BYU women’s tennis defeated Washington State 6–1 on Friday afternoon at the BYU Indoor Tennis Courts.
The Cougars secured the doubles point and went on to win five of six singles matches.
BYU established control early in doubles play, claiming wins on Courts 3 and 2 to take the opening point.
Bella Lewis and Sue Yan Tan were the first pair to finish, earning a 6–2 win over Martina Puvill and Ava-Monet Sycamore on Court 3. The Cougars gained control in the middle of the set and carried that advantage to the finish.
The doubles point was clinched on Court 2, where Kendall Kovick and YuYun Chen defeated Yura Nakagawa and Eva Alvarez Sande, 6–4. After building a 5–3 lead, Washington State trimmed the deficit to 5–4.
Kovick and Chen responded by taking the final game, highlighted by a backhand winner from Kovick before Chen secured the set on serve.
Meanwhile, Court 1 featured a competitive finish. Gracie Leveston and Karina Mohamed erased an early deficit and regrouped after trailing 5–4 to claim a 7–5 win over Maxine Murphy and Chisato Kanemaki. The victory completed doubles play with BYU carrying a 1–0 team lead into singles.
Singles play widened the gap.
Kendall Kovick was first off the court in singles competition, earning a 6–3, 6–1 victory over Murphy at the No. 2 position. Kovick controlled rallies from the baseline and gradually built separation in both sets to give BYU a 2–0 team lead.
Sue Yan Tan followed with a resilient effort at No. 3 singles. Tan secured the opening set 6–3 before falling behind 5–2 in the second. She responded with a late surge, winning five consecutive games to claim the set 7–5 and push the Cougars’ advantage to 3–0.
Washington State’s lone point came at the top of the singles lineup. Eva Alvarez Sande defeated Leveston 6–3, 6–3 at No. 1 singles, trimming BYU’s lead to 3–1.
The Cougars answered quickly. YuYun Chen delivered a 7–6 (7–2), 6–3 win at No. 4 singles against Puvill. After a tightly contested first set moved to a tiebreaker, Chen took control in the breaker and carried that momentum into the second set, building a cushion before closing out the match.
The team result was secured on Court 5. Sage Bergeson defeated Kanemaki 6–3, 6–7 (10–6), 10–6 in one of the afternoon’s most tightly contested matches.
Bergeson captured the first set and led midway through the second before Washington State forced a tiebreak. After the match moved to a deciding super tiebreak, Bergeson established an early lead and maintained control to clinch the dual for BYU.
Bella Lewis completed singles play at No. 6 with a 3–6, 7–6 (10–4), 10–4 win over Sycamore. After dropping the opening set, Lewis claimed the second-set tiebreak to extend the match and built an early cushion in the deciding tiebreak to close it out.
BYU earned a 6–1 win on its home courts.