SKIING: The University of Utah finished the first day of alpine competition tied for third place with 128 points. Denver University leads all teams with 152 points at Steamboat Springs, Colo. "Today went pretty well," said head alpine coach Jaka Korencan. "It was promising for the rest of the season." In the men's GS, Kyle Kung paced the Utes with an eighth-place finish. Hermann Lager, a Utah freshman who joined the Utes five days before the competition, impressed with a 13th-place finish. Eva Huckova led the women's contingent with a sixth-place finish. Mikaela Grassl also skied well, posting an eighth-place finish. Kimberly Stephens placed ninth, while freshman Sofia Smith finished 11th. The slalom races will be held Sunday night in Steamboat Springs, which has experienced heavy snowfall this weekend.

BYU

WOMEN'S TENNIS: In the opening match of the 2008 campaign BYU's women's tennis team started out strong with a convincing 5-2 victory at Hawaii, Friday. The No. 26 ranked Cougar team was up 4-0 before the Rainbow Wahine scored a point in the match. BYU went up 1-0 easily winning all three doubles matches then picked up three singles victories to go ahead 4-0. BYU's Anastasia Surkova teamed up with Kristina Doerr at the no. one doubles position, winning their match, 8-3 over Sophie Kobuch and Chloe Bihag. Teammates Liza Ezhova and Dolly Chang also won at no. 2 doubles in similar fashion. At no. 3 doubles, Elle Carney along with Chie Hayasaka defeated Hawaii's Natasha Zorec and Jennifer Goldman 8-2.

In the singles competition, the Cougars Ezhova, Hayasaka, and Chang picked up straight sets wins at number three, four and six respectively.

Utah Valley

WRESTLING: The Utah Valley wrestling team went 1-3 on Saturday at the Lone Star Duals at South Grand Prarie, Texas, and now sit at 5-5 in duals this season. Benjamin Kjar (125 pounds) and Sam Allen (149 pounds) both won three out of the four matches they wrestled on the day for the Wolverines Against No. 14 Wisconsin, the Wolverines fell 28-7 with Kjar and Marc Fenwick picking up wins for UV. Kjar defeated Drew Hammen by major decision, 13-4 and Fenwick topped Matt Maciag in a 6-3 decision. Despite losing eight of 10 matches against the Big 10 Badgers, Utah Valley lost four of those matches by four points or less, including Jeff Newby's 3-2 decision against Kyle Ruschell. In the second dual of the day, against Brown, Kjar pinned Mike Piccimilo (1:53) before Brown tied the team score at six with consecutive decision wins.