Friday, 04/29/2011

   Laie, HI—The second-ranked Brigham Young University Hawaii women’s tennis cruised to an easy, 7-0 win over Division I SUNY-Albany today in the final regular season match of the year.  The Seasiders swept all three doubles matches by 8-0 scores for one point in the DI format and won all six singles matches in straight sets to improve to 27-0 for the year.

Elwen Li and Yuan Jia took an 8-0 win at number one doubles while Annie Hwang and Sophia Simmons were winning 8-0 at number two doubles.  Salina Aranda and Sasha Ulbrichtova claimed the third doubles win 8-0 for the Seasiders.

Hwang won 6-0, 6-0 at number one singles while Jia took a 6-2, 6-0 win at number two.  Li won 6-0, 6-1 at number three and Aranda won 6-0, 6-3 at the fourth singles spot.  Ulbrichtova swept to a 6-2, 6-1 win at fifth singles and Simmons breezed to a 6-1, 6-0 win at the sixth position.

            The Seasiders will play next in the NCAA II Tournament.

Scores:

 

Singles:

1.  #1 Annie Hwang, BYUH def. Susan Ma, SUNY 6-0, 6-0

2.  #2 Yuan Jia, BYUH def. Laine Mackey, SUNY 6-2, 6-0

3.  #4 Elwen Li, BYUH def. Aubrey Brooks, SUNY 6-0, 6-1

4.  Salina Aranda, BYUH def. Sarah Ianonne, SUNY 6-0, 6-3

5.  Sasha Ulbrichtova, BYUH def. Melissa Coughlin, SUNY 6-2, 6-1

6.  Sophia Simmons, BYUH def. Rachel Drake, SUNY 6-1, 6-0

 

Doubles:

1.  #1 Jia/Li, BYUH def. Ma/Brooks, SUNY 8-0

2.  #17 Hwang/Simmons, BYUH def. Coughlin/Mackey, SUNY 8-0

3.  Ulbrichtova/Aranda, BYUH def. Ianonne/Drake, SUNY 8-0