia Vasileva defeated Ashley Tanner and Michelle Warwick, 8-2.
To close out the doubles point SUU’s Afton Stahel and Madeline Skaras defeated Carly Lloyd and Nittaya Phonharath 8-2.
Kunz continued her strong play in singles competition defeating Tanner in straight sets to cap her T-Bird regular season career with a 6-1, 6-1 victory.
In the No. 2 singles match Ivanova also captured a straight set victory defeating WSU’s Elemer 6-2, 6-2.
The No. 3 singles match also went in SUU’s favor as Rogova defeated Phonharath in straight sets 6-1, 6-0.
The Wildcats picked up their first win of the day at the No. 4 singles match as Kurer defeated Skaras in straight sets 6-3, 6-3.
SUU picked up its final win of the day in the No. 5 singles match as Vasileva defeated Warwick in straight sets 6-2, 6-4.
The final match of the day went to WSU as Annika Karlsen defeated Staheli in straight sets, 7-5, 6-4.
The Lady T-Birds will travel to Sacramento, Calif. next weekend for the the Big Sky Conference tournament. The T-Birds are set to face Northern Colorado in the first round. First serve against the Bears has yet to be determined.
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