April 20, 2006

BOISE, Idaho - Utah State's women's tennis team saw its 2006 season come to an end with a 4-0 loss against Boise State in the first round of the Western Athletic Conference Championships here on Thursday.

The Aggies, who were the seventh seed in the tournament, dropped to 8-15 on the season. Boise State, which was the tournament's second seed and ranked 61st in the nation, advanced to the semifinals and will meet New Mexico State on Friday.

Boise State gained the doubles point with a pair of 8-0 victories at number one and number three doubles. BSU then claimed three singles matches to give the Broncos four of the possible seven available team points. The other three singles matches did not finish as they would not have affected the team outcome.

Of the completed matches, Lindsey Bennion, playing at number one singles, pushed her opponent the most. Bennion, a senior from Idaho Falls, Idaho, fell in her match 6-3, 6-3.

Jill Smith lost at number two 6-1, 6-3 and Andrea Barker lost 6-2, 6-2 at the fifth spot.

USU tied for fifth place in the conference championships for its best finish in a league tournament in the last three years. The Aggies were 10th in 2004 and eighth in 2005 in its last two years of Big West Conference play.

The Aggie men will begin tournament play on Friday with a match against New Mexico State at noon.

BOISE STATE 4, UTAH STATE 0

April 20, 2006Appleton Tennis CenterBoise, Idaho

Doubles

1. MacFarlane/Biorkman, BSU def. Lindsey Bennion/Andrea Barker, USU, 8-02.  Ganzha/Carroll, BSU vs. Jill Smith/Lauren Monson, USU, DNF3.  Mackova/Coll, BSU def. Dee-Dee Nelson/Courtney Anderson, USU 8-0
Singles1.  Megan Biorkman, BSU def. Lindsey Bennion, USU, 6-3, 6-32.  Hadley MacFarlane, BSU def. Jill Smith, USU, 6-1, 6-33.  Tatiana Ganzha, BSU vs. Courtney Anderson, USU, DNF4.  Alanah Carroll, BSU vs. Dee-Dee Nelson, USU, DNF5.  Jana Mackova, BSU def. Andrea Barker, USU, 6-2, 6-26.  Jan Wencel, BSU vs. Lauren Monson, USU, DNF