PROVO, Utah (April 15,2005) — No. 28 BYU overcame the No. 45 San Diego State Aztecs 6-1 to make them a perfect 6-0 in Conference action.
"Today was some good tennis. I thought our girls fought hard," said head coach Craig Manning. "It was especially good to play such a good team."
It was the first of a two-day doubleheader featuring San Diego State today and No. 40 UNLV tomorrow. If BYU can manage win against UNLV they would be the regular season champs and get the No. 1 seed going into the Mountain West Conference Championships.
BYU started the day off smooth. In doubles, they cruised at one and three getting a one-point lead heading into singles play. Olga Boulytcheva and Sofia Holden's win at three doubles makes them a perfect 14-0 on the year while teammates and one doubles duo Anastasia Sourkova and Jennifer Miccoli made it 12-2 on the year with their win.
Singles seemed to pick up where doubles left off. Freshman Jennifer Miccoli drew first blood with her 6-2,6-3 win at five singles. Then Sofia Holden chipped in a 6-4,6-4 win at four singles to give BYU the 3-0 lead on the Aztecs. Soon after Holden finished, Jones 6-4,6-4 win at one singles was the dagger that did the Aztecs in. That gave BYU a 4-0 lead and the overall match.
Olga Boulytcheva and Anastasia Sourkova threw in a pair of hard fought three set winners to up the lead to six. Boulytcheva, who won the first set easily 6-0, stumbled a little in the second losing 4-6 but came back in the third 6-4 for the win. Anastasia at three singles had a tough first set losing 6-4, but came back to win 6-3 in the second set and 6-2 in the third for the win.
The Cougs face UNLV tomorrow to close out the regular season. The match will also be the team's final regular season match of the year. Game time is set for 10 a.m. on the Outdoor Courts.
Results
1. Jones(BYU) def. Vidov(SDSU) 6-4,6-4
2. Boulytcheva(BYU) def. Haverlandova(SDSU) 6-0,4-6,6-4
3. Sourkova(BYU) def. Kransova(SDSU)4-6, 6-3,6-4
4. Holden(BYU) def. Hermansen (SDSU) 6-4,6-4
5. Miccoli(BYU) def. Erichesen(SDSU) 6-2,6-3
6. Spaeth(SDSU) def. Pike(BYU) 7-5,3-6, 10-5
Doubles
1. Sourkova/Miccoli(BYU) def. Haverlandova/Vidov(SDSU) 8-1
2. Erichsen/Spaeth(SDSU) def. Jones/Chang (BYU) 8-6
3. Boulytcheva/Holden(BYU) def. Krausova/Hermansen(SDSU) 8-6