Updated at 3:49 p.m., Thursday, May 3, 2007
BYUH women, HPU men advance to tennis nationals
Advertiser Staff
The top-ranked and defending national champion Brigham Young University-Hawai'i women's tennis team defeated Hawai'i Hilo 5-0 this afternoon in La'ie in the second round of the NCAA Division II West Regional to earn a berth to the national championships.The Seasiders (29-0) swept through the three doubles matches, and closed out No. 31 UH Hilo (14-13) with Yuliya Ustyuzhanina winning at No. 1 singles and Jing Jing Liu winning at No. 2 singles.
Earlier at BYU-Hawai'i, the No. 21 Hawai'i Pacific men's tennis team upset 12th-ranked BYUH 5-3 to earn a berth to the national championships.
BYU-Hawai'i (12-4) led 2-1 after the doubles matches. But the Sea Warriors (13-4) rallied by winning matches at No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 and No. 6 singles.
BYU-Hawai'i won at No. 5 singles and the fourth singles match was still in progress when HPU claimed the victory.
The 16-team national tournament begins Wednesday in Altamonte Springs, Fla.
At La'ie
BYU-Hawai'i women 5, UH Hilo 0
Singles
No. 1Yuliya Ustyuzhanina, BYUH def. Christie Pagatpatan, UHH, 6-0, 6-0. No. 2Jing Jing Liu, BYUH def. Nicole Campbell, UHH, 6-0, 6-0. No. 3Dori Magas, BYUH vs. Carolina Ardila, UHH, 6-0, 5-0 DNC. No. 4Maggie Deng, BYUH vs. Susan Souksavath, UHH, 6-0, 2-2 DNC. No. 5Anna Anikanova, BYUH vs. Justine Abella, UHH, 6-1, 4-0 DNC. No. 6Shenley Searing, BYUH vs. Akimi Kifune, UHH, 6-1, 3-3 DNC.
Doubles
No. 1Liu/Deng, BYUH def. Pagatpatan/Souksavath, UHH, 8-2. No. 2 Ustyuzhanina/Magas, BYUH def. Campbell/Abella, UHH, 8-1. No. 3Anikanova/Searing, BYUH def. Ardila/Kifune, UHH 8-0.
Hawai'i Pacific men 5, BYU-Hawai'i 3
Singles
No. 1 Hendrik Bode, HPU def. A.J. Bartlett, BYUH, 6-3, 6-2. No. 2Mark Mestan, HPU def. Tomas Hladil, BYUH, 6-4, 6-4. No. 3Anton Samuilau, HPU def. Junyoung Kim, BYUH, 6-4, 6-4. No. 4Jakub Huza, BYUH vs. Peter Raben, HPU, 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 DNC. No. 5Marvin So'onalole, BYUH def. Daniel Llarenas, HPU, 6-4, 6-3. No. 6Jan Hroch, HPU def. Chris Rice, BYUH, 6-2, 6-2.
Doubles
No. 1Kim/Rice, BYUH def. Bode/Raben, HPU, 8-5. No. 2Samuilau/Frank Godinet, HPU def. Hladil/Huza, BYUH, 8-4. No. 3Bartlett/So'onalole, BYUH def. Mestan/Hroch, HPU, 8-6.