PROVO, Utah – Continuing conference play, No. 72 Santa Clara narrowly edged out the BYU women’s tennis team, 4-3, Tuesday at the BYU Outdoor Tennis Courts.

“The girls came out strong and fought hard in singles,” BYU coach Lauren Jones-Spencer said. “I think it’s a matter of keeping momentum going and not changing our game. There are a few specific things we need to work on this week in practice. We’re not executing as well as we should, especially on the short ball. We’ll work on that this week and hopefully it will translate into our match on Friday.”

Match highlights and Interviews

The Broncos (8-5, 2-0 WCC) took the doubles point with wins on courts 2 and 3. Juniors Aubrey Paul and Andie Young fell 8-4 before Santa Clara topped freshmen Meghan Sheehan-Dizon and Morgan Anderson, 8-5. Sophomore Desiree Tran and senior Megan Price recorded the lone doubles win for the Cougars (5-11, 1-2 WCC), defeating their Court 1 opponent 8-4.

Playing at the No. 4 singles position, Price made quick of Jessica Agra, 6-1, 6-4, to put BYU on the board. Santa Clara answered with two wins. Paul fell 6-4, 6-4 on Court 5 before Brittany Warly defeated freshman Lisa Waldron, 6-4, 6-3.

Sheehan-Dizon recorded her fifth consecutive win with a 7-5, 6-2 victory over Kacie Wagner on Court 3.

Katie Le secured the match win for the Broncos, taking a 7-6(2), 6-4 decision over Tran on Court 1.

Anderson was last off the court, with a win over Kelly Lamble at the No. 2 singles position.

BYU hosts No. 33 Saint Mary’s Saturday at the BYU Outdoor Tennis Courts in its last home match of the season. Match play starts at noon. Admission is free and pizza will be provided.

No. 72 Santa Clara – 4
BYU – 3

Singles competition:
1. Katie Le (SCU) def. Desiree Tran (BYU), 7-6(2), 6-4
2. Morgan Anderson (BYU) def. Kelly Lamble (SCU), 7-6(5), 2-6, 4-1, Ret.
3. Meghan Sheehan-Dizon (BYU) def. Kacie Wagner (SCU), 7-5, 6-2
4. Megan Price (BYU) def. Jessica Agra (SCU), 6-1, 6-4
5. Skaras (SCU) def. Aubrey Paul (BYU), 6-4, 6-4
6. Brittany Warly (SCU) def. Lisa Waldron (BYU), 6-4, 6-3
Order of finish: 4, 5, 6, 3, 1, 2

Doubles competition:
1. D. Tran/M. Price (BYU) def. K. Le/J. Agra (SCU), 8-4
2. K. Lamble/K. Wagner (SCU) def. M. Sheehan-Dizon/M. Anderson (BYU), 8-5
3. Skaras/B. Warly (SCU) def. A. Paul/A. Young (BYU), 8-4
Order of finish: 1, 3, 2

PROVO, Utah – The BYU women’s tennis team welcomes No. 74 Santa Clara and No. 33 Saint Mary’s to the BYU tennis courts for the last home matches of the season.

The Cougars (5-10, 1-1 WCC) host Santa Clara Tuesday at 11 a.m. MDT and Saint Mary’s Friday at noon MDT. Both matches will be played at the BYU Outdoor Tennis Courts. Admission is free.

BYU is coming off its first West Coast Conference win, topping the University of San Francisco, 4-3, Saturday at home.

Freshman Meghan Sheehan-Dizon extended her spring record to a team-best 10-5 after winning her fourth consecutive match. Playing at the No. 1 position for the Cougars, sophomore Desiree Tran is on a three-match winning streak. 

No. 74 Santa Clara (7-4, 1-0 WCC) dropped its last match, 6-1, to Cal Poly on March. 12. The Broncos challenge Utah State Monday before traveling to Provo. No. 38 Katie Le represents Santa Clara in the national ITA singles polls.

No. 33 Saint Mary’s (10-5, 3-0 WCC) is undefeated in conference play, with wins over San Francisco, Gonzaga and Portland. The Gaels have one ranked player in No. 88 Jenny Jullien.

The Cougars hit the road to finish the season, with matches next weekend against Gonzaga and Portland before taking on LMU and Pepperdine April 20 and April 21, respectively.