No. 72 Cougars fall in WCC tournament

SAN DIEGO – The No. 72 BYU women’s tennis team fell 4-0 to No. 37 Saint Mary’s in the quarterfinals of the West Coast Conference Tournament, Thursday in San Diego.

The Gaels (14-8) outlasted the Cougars (10-12) in doubles play to get on the board first. Jamie Pawid and Kareena Manji of Saint Mary’s secured the first matchup with an 8-2 win over BYU’s Meghan Sheehan-Dizon and Morgan Anderson-Littlewood. Savannah Ware and Nicolette Tran evened the tally at No. 2 doubles where they beat Mary-Anne Jessup and Danielle Flores 8-4.

With doubles hanging in the balance, Parminder Kaur and Jana McCord clinched the point for the Gaels at No. 1, beating Toby Miclat and Brittanie Eraso 8-6.

Saint Mary’s maintained its momentum into singles where they won four consecutive matches in straight sets to complete the 4-0 victory. Pawid beat Miclat 6-1, 6-1 at No. 3 singles before Sheehan-Dizon fell in her matchup at No. 1,  6-1, 7-5 to Flores, pushing the Gaels’ lead to 3-0. Manji won the match for Saint Mary’s at No. 5 singles over Anderson-Littlewood 6-2, 6-4.

The loss ends the Cougars’ season during which they finished fifth in conference and recorded two victories over ranked opponents Houston and New Mexico, who were both ranked No. 37 at the time of each match.  

#37 Saint Mary's College 4, #72 Brigham Young 0
Apr 23, 2015 at San Diego, Calif. (Barnes Tennis Center)