Sunday, 03/13/2011

Pensacola, FL—The second-ranked Brigham Young University Hawaii women’s tennis team improved to 14-0 today with a pair of wins.  The Seasiders defeated Division I Austin Peay (TN) 4-0 in a shortened match in the morning and then defeated 20th-ranked Central Oklahoma 9-0 in the evening.

In the day’s first match only five singles matches were contested and when the Seasiders swept the first four completed to win the match under Division I seven-point rules, the match was stopped.  Annie Hwang and Yuan Jia each won 6-0, 6-0 at the second and third doubles positions respectively while Salina Aranda took a 6-3, 6-3 win at number four and Sasha Ulbrichtova claimed a 6-0, 6-1 win at number five singles.

Against Central Oklahoma, Hwang won 6-1, 6-0 at number one singles while Jia took a 6-1, 6-4 win at number two.  Elwen Li scored a 6-0, 6-0 win at the third spot and Aranda earned a 6-0, 6-2 win at number four.  Ulbrichtova won 6-0, 6-1 at number five singles and Kaylyn Bristol battled to a 7-5, 6-4 win at the sixth position.

In doubles play, Li and Jia won 8-2 at number one, Hwang and Aranda won 8-1 at number two, and Ulbrichtova and Sophia Simmons claimed an 8-4 win at number three doubles.

The next action for the BYU–Hawaii women’s tennis team will be Monday against Erskine (SC) in Due West, South Carolina at 3:00 pm EST.

Austin Peay Scores:

Singles:
1.  #3 Elwen Li, BYUH vs. Vanja Tomic, APU DNF
2.  Annie Hwang, BYUH def. Carolin Weikard, APU 6-0, 6-0
3.  #2 Yuan Jia, BYUH def. Andra Cornea, APU 6-0, 6-0
4.  Salina Aranda, BYUH def. Rachel Margolies, APU 6-3, 6-3
5.  Sasha Ulbrichtova, BYUH def. Kimberly Loo, APU 6-0, 6-1

Central Oklahoma Scores:

Singles:
1.  Annie Hwang, BYUH def. Julia Shvladok, COU 6-1, 6-0
2.  #2 Yuan Jia, BYUH def. Elizabeta Abramovic, COU 6-1, 6-4
3.  #3 Elwen Li, BYUH def. Anto Rossini, COU 6-0, 6-0
4.  Salina Aranda, BYUH def. Rose Cabato, COU 6-0, 6-1
5.  Sasha Ulbrichtova, BYUH def. Anna Kochigina, COU 6-0, 6-1
6.  Kaylyn Bristol, BYUH def. Meredith Marney, COU 7-5, 6-4

Doubles:

1.  #2 Li/Jia, BYUH def. Shvladok/Abramovic, COU 8-2
2.  Hwang/Aranda, BYUH def. Lacy Caldwell/Rossini, COU 8-1
3.  Ulbrichtova/Sophia Simmons, BYUH def. Kochigina/Cabato, COU 8-4