April 26, 2001

LARAMIE, Wyo. -

The University of Wyoming women's tennis team lost to Brigham Young University 5-0 Thursday in the first round of the Mountain West Conference Tennis Championships, held in Ft. Collins, Colo.

Wyoming, which entered the tournament as the #8 seed, fell to the #1 seeded Cougars in straight matches. After BYU clinched the match, the remaining two singles matches were halted.

The Cowgirls will return to action on Friday against #5 seed Utah at 10:00 a.m. Utah lost to New Mexico 4-3 on Thursday.

Complete match results:

(1) BYU 5, (8) Wyoming 0Singles1. Jodi Richardson (BYU) def. Jenny Bowman (WYO)           6-0, 6-02. Dominique Reynolds (BYU) def. Angela Dossetor (WYO)     6-0, 6-13. Lu Oswald (BYU) def. Sofi Espinosa (WYO)                6-1, 6-14. Brooke Ferney (BYU) vs. Toni Terhaar (WYO)              6-4, 1-0, DNF5. Liza Khoudoirova (BYU) vs. Jennifer Hancock (WYO)       6-2, 3-1, DNF6. Lindsey Ferrell (BYU) def. Yuliani Santi (WYO)          6-2, 6-0Doubles1. Richardon/Ferney (BYU) def. Bowman/Dossetor (WYO)       8-22. Reynolds/Khoudoiarova (BYU) def. Espinosa/Santi (WYO)   8-23. Oswald/Ferrell (BYU) vs. Terhaar/Hancock (WYO)          DNF