Air Force Falls to BYU, 6-1
    Sarah Cassman wins at No. 6 singles for AFA

    Sarah Cassman won her 22nd match of the season Thursday
    Sarah Cassman won her 22nd match of the season Thursday

    April 8, 2010

    The Air Force women's tennis team dropped a 6-1 decision to BYU Thursday afternoon at the Academy. Junior Sarah Cassman posted the lone victory for Air Force, winning the No. 6 singles match. Air Force fell to 14-7 overall and 1-2 in Mountain West Conference action, while the Cougars improved to 6-11 and 2-2.

    The Cougars jumped out to a 1-0 lead by sweeping the doubles competition. At the top doubles spot, McCall Jones and Megan Price posted an 8-3 triumph over Christen Monreal and Hannah Dake. BYU also got doubles wins from Kristina Doerr and Chie Hayasaka, 8-3, over Tahlia Smoke and Allie Chermel at No. 2, and Elle Carney and Elizaveta Ezhova, 8-5, over Christine Molina and Melissa Cecil at No. 3.

    Cassman improved to 22-12 overall and 15-6 this spring with a 7-5, 6-4 victory over Aubrey Paul, but BYU won the other five matches, three of them in three sets. Jones, ranked 52nd in the nation, defeated Monreal, 6-2, 6-3 at the top spot, while Doerr beat Smoke, 6-1, 6-2 at the No. 2 position.

    Hayasaka rallied to win the No. 3 match, 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 over Dake and Carney downed Molina, 6-3, 2-6, 6-1 at the No. 4 position. Ezhova wrapped up the team match with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 victory over Cecil at the No. 5 spot.

    Air Force returns to action on Friday, April 9 when it hosts 39th-ranked Utah at the Academy. The match is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m.

    BYU 6, Air Force 1

    Singles
    1. #52 McCall Jones (BYU) def. Christen Monreal, 6-2, 6-3
    2. Kristina Doerr (BYU) def. Tahlia Smoke, 6-1, 6-2
    3. Chie Hayasaka (BYU) def. Hannah Dake, 4-6, 7-5, 6-4
    4. Elle Carney (BYU) def. Christine Molina, 6-3, 2-6, 6-1
    5. Elizaveta Ezhova (BYU) def. Melissa Cecil, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
    6. Sarah Cassman (AF) def. Aubrey Paul, 7-5, 6-4

     

     

    Doubles
    1. Jones / Megan Price (BYU) def. Monreal / Dake, 8-3
    2. Doerr / Hayasaka (BYU) def. Allie Chermel / Smoke, 8-3
    3. Carney / Ezhova (BYU) def. Cecil / Molina, 8-5
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