OJAI, Calif. - The No. 50 University of Utah women's tennis team kicked off the Pac-12 Championships today at the Ojai Valley Athletic Center with singles competition. Six of eight Utah singles competitors won their respective first-round matches, while Tereza Bekerova survived the round of 16 to advance to the semi finals tomorrow.
Bekerova handily defeated Colorado's Nuria Ormeño Ruiz (6-1, 6-3) in the round of 32 to advance to the round of 16. She took her second victory of the day with an upset over No. 8 Denise Starr from Cal (6-4, 6-2) to advance to the semi-finals tomorrow.