Three Cougars lose to three top-25 players

TEMPE, Ariz. -- Three BYU players fall to three top-25 opponents in the second round as the first day of the Thunderbird Invitational concluded, Friday at Arizona State.

 

“The girls fought hard and played well,” BYU head coach Lauren Jones-Spencer said. “This level of competition raised our confidence.”

 

Freshman Mayci Jones won her first match of the day against Arizona State’s Gussie O’Sullivan, 1-3, 6-3, 6-2. She then battled No. 5 in the nation Anett Schutting of California and lost 6-1, 6-4.

 

Sophomore Nicolette Tran also advanced in her first match of the day by blanking Fresno State’s Tanya Murtagh, 6-0, 6-0. Tran also faced tough competition as she fell to No. 23 in the nation, Klara Fabikova of California, 2-6, 6-0, 6-0.

 

The third BYU player to advance in singles, Meghan Sheehan-Dizon, was also stopped in the second round. After beating Arizona State’s Kassidy Jump, 6-4, 6-3, she was topped by No. 12 in the nation, Petra Niedermayerova of Kansas State, 6-4, 6-4.

 

In consolation singles, Morgan Anderson defeated Kansas State’s Amina St. Hill, 6-3, 6-3. She fell in her first match of the day against Stephanie Vlad of Arizona State, 6-2, 6-0.

 

Freshman Toby Miclat lost her first-round match against California’s Maegan Manasse, 6-4, 6-3. She bounced back in her second match with a comeback victory over Annie Weirda of Michigan, 2-6, 6-1, 6-0.

 

In doubles, the team of Miclat and Desiree Tran dominated California’s Alice Duranteau and Cecilia Estlander, 8-2. Anderson teamed up with Michigan’s Sara Remynse to defeat St. Hill and Livia Cirnu of Kansas State, 8-4.

 

Jones and Sheehan-Dizon narrowly fell to Arizona State’s Vlad and Joanna Smith, 8-7 (10-8)

 

Tournament action will continue tomorrow at the invitational beginning with doubles at 8:30 a.m. MST.

 

 

Doubles

Stephanie Vlad/Joanna Smith (ASU) def. Mayci Jones/Meghan Sheehan-Dizon (BYU) 8-7 (10-8)

Amina St. Hill/Livia Cirnu (KSU) def. Morgan Anderson (BYU)/Sara Remynse (Mich) 8-4

Toby Miclat/Desiree Tran (BYU) def. Alice Duranteau/Cecilia Estlander (Cal) 8-2

 

Singles 

Round of 32

Mayci Jones (BYU) def. Gussie O’Sullivan (ASU) 1-3, 6-3, 6-2

Stephanie Vlad (ASU) def. Morgan Anderson (BYU) 6-2, 6-0

Nicolette Tran (BYU) def. Tanya Murtagh (FS) 6-0, 6-0

Maegan Manasse (Cal) def. Toby Miclat (BYU) 6-4, 6-1

Meghan Sheehan-Dizon (BYU) def. Kassidy Jump (ASU) 6-4, 6-3

 

Round of 16

Anett Schutting (Cal) def. Mayci Jones (BYU) 6-1, 6-4

Klara Fabikova (Cal) def. Nicolette Tran (BYU) 2-6, 6-0, 6-0

Petra Niedermayerova (KSU) def. Meghan Sheehan-Dizon (BYU) 6-4, 6-4

 

1st Round Consolation Bracket

Morgan Anderson (BYU) def. Amina St. Hill (KSU) 6-3, 6-3

Toby Miclat (BYU) def. Annie Weirda (Mich) 2-6, 6-1, 6-0