BYU briefs

WOMEN'S TENNIS: At Albuquerque, the regular season ended with a 4-3 win for the Cougars. They defeated TCU Saturday to improve to 9-12 on the season and 5-3 in conference play.

Kristina Doerr and Elle Carney easily won the first doubles match of the day, earning an 8-3 win on court two. No. 50 Katariina Tuohimaa and Kayla Duncan upset No. 30 McCall Jones and Megan Price to end the pair's four-match win streak. The point came down to Liza Ezhova and Chie Hayasaka at the No. 3 position. The Cougar duo won in a tiebreaker to take the advantage going into singles.

TCU quickly tied the score with a 6-1, 6-1 victory on court three. BYU stormed back to win three matches in a row to clinch the needed four points. Ezhova handily defeated Maria Babanova. At the No. 1 spot, Jones completed an undefeated singles season against conference opponents. Price secured the deciding match in straight sets.

The Horned Frogs did not let up and won the last two matches. Both contests went to three sets. Doerr won the first set, lost the second and fell 10-8 in the tiebreak. Hayasaka lost the first set but rallied back to win the second. She eventually dropped the third 6-4 to end the match at 4-3.

BYU will take a week and a half off to prepare for the Mountain West Conference Tournament. The tourney begins April 28 at the Fertitta Tennis Complex on the campus of UNLV.

MEN'S TENNIS: In the last home match of the season, the No. 35 Cougars team notched a 7-0 win over No. 58 UNLV. With the win, the Cougars remain the only undefeated team in the Mountain West Conference.

Saturday's victory marks the 20th of the year for BYU. This is the first time the men's tennis team has tallied 20 wins in a season since 1988.

"Our guys played inspired tennis Saturday," BYU coach Brad Pearce said. "Our goal was to come out and compete at every position, and I couldn't be more proud of our players."

UNLV took the first doubles match with an 8-5 victory on court three, but BYU bounced back to capture the other two and win the point. Thomas Shubert and Cassidy Mears defeated their Rebel opponents 8-5 at the No. 1 position. Georgy Batrakov and Daniel Hwang notched their 20th doubles victory of the season with an 8-6 decision at the No. 2 spot.

"We played a little tight in doubles but got the point, which is the goal," Pearce said.