April 23, 2003
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Second-seeded San Diego State (19-5/6-1 Mountain West Conference), the 23rd-ranked team nationally, will battle seventh-seeded Utah in the quarterfinal round of the 2003 Mountain West Conference Women's Tennis Championship on Thursday, April 24. Match time is set for 2 p.m.
Having won the 2002 regular season league championship, San Diego State is hosting the fourth annual event which will be held at the SDSU Courts on campus and at the Barnes Tennis Center from April 24-26. As long as San Diego State wins its quarterfinal round match against the Utes, all of the Aztecs' matches will be played on campus at the SDSU Courts.
The Aztecs enter the championship having won 14 of their last 16 matches and with an overall record of 19-5. The 19 victories by this San Diego State team are the most wins by an Aztec team during the Peter Mattera era and the most since the 1985 unit finished with a 26-8 record. Several of the Aztec losses this season have come to some of the nation's elite programs including fourth-ranked California, fifth-ranked USC and sixth-ranked Washington.
Since opening the campaign 5-3, San Diego State has posted a 14-2 record, dropping just two matches since March 7. In addition, SDSU carries a 10-match home winning streak entering the conference tournament.
The Aztecs earned the second seed in the tournament after posting a 6-1 league mark. San Diego State finished in a first-place tie with UNLV, lost the tie-breaker due to a 4-3 loss to the Rebels in Las Vegas on March 28. In the six victories, San Diego State outscored its league competition 34-8.
This marks the second time SDSU has entered the MWC championship as the second seed and the Aztecs are the only school to claim either a first or second seed in all four conference tournaments. San Diego State is 6-3 lifetime in the Mountain West Conference postseason and has never finished below third in the championship. San Diego State has been championship runner-up each of the past two seasons, losing to top-seeded Brigham Young, 4-3, in 2001 and to second-seeded UNLV, 4-2, in 2002..
The Aztecs and Utes are meeting for the second time this season. San Diego State disposed of Utah, 6-1, on April 5 in Salt Lake City. The Aztecs won all three doubles matches and the top five singles positions in securing the victory. Since joining the MWC, San Diego State has won all three previous meetings with Utah by a combined score of 20-1.