Five advance in USTA/ITA Regionals

LAS VEGAS--Five players on the BYU women’s tennis team advanced to the second round of singles play in the USTA/ITA Mountain Region Championships Wednesday at the Fertitta Tennis Complex on the UNLV campus. 

 

“We had a successful day of tennis,” BYU coach Lauren Jones-Spencer said. “The girls played well in rough conditions.”

 

In singles competition, sophomore Mackenna Maddox beat Wyoming’s Christina Gecheva in three sets after falling in the first, 1-6, 6-1, 7-6. Junior Morgan Anderson also beat her opponent, Northern Colorado’s Steph Catlin, 6-4, 3-6, 6-0. 

 

The BYU freshmen also had a strong showing. Toby Miclat defeated Colorado’s Carla Manzi, 6-2, 6-2, while Mayci Jones advanced against Montana’s Laurence Pelchat, 6-1, 6-2. 

 

Savannah Ware lost to Haley Driver of Montana, 5-7, 6-2, 6-2, while Sydney Monson fell to Boise State’s Anissa Bryant, 6-0, 6-1. Demi Daniels advanced to the second round with a bye.

 

In doubles action, Jones and Miclat beat Wyoming’s Jessica Parizher and Silviya Zhelyazkova, 8-4. Ware and Anderson also advanced with a victory over Kathryn Hughes and Maureen Slattery of Denver, 8-2. Daniels and Maddox fell in a close match against New Mexico State’s Annemieke Witte and Ross-Poly Nguyen, 8-6.

 

The singles and doubles champions will advance to the 2013 USTA/ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships, November 7-10, at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, located in Flushing, N.Y. 

 

FIRST ROUND SINGLES (WED., OCT. 9) 

Demi Daniels (BYU) BYE 

Haley Driver (UM) def. Savannah Ware (BYU) 5-7, 6-2, 6-2 

Mackenna Maddox (BYU) def. Christina Gecheva (WYO) 1-6, 6-1, 7-6 

Toby Miclat (BYU) def. Carla Manzi (CU) 6-2, 6-2 

Anissa Bryant (BSU) def. Sydney Monson (BYU) 6-0, 6-1 

Morgan Anderson (BYU) def. Steph Catlin (UNC) 6-4, 3-6, 6-0 

Mayci Jones (BYU) def. Laurence Pelchat (UM) 6-1, 6-2