BYU's Anastasia Sourkova
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BYU Advances To Semifinals Of MWC Women's Tennis Championships

Cougars defeat Rams, 4-0, in quarterfinals

April 27, 2006

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No. 2 seed BYU posted a 4-0 victory over No. 7 seed Colorado State in the Mountain West Conference Tennis Championship women's quarterfinals today at Barnes Tennis Center. The Cougars will face the winner of No. 3 UNLV and No. 6 Utah in the semifinals on Friday.

The Cougars swept the doubles competition to notch the first point of the match. BYU's No. 3 tandem of Olga Boulytcheva and Lauren Jones posted an 8-1 victory over Jasmin Singh and Jessica Jones, improving to a perfect 11-0 at the No.3 doubles spot this season. BYU sophomore Anastasia Sourkova posted a team-high 20th singles victory this season after defeating Anne Andersen (6-0, 6-0) at the No. 2 position. Sofia Holden defeated Lauren Strasburger at No. 3 singles and Jennifer Miccoli upended Jessica Jones at No. 5 singles to account for the Cougars' team scoring.

BYU has won back-to-back MWC Tournament titles and advanced to the conference semifinals for the seventh straight year.

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

Women's Results - April 27, 2006
Quarterfinal No. 1 - No. 2 BYU def. No. 7 Colorado State, 4-0
Doubles 
1. Anastasia Sourkova/Jennifer Miccoli (BYU) def. Anne Andersen/Emily Kirchem (CSU)         8-3
2. Sofia Holden/Dolly Chang (BYU) def. Lauren Strasburger/Carla Pallares (CSU)                 8-2
3. Olga Boulytcheva/Lauren Jones (BYU) def. Jasmin Singh/Jessica Jones (CSU)                                                                       8-1

Singles1. Emily Kirchem (CSU) vs. Lauren Jones (BYU)                      6-2, 4-3 (DNF)
2. Anastasia Sourkova (BYU) def. Anne Andersen (CSU)          6-0, 6-0
3. Sofia Holden (BYU) def. Lauren Strasburger (CSU)               6-2, 6-0
4. Dolly Chang (BYU) vs. Carla Pallares (CSU)                         6-5 (DNF)
5. Jennifer Miccoli (BYU) def. Jessica Jones (CSU)             6-3, 6-0
6. Rana El Derwy (BYU) vs. Jasmin Singh (CSU)                  7-6 (DNF)