Sunday, 02/28/2010

 Hilo, HI—The third-ranked Brigham Young University Hawaii women’s tennis team swept their sixth straight match today by overwhelming UH-Hilo 9-0.  The Seasiders breezed through the doubles matches and took all six singles matches in straight sets to improve to 6-0 for the season.
       Yuan Jia and Elwen Li took the top doubles match 8-2 while Ayako Ikeda and Shawni Porter were winning 8-5 at number two doubles.  Jenny Chin and Salina Aranda swept number three doubles 8-0.
       Aranda also scored a shutout at number six singles with a 6-0, 6-0 win as did Chin at number five singles and Porter at the fourth spot.  Li won at number one singles by a 6-0, 6-3 score and Jia took a 6-4, 6-2 win at the second position.  Ikeda won at number three by a 6-0, 6-1 score.
       The Seasiders play again tomorrow against UH-Hilo in Hilo at 10:00 am HST.