BYU campus briefs

MEN'S TENNIS: Junior Evan Urbina was honored by the Mountain West Conference as the Player of the Week for men's tennis.

This is the first time Urbina, one of the three remaining undefeated BYU players, has won the award. He led No. 61 BYU to a 3-0 record last weekend while playing at the No. 2 singles position against No. 61 Harvard, No. 67 Mississippi State and DePaul. The junior clinched the 4-3 win against the Crimson with his three-set victory over Aba Omodele-Lucien (3-6, 7-6, 6-4), and went on to clinch the 4-2 match against the Bulldogs later that afternoon with another three-set win, this time over No. 125 Artem Ilyushin (6-4, 3-6, 6-4). The next day against DePaul, Urbina and partner Spencer Smith secured the doubles point for the Cougars, defeating Douglas Perrin/Alasdair Graetz (9-8 [8]) at the No. 2 slot. Urbina won the first set of his singles match against Bartosz Jozwiak (6-4), but play was stopped after BYU secured the 6-0 victory.

WOMEN'S GYMNASTICS: After two consecutive weekends on the road the Cougars will return home to face No. 20 Denver and in-state rival Utah State. Competition will begin at 7 p.m. in Smith Fieldhouse.

"We are capable of scoring higher than we have thus far this season," Cougar head coach Brad Cattermole said Monday. "If we can fix the little things in our routines we are capable of posting very competitive scores."

With three meets down, BYU's injury plagued 2009 season is becoming a memory of the past and the Cougar coaching staff believes the fear of injury is beginning to subside.

"The girls are excited to compete and the fear of hurting themselves is no longer in the forefront of their minds," said Cattermole. "They are working to develop their routines and skills in order to post the scores they want."