After placing finalists in each of the six tournaments held at the BYU Invitational, Cougar tennis players won two of those tournaments on Saturday.
The BYU doubles team of Lindsay Ferrell/Lu Oswald defeated Anna Dybicz/Zorma Rogonovic of Utah State, 8-4 on Saturday to win one of the two doubles tournaments that were held. Dominique Reynolds was the other Cougar to never lose. She won the flight two singles tournament by defeating Kim Sen of Weber State, 7-5, 6-4. Lu Oswald of BYU took third in the same tournament, defeating Laura Nigro of Air Force, 6-4, 7-5.
Jodi Richardson/Brooke Ferney won three in a row to advance to the finals of the flight one doubles tournament, but were defeated, 8-6, by Renata Stoop/Helen Lawson of Boise State. Richardson also placed second in the flight one singles tournament and Ferrell placed second in the flight three singles tournament, while Elyse Jensen also placed second in the flight four singles tournament.
The tournament included nine schools and over 64 tennis players. Schools that participated were Boise State, Utah State, Utah, Weber State, Washington State, Air Force, Colorado State and Wyoming.
Results:Semi-Final Final Champion
Doubles Flight One
Beauchene/Zacharova (Weber)
Richardson/Ferney (BYU) Richardson/Ferney
8-1
Stoop/Lawson (BSU) Stoop/Lawson 8-6
Perkins/Moura (Wash.St.) Stoop/Lawson 8-4
Doubles Flight Two
Ferrell/Oswald (BYU)
Vandeven/Arias (WSU) Ferrell/Oswald 8-4
Vasos/Tindall (CSU) Ferrell/Oswald 8-4
Dybicz/Rogonovic (USU) Dybicz/Rogonovic 8-4
Singles Flight One
Erica Perkins (WSU)
Lenka Zacharova (WS) L. Zacharova 6-2, 6-4
Renata Stoop (BSU) Zacharova 8-6, 6-0
Jodi Richardson (BYU) J. Richardson 6-1, 6-0
Singles Flight Two
Dominique Reynolds (BYU)
Laura Nigro (AFA) D. Reynolds 6-1, 6-0
Lu Oswald (BYU) D.Reynolds 7-5, 6-4
Kim Sen (WS) Kim Sen 7-5, 4-6, 6-1
Singles Flight Three
Lindsay Ferrell (BYU)
Sofi Espinosa (WYO) Ferrell 6-2, 3-6, 6-1
Heather Shelby (AFA) A. Dybicz 6-2, 6-3
Anna Dybicz (WSU) A. Dybicz 6-0, 6-1
Singles Flight Four
Elyse Jensen (BYU)
Jennifer Hancock (WYO) E. Jensen 6-2, 6-1
Laurie Cheung (BSU) Vandervan 4-6,7-5,6-1
Moniek Vandervan (USU) M. Vandervan 6-2, 6-2
PROVO -- The BYU women's tennis team will kick off its 2000-2001 season this weekend when they host the BYU Invitational, which begins Thursday and ends Saturday at the BYU outdoor tennis courts.
In addition to BYU, the tournament will include Colorado State, Utah, Utah State, Weber State, Boise State, Washington State, Air Force and Wyoming. The tournament will include four singles tournaments and two doubles tournaments, with each school allowed two doubles teams in each double tournament and two singles players in each singles tournament.
The BYU doubles team of Jodi Richardson and Brooke Ferney will meet Utah's Freida Kareld and Cassie Kasteler in the first round of flight one on Thursday. Ferney and Kareld will meet up a second time on Thursday in the first round of the flight one singles tournament.
The tournament will start at nine each morning and will run through the afternoon.
DOUBLES FLIGHT 1 (first round)7- Kareld/Kasteler (Utah)
8- Richardson/Ferney (BYU)
13- Black/Chuntranuk (AFA)
14- Reynolds/Khoudoiarova (BYU)
DOUBLES FLIGHT 2
1- Ferrell/Oswald (BYU)
2- O'Bryant/Nigro (AFA)
13- Jensen/Parker (BYU)
14- Delmonte/Hancock (WYO)
SINGLES FLIGHT 1
5- Brooke Ferney (BYU)
6- Freida Kareld (Utah)
15- Sanja Hansson (CSU)
16- Jodi Richardson (BYU)
SINGLES FLIGHT 2
1- Dominique Reynolds (BYU)
2- Yuliana Santi (WYO)
11- Jemima Hayward (BSU)
12- Lu Oswald (BYU)
SINGLES FLIGHT 3
1- Lindsay Ferrell (BYU)
2- Karolina Gimberg (BSU)
7- Soflespinosa (WYO)
8- Jaimie Parker (BYU)
SINGLES FLIGHT 4
1- Elyse Jensen (BYU)
2- Viktoria Gimberg (BSU)
9- Liza Khoudoiarova (BYU)
10- Gina Black (AFA)
