BYU Advances To Semifinals Of MWC Men's Tennis Championships

Cougars hold off Lobos, 4-2, in quarterfinals

April 27, 2006

SAN DIEGO, Calif. - No. 3 seed BYU picked up the doubles point to start the match and added three singles points to earn the victory over the sixth-seeded Lobos and advance to the Mountain West Conference Championship semifinals. BYU will face No. 2 seed TCU at noon Friday at Barnes Tennis Center.

BYU's James Ludlow and Dominik Kaufhold edged New Mexico's Max Jones and Kamil Pajkowski to earn a critical doubles win at the No. 1 position (9-8 [4]). The Cougar duo is now 3-0 this year at No. 1 doubles. Nima Roshan and Jose Lechuga secured the BYU doubles point with a win over New Mexico's Johnny Parkes and Miles Bugby at No. 2 doubles (8-5), while also improving to 3-0 on the year.

Jones took No. 1 singles over Ludlow (6-1, 6-4) and Pajkowski picked up No. 4 singles over Ivan Kokurin (6-3, 6-1) for New Mexico, but the Cougars answered with singles victories at No. 3, No. 5 and No. 6 to secure the win. Lechuga notched his 20th singles win of the year after defeating Eric Conklin of New Mexico at the No. 5 position (6-2, 6-1).

MWC TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
April 26-29, 2006  *   Barnes Tennis Center   *   San Diego, Calif.

Men's Results - April 27, 2006
Quarterfinal No. 2 - No. 3 BYU def. No. 6 New Mexico, 4-2
Doubles 
1. James Ludlow/Dominik Kaufhold (BYU) def. Max Jones/Kamil Pajkowski (UNM)                  9-8(4)
2. Nima Roshan/Jose Lechuga (BYU) def. Johnny Parkes/Miles Bugby (UNM)                  8-5
3. Eric Conklin/Graeme Kassautzki (UNM) def. Christian Hand/Jonathon Sanchez (BYU)          8-5

Singles
1. Max Jones (UNM) def. James Ludlow (BYU)                 6-1, 6-4
2. Johnny Parkes (UNM) vs. Nima Roshan (BYU)               7-6 (4), 4-6, 4-4 (DNF)
3. Dominik Kaufhold (BYU) def. Graeme Kassautzki (UNM)     7-5, 1-6, 6-2
4. Kamil Pajkowski (UNM) def. Ivan Kokurin (BYU)           6-3, 6-1
5. Jose Lechuga (BYU) def. Eric Conklin (UNM)              6-2, 6-1
6. Christian Hand (BYU) def. Chandler Brass (UNM)          6-2, 6-2