PROVO, Utah – The No. 37 University of New Mexico women’s tennis team dropped a 6-1 match to the No. 67 Brigham Young Cougars on Saturday afternoon at the BYU indoor tennis courts. UNM is now 9-3 on the season.
The Lobos dropped the doubles point to start the match. BYU’s Meg Sheehan-Dizon and Morgan Anderson defeated UNM’s Dalina Dahlmans and Emily Olivier 6-1 in the No. 3 position. Toby Miclat and Brittanie Eraso clinched the point with a tight 6-4 win over Natasha Smith and Sharon Coone in the No. 1 position.
“Our effort in doubles really hurt us,” head coach Erica Jasper said. “We had players who looked like they weren’t ready to play, and BYU took advantage of us.”
Dominique Dulski and Meredith Hopson were tied at 5-5 with BYU’s Nicolette Tran and Savannah Ware in the No. 2 position when the doubles point was claimed.
The Cougars also found success in singles play as they claimed five of the six singles matches. Sheehan-Dizon defeated Smith 7-6, 7-6 in the No. 1 spot; Hopson fell to Tran in the No. 2 spot 6-3, 6-4; Dulski fell to Milcat in a three-set battle 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 in the No. 4 position; Bhat fell to Anderson 0-6, 6-3, 1-0 in the No. 5 spot; Susan Baklini dropped a 6-3, 6-3 match to Erica Valimaki in the No. 6 spot.
Olivier was the only Lobo to tally a singles win on Saturday as she defeated Ware 7-6, 7-5 in the No. 3 spot.
“In singles we actually competed well at a number of positions, we just came up a bit short,” Jasper added. “Credit to BYU on a match well played. We need to regroup this week and have 3 doubles teams ready to go and 6 singles players who want to put the work in.”
The Lobos hit the road again next week for a pair of matches in Oklahoma. UNM faces Oklahoma on March 7 and Oklahoma State on March 8.
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UNM vs BYU Full Results
Doubles:
1) Toby Miclat/Brittanie Eraso (BYU) def. Natasha Smith/Sharon Coone (UNM), 6-4
2) Dominique Dulski/Meredith Hopson (UNM) & Nicolette Tran/Savannah Ware (BYU) 5-5, unfinished
3) Meg Sheehan-Dizon/Morgan Anderson (BYU) def. Dalina Dahlmans/Emily Olivier (UNM), 6-1
Order of Finish: 3, 1
Singles:
1) Meg Sheehan-Dizon (BYU) def. Natasha Smith (UNM), 7-6, 7-6
2) Nicolette Tran (BYU) def. Meredith Hopson (UNM), 6-1, 6-3
3) Emily Olivier (UNM) def. Savannah Ware (BYU), 7-6, 7-5
4) Toby Miclat (BYU) def. Dominique Dulski (UNM), 6-3 3-6, 6-2
5) Morgan Anderson (BYU) def. Rachana Bhat (UNM), 0-6, 6-3, 1-0
6) Erica Valimaki (BYU) def. Susan Baklini (UNM), 6-3, 6-3
Order of Finish: 2, 1, 3, 4, 5, 6
National Ranking: UNM – No. 37
BYU – No. 63
UNM Record: 9-3