Colorado State University Athletics
Ram Tennis Set For Three Opponents in Utah
3/23/2005 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Ram Tennis travels to Utah
The Colorado State women?s tennis team travels to Utah this weekend to try to improve on its 8-2 record this season. They will face two MWC opponents and one non-conference foe during the trip. The weekend starts against Utah State on Thursday. The Aggies are currently 6-7 including a win over Idaho State 7-0. The Rams also swept Idaho State 7-0 last week. CSU is 6-2 all-time against the Aggies. On Friday, Ram tennis visits No. 22 BYU for the first MWC match of the season. The Rams are 0-7 all-time against BYU?s Cougars who are13-3 for the dual season. All of BYU?s losses came from teams ranked 25th or higher nationally. To finish the weekend?s play, CSU travels to Salt Lake City, Utah where they face the Utah Utes. The Utes are 9-7 this season and are 3-9 all-time against the Rams. ?The match against the Utes will be a hard-fought match,? Coach Jon Messick said. ?We beat them here last year, so it will be tough to go beat them there this year.?
Colorado State Tennis Comes Home with a Perfect 4-0 Record
The Rams finished their most recent week of play 4-0 at the Dual in the Desert in Las Vegas, Nev., hosted by Southern Utah. Colorado State dominated the week beating all teams 7-0. Wisconsin-Green Bay, Idaho State, Bradley, and Southern Utah played well against the Rams in the No.1, 2, and 3 singles positions, though the Rams did not give up a set all week. Alex Paganetti, Jasmin Singh, Carla Pallares, Jessica Jones, and Dasha Zhurin all claimed victories by not losing a game in at least one match.
Next on the Schedule
Ram tennis travels to Wyoming April 1-3 where they will have three Mountain West Conference matches. They will begin the weekend Friday against Wyoming, face No. 47 New Mexico on Saturday and finish on Sunday against Air Force.
Ram Notes:
-Sophomore Emily Kirchem leads the team in singles play with a 13-6 overall record and a 9-1 dual record. All of her dual matches have been at the No. 2 position.
-Junior Carla Pallares and freshman Anne Andersen hold the best doubles record with a 4-0 mark at the No. 2 and No. 3 positions, with two wins at each position.
-Colorado State is 0-2 against nationally ranked opponents this dual season with the losses to Wisconsin and Nebraska.
-The Rams have not faced any conference opponents yet this year. They have the second-highest season win/loss percentage in the conferenc at .800 behind BYU with a percentage of .813.
-Ram tennis is on the longest 7-0 winning streak in team history with six 7-0 wins.
-Colorado State tennis set a record with two Mountain West Conference Players of the Week this season, Emily Kirchem on January 26th and Dasha Zhurin on Feb. 16th. This is the second time Kirchem has been awarded and it is Zhurin?s first nod as Player of the Week.
