April 29, 2005
SAN DIEGO - Fourth-seeded San Diego State fell in the semifinal of the MountainWest Conference Women's Tennis Championship, 4-2, to top-seeded and 23rd-ranked Brigham Young, Friday afternoon at Barnes Tennis Center. With the loss, the Aztecs are eliminated from the conference tournament.
Brigham Young won the doubles point after taking two of the three matches. Nina Spaeth and Sisse Nielsen were first off the court after being defeated, 8-2, at No. 3. Later, the Cougars clinched the point when Dolly Chang and Lauren Jones used an 8-1 effort to down Eliska Krausova and Alesya Vidov at No. 2.
In singles, BYU took a 2-0 match advantage when Anastasia Sourkova defeated Krausova in straight sets, 6-1, 6-0, at No. 3. San Diego State posted it first point when all-MWC singles performer, Dita Hauerlandova, defeated Olga Boulytcheva, at No. 2, 6-4, 6-1.
The Aztecs tied the match at 2-2 thanks to Spaeth's victory at No. 5. The freshman won her 20th match of the season and her seventh consecutive singles contest with her 7-5, 6-2, performance. That would be the last time SDSU would record at point as BYU tallied wins at Nos. 6 and 4 to guarantee themselves a spot in tomorrow's championship match.
No. 46 San Diego State ends the 2005 season with a record of 16-10 overall and a 4-3 mark in MWC action.
#23 Brigham Young 4, #46 San Diego State 2
Doubles
1. Sourkova/Miccoli (BYU) vs. Erichsen/Hauerlandova (SDSU), 6-5, DNF
2. Chang/Jones (BYU) def. Krausova/Vidov (SDSU), 8-1
3. Boulytcheva/Holden (BYU) def. Nielsen/Spaeth (SDSU), 8-2
Brigham Young wins doubles point
Singles
1. Lauren Jones (BYU) vs. Alesya Vidov (SDSU), 6-2, 1-6, 5-5, DNF
2. Dita Hauerlandova (SDSU) def. Olga Boulytcheva (BYU), 6-4, 6-1
3. Anastasia Sourkova (BYU) def. Eliska Krausova (SDSU), 6-1, 6-0
4. Sofia Holden (BYU) def. Indra Erichsen (SDSU), 4-6, 6-1, 6-0
5. Nina Spaeth (SDSU) def. Jenny Miccoli (BYU), 7-5, 6-2
6. Dolly Chang (BYU) def. Sisse Nielsen (SDSU), 6-1, 7-6