March 26, 2004
SAN DIEGO - The 14th-ranked Brigham Young women's tennis team defeated 67th-ranked San Diego State 6-1 in the conference opener for both teams on Friday morning in Las Vegas.
The Cougars won the doubles point on the strength of an upset win at number one with Barbara Zahnova and Sofia Holden recording an 8-6 win over 25th-ranked Katalina Romero and Indra Erichsen.
In singles play, Brigham Young won five of the six matches. The lone Aztec victory came at number four when Alesya Vidov defeated Olga Boulytcheva, 6-7, 6-2, and 12-10 in the super-tiebreaker.
San Diego State, 4-9 overall and 0-1 in Mountain West Conference play, will battle Utah in Las Vegas on Saturday.
No. 14 Brigham Young 6, No. 67 San Diego State 1
Doubles -- (Brigham Young wins point)No. 1 - Barbara Zahnova/Sofia Holden (BYU) def. No. 25 Indra Erichsen/Katalina Romero (SDSU) - 8-6No. 2 - Dita Hauerlandova/Alesya Vidov (SDSU) def. Lu Oswald/Hadley MacFarlene (BYU) - 8-4No. 3 - Rebecca Pike/Olga Boulytcheva (BYU) def. Sarah Sansom/Patricia Graf (SDSU) - 8-0
Singles --No. 1 - No. 32 Barbara Zahnova (BYU) def. Dita Hauerlandova (SDSU) - 6-1, 6-1No. 2 - Sofia Holden (BYU) def. Katalina Romero (SDSU) - 6-3, 7-5No. 3 - Lauren Jones (BYU) def. Indra Erichsen (SDSU) - 7-6, 6-2No. 4 - Alesya Vidov (SDSU) def. Olga Boulytcheva (BYU) - 6-7, 6-2, (12-10)No. 5 - Rebecca Pike (BYU) def. Patricia Graf (SDSU) - 6-4, 6-2No. 6 - Hadley MacFarlene (BYU) def. Sarah Sansom (SDSU) - 6-4, 6-3
Records: SDSU (4-9/0-1 MWC), Brigham Young (12-4/1-0 MWC).