PULLMAN, Washington—Idaho women's tennis (0-2) fell to BYU (3-0) 7-0 in Hollingbery Fieldhouse on the campus of Washington State University, Friday afternoon.
 
The Cougars won the first two doubles sets to take the first point in the match. The number three doubles pairing of freshman Nicole Horacek and junior Marta Magalhaes were ahead 5-4 on Madeline Almedia and Helen Jiao, but did not finish the match before the number one and number two doubles pairings for the Vandals fell to the Cougars doubles pairings.
 
In singles play, graduate student Ilana Oleynik, playing in the number three spot, fell to Madeline Almedia 6-0 in the first set. Oleynik battled back in the second set, 6-6, but came up short in the tie break, 7-1, falling 6-0, 7-6 in the match.
 
In the number four singles pairing, Maggie Chen took an early lead on Emilee Astle, 1-0, after winning the first set 6-4. Astle won the next two sets, taking the match from Chen, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1.
 
Laura Spataro engaged in a thrilling battle with Kate Cusick in the number one singles match. Spataro dropped the first set 6-2 before controlling the second set 6-4. Cusick took the third set, 6-4 to win the match 6-2, 4-6, 6-4.
 
"We played a tough team today, and the girls competed really well" said Head Coach Babar Akbar. "We had a lot of close matches and I feel like if one or two would of gone our way it would of changed the match around, but they did an amazing job not letting us back into any of those matches. We will take this as a learning lesson and hopefully can improve from it."

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The Vandals return to action against tomorrow against Gonzaga at 11 a.m. in Spokane, Washington.

Tennis Match Results  PDF RESULTS
Idaho vs BYU
Jan. 31, 2020, Pullman, Washington (Hollingbery Fieldhouse)
Idaho 0 BYU 7
 
DOUBLES

1. Kate Cusick Truman/ Leah Heimuli (BYU) def. Melissa Huchet/Ilana Oleynik (UI) 6-4
2. Polina Malykh/ Emilee Astle (BYU) def. Laura/Spataro/Maggie Chen (UI) 6-2
3. Nicole Horacek/Marta Magalhaes (UI) vs. Madeline Almeida Wanlass/ Helen Jiao (UI) 5-4 DNF

Order of finish: 2,1
 
SINGLES

1. Kate Cusick Truman (BYU) def. Laura Spataro (UI) 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
2. Leah Heimuli (BYU) def. Melissa Huchet (UI) 6-4, 6-4
3. Madeline Almeida Wanlass (BYU) def. Ilana Oleynik (UI) 6-0, 7-6 (7-1)
4. Emilee Astle (BYU) def. Maggie Chen (UI) 4-6, 6-2, 6-1
5. Helen Jiao (BYU) def. Marta Magalhaes (UI) 6-3, 7-6 (7-5)
6. Emma Jewell def. Shion Watabe (UI) 6-1, 6-3

Order of finish: 2,3,1,4,6,5