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BYU, SDSU Advance In MWC Women's Tennis Championship The Cougars and Aztecs will play each other in one of two afternoon matches Friday.
April 25, 2002
Provo, Utah - MWC regular season champion San Diego State had no difficulty defeating Wyoming 5-0 to advance to Friday's semifinal round at this year's MWC Women's Tennis Championships. The No. 28 ranked Aztecs took control of the dual match early winning the doubles point with victories at the number two and three positions. SDSU then dominated play in the singles portion of the match picking up wins at the number two position and then winning at the number four, five and six spots. All matches were won in straight sets.
In the final dual match of the day it was hosts BYU, ranked 44th nationally, battling instate rival Utah. The Cougars picked up the early lead by winning the doubles point from wins at the number one and two positions. Junior Lisa Khoudoiarova came off the court first after defeating Utah's Allison Hansen in straight sets, 6-2, 6-0 to give BYU a 2-0 advantage. Dominique Reynolds followed with her straight sets win over Linn Ronnberg at the number two singles spot, then it was Brooke Beverley who had to play three sets to eventually beat Utah's Cassie Kasteler 6-0, 3-6, 6-3 at the number four singles position. The Cougars fifth point in the match came at number three singles where freshman Rebecca Pike defeated the Utes Ellen Svensson 6-2, 6-4 to clinch the victory.
Friday's semifinal action begins at 10 a.m. with a dual match between UNLV and New Mexico followed by the 2 p.m. meeting between BYU and SDSU. In the day's consolation round it will be CSU and Air Force in the early match, followed by Utah and Wyoming in the afternoon contest. SDSU-5; WY-0
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Doubles BYU- 5 ; UU-0
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