Thursday, 04/14/2011

Laie, HI—The second-ranked Brigham Young University Hawaii women’s tennis team opened the Pacific West Conference tournament today with a 5-0 win over Dominican to improve to 24-0 for the season.  The Seasiders swept the three doubles matches easily and picked up quick wins at number two and three singles to end the match.

Elwen Li and Yuan Jia won 8-0 at number one doubles while Annie Hwang and Shawni Porter won 8-1 at number two.  Salina Aranda and Sasha Ulbrichtova took an 8-1 win at number three doubles.

In singles play, Jia took a 6-0, 6-1 win at number two singles and Aranda swept to a 6-0, 6-0 win at the third spot.  BYU-Hawaii led the other four singles matches when play was stopped.

The next action for the BYU–Hawaii women’s tennis team will be tomorrow against Chaminade in the second round of the PacWest championships in Laie.

Scores:                                                      

Singles:
1.  #1 Annie Hwang, BYUH vs. Irina Morozova, DUC 6-0, 5-0 DNF
2.  #2 Yuan Jia, BYUH def. Shannon Contreras, DUC 6-0, 6-1
3.  Salina Aranda, BYUH def. Jamie Fernandez, DUC 6-0, 6-0
4.  Shawni Porter, BYUH vs. Michele Freitas, DUC 6-1, 4-1 DNF
5.  Sophia Simmons, BYUH vs. Tami Tan, DUC 6-3, 3-0 DNF
6.  Kaylyn Bristol, BYUH vs. Anh Truong, DUC 6-0, 2-3 DNF

Doubles:

1.  #1 Elwen Li/Yuan Jia, BYUH def. Morozova/Contreras, DUC 8-0

2.  #17 Hwang/Porter, BYUH def. Fernandez/Tan, DUC 8-1

3.  Aranda/Sasha Ulbrichtova, BYUH def. Freitas/Truong, DUC 8-1