PROVO, Utah -- The University of San Francisco women's tennis team started WCC play with a match against BYU at the Indoor Tennis Courts on Friday afternoon, dropping the clinch format match 4-0.
 
"It was a very good match in pretty adverse conditions against BYU," said head coach Peter Bartlett. "We still feel like we are getting better each match and will stay focused for the next opportunity in the next week."
 
BYU started with a 6-1 doubles wins over Shanna Dos Santos and Amber Del Rosario. Next up was the doubles pair of Anna Sokiran and Alexa Meyer who were beaten in the end, 6-0. With the doubles point clinched by BYU, Emily Maxfield and Mya Bui's match went unfinished at 4-2.
 
Bui had a strong first match to start singles play, putting up four set points, but ultimately fell 6-4, 6-0. Margarita Treyes followed with a 6-0, 6-3 defeat in her matches, putting the Dons three points behind the Cougars.
 
Sokiran lost her first set 6-2, but came back in the second set to win 6-4 to earn a chance to add a point to her team's day. However, in the final set of the match,  the match point went to BYU with Sokiran dropping her last set 6-2. The rest of the matches went unfinished with the Dons falling 4-0.
 
Doubles (order of finish: 3,2)

1. Mayci Jones and Anastasia Abramyan vs. Maxfield and Bui; 4-2, unfinished
2. Taylah Beckman and Samantha Smith def. Sokiran and Meyer; 6-1
3. Kate Cusick and Polina Malykh def. Dos Santos and Del Rosario; 6-0

 
Singles (order of finish: 3,4,2)

1. Jones vs. Maxfield; 5-7, 6-3, 2-3, unfinished
2. Abramyan def. Sokiran; 6-2, 4-6, 6-2
3. Cusick def. Bui; 6-4, 6-0
4. Madeline Almeida def. Treyes; 6-0, 6-3
5. Malykh vs. Dos Santos; 6-0, 2-1, unfinished
6. Hermehr Kaur vs. Meyer; 5-3, unfinished

 
UP NEXT
The Dons return to the Olympic Club on Sunday, Mar. 4 for a match against the Academy of Art. First serve is scheduled for 3 p.m.