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Utah Blanks BYU in Quarterfinals of MWC Women's Tennis Championships

Utes will meet top-seeded TCU in Friday's semifinals

April 24, 2008

FORT WORTH, Texas -

• 2008 MWC Tennis Championship Central

Fourth-seeded Utah posted a 4-0 shutout win over No. 5 BYU on Thursday in the quarterfinals of the 2008 Mountain West Conference Women's Tennis Championships at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center. The Utes improved to 15-8 overall this season with the win.

Utah took the early 1-0 advantage with doubles wins at the top two positions. The 38th-ranked Wyoming pair of Emily Kwok and Elizabeth Ferris began with an 8-5 win over the 48th-ranked BYU duo of Anastasia Surkova and Jennifer Miccoli at the top spot.

After the BYU tandem of Dolly Chang and Chie Hayasaka posted an 8-6 victory over Leigh Walsh and Karine Bourdages at the No. 3 position, the Ute duo of Erin Monson and Andrea Maughan answered with a 9-7 defeat of Kristina Doerr and Ellie Carney to clinch the doubles point.

Utah posted three straight-set victories in singles play to capture the win. Monson led off with a 6-3, 6-2 defeat of Hayasaka at the No. 3 position to put the Utes up 2-0 in the match.

Leigh Walsh followed with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Elizaveta Ezhova at the No. 4 slot, while senior Elizabeth Ferris clinched the victory with a 7-6(4), 6-3 decision over No. 53 Surkova at the top spot.

The Utes will meet No. 1 TCU in the semifinals on Friday at 2 p.m. CDT.

No. 4 Utah (15-8) def. No. 5 BYU (13-12), 4-0

SINGLES

1. 1. No. 60 Elizabeth Ferris (Utah) def. No. 53 Anastasia Surkova (BYU) 7-6(4), 6-3
2. Kristina Doerr (BYU) vs. Emily Kwok (Utah) 7-6(3), 4-5, unf.
3. 3. Erin Monson (Utah) def. Chie Hayasaka (BYU) 6-3, 6-2
4. Leigh Walsh (Utah) def. Elizaveta Ezhova (BYU) 6-3, 6-4
5. Ellie Carney (BYU) vs. Karine Bourdages (Utah) 6-4, 5-0, unf.
6. 6. Andrea Maughan (Utah) vs. Dolly Chang (BYU) 6-4, 2-5, unf.

Order of Finish: 3, 4, 1*

DOUBLES

1. Kwok/Ferris (Utah) def. No. 48 Surkova/Miccoli (BYU) 8-5
2. Monson/Maughan (Utah) def. Doerr/Carney (BYU) 9-7
3. Chang/Hayasaka (BYU) def. Walsh/Bourdages (Utah) 8-6

Order of Finish: 1, 3, 2*

*Clinching point