TEMPE, Ariz. – Sophomore Toby Miclat advanced to the semifinals of the Sparky Draw Consolation bracket Saturday but fell to Alex Osborne of ASU 6-2, 7-5. In her quarterfinal match, Miclat beat Annie Wierda of Michigan 7-6 (5), 6-1.

Morgan Anderson-Littlewood, Meghan Sheehan-Dizon and Nicolette Tran all competed Saturday but fell in their matches. Anderson-Littlewood came up short in the Maroon Draw Consolation quarterfinals, losing to ASU’s Ebony Panoho 6-3, 6-1. Sheehan-Dizon and Tran both participated in the Sparky Draw Consolation Back Draw. Sheehan-Dizon lost to Stephane Lin of Cal 6-2, 6-2 and Tran fell to Jordan Denesik of Northern Arizona 7-5, 6-2.

The Cougars return home to prepare for their regular season in January. They will open up the season in Houston on Jan. 17 playing Texas A&M – Corpus Christi. 

PROVO, Utah – BYU women’s tennis heads to Arizona State this weekend for the ASU Thunderbird Invitational Nov. 7-9 in Tempe, Arizona.

“The ASU Invite is always a great opportunity to play good competition,” BYU head coach Lauren Jones-Spencer said. “The girls have been practicing really well these past few weeks so I’m excited to see how we play this weekend.”

Meghan Sheehan-Dizon, Nicolette Tran, Toby Miclat and Morgan Anderson-Littlewood will all compete in the singles main draw beginning Friday. Sheehan-Dizon and Tran play their first-round matches at 9:30 a.m. Friday morning followed shortly by Miclat and Anderson-Littlewood who play at 11 a.m. Second-round matches of singles will be played at 12:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. Friday afternoon.

The doubles main draw has not been developed yet and matches will be determined each day at the beginning of play.  Cougars Miclat and Mayci Jones are coming off a finals appearance in the doubles event at the USTA/ITA Regional Championships.