BYU-Hawaii ousts Drury in first round of nationals
HOUSTON, TX - The top-ranked Brigham Young University Hawaii women's tennis team opened defense of its national title with a 5-0 rout of 25th-ranked Drury today at the NCAA II National Championship Tournament.
The Seasiders swept all three doubles matches handily and then
picked up easy wins at number one and number five singles to roll
to the 5-0 win and improve to 27-0 for the season.
BYU-Hawaii has won 87 consecutive dual matches during its latest
winning streak.
The Seasiders' top-ranked doubles tandem of Elwen Li and Maggie
Deng breezed to an 8-0 win at the top doubles spot and Becky Lu and
Ramona Husaru took an 8-3 win at number two doubles while did Jenny
Chin and Ayako Ikeda won 8-1 at the third doubles spot to stake
BYU-Hawaii to the early lead.
Li then romped to a 6-1, 6-0 win at number one singles while
Chin blasted to a 6-0, 6-0 win at the fifth singles slot to secure
the victory. BYU-Hawaii was leading in the other four singles
matches when play was halted.
The Seasiders now advance to the NCAA II National quarterfinals
where they will face 15th-ranked West Florida on Thursday in
Houston, TX.
The Seasiders defeated the Argonauts earlier this year, 7-2, in
Pensacola, Florida.
Results:
Singles:
No. 1 #1 Elwen Li, BYUH def. #32 Laure
Piquemal, Drury 6-1, 6-0
No. 2 #4 Maggie Deng, BYUH vs. #49 Mouna Sabri, Drury 6-1, 3-1
DNC
No. 3 #14 Ramona Husaru, BYUH vs. Khrystsina Tryboi, Drury 6-2, 2-1
DNC
No. 4 #16 Becky Lu, BYUH vs. Thu Mai, Drury 6-0, 5-3 DNC
No. 5 #47 Jenny Chin, BYUH def. Eva Hankova, Drury 6-0, 6-0
No. 6 Ayako Ikeda, BYUH vs. Lindsey Castrodale, Drury 6-2, 2-1
DNC
Doubles:
No. 1 #1 Li/Deng, BYUH def. #21 Sabri/Tryboi,
Drury 8-0
No. 2 #8 Lu/Husaru, BYUH def. Piquemal/Hankova, Drury 8-3
No. 3 Ikeda/Chin, BYUH def. Mai/Castrodale, Drury 8-1