The Montana State women's tennis team dropped its Big Sky Conference opener, 6-1, to Northern Arizona, Friday afternoon at the Flagstaff Athletic Club East.
Northern Arizona (3-2, 1-0) won the opening doubles sweeping all three matches, and then took five of six singles matches for the victory.
Montana State (2-5, 0-1) received its only point of the match at No. 3 singles, where freshman Charlotta Hjalmarsson posted a 7-6 (11-9), 6-2 win over Aimee Oki.
“I thought we competed hard,” said MSU head coach Denise Albrecht. “Charlotta really stepped-up and did a super job. NAU is a difficult place to play, and I thought that on the whole, we handled the adversity very well.”
Northern Arizona 6, Montana State 1. Singles: 1. GOLOVICS, Orsi (NAU) def. GRIFFIN, Ali (MSU) 6-2, 6-3; 2. SUHAJDA, Edit (NAU) def. VILLEGAS, Laura (MSU) 6-0, 6-3; 3. HJALMARSSON, Char. (MSU) def. OKI, Aimee (NAU) 7-6 (11-9), 6-2; 4. WAHINEPIO, Malia (NAU) def. DE LA TORRE, Andrea (MSU) 6-2, 7-5; 5. PEREZ, Nicole (NAU) def. COLL, Jennifer (MSU) 6-2, 6-1; 6. HASEGAWA, Yumi (NAU) def. FAIRBOTHAM, Lucy (MSU) 6-1, 6-0. Doubles: 1. GOLOVICS, Orsi/WAHINEPIO, Malia (NAU) def. DE LA TORRE, Andrea/HJALMARSSON, Char. (MSU) 8-3; 2. OKI, Aimee/PEREZ, Nicole (NAU) def. GRIFFIN, Ali/VILLEGAS, Laura (MSU) 8-3; 3. HASEGAWA, Yumi/SUHAJDA, Edit (NAU) def. COLL, Jennifer/FAIRBOTHAM, Lucy (MSU) 8-5.
