Upcoming Event: Women's Tennis at Santa Barbara on January 18, 2026
Women's Tennis
at Santa Barbara
The University of Utah Athletics
Saturday, February 28
Salt Lake City, Utah
2:00 PM
University of Utah
0
vs
7
BYU
Utah Knocked Off By No. 20 BYU
2/28/2004 12:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Feb. 28, 2004
SALT LAKE CITY - The University of Utah women's tennis team lost its first conference match to rival No. 20 BYU 7-0 at the Eccles Tennis Center.
The Cougars dominated the Utes in doubles play. Senior Sheri Esrock and freshman Cinthia Saucedo teamed up at the No. 1 and fell to Macfarlane and Zahnova (8-4). At the No. 2, freshmen Whitney Eber and Jessica Watts were downed by Pike and Holden (8-1) and senior Rachel Alder and sophomore Jenessa Jackson were blasted by Boulytcheva and Schneider at the No. 3 (8-2).
In singles play, the Utes fared well but did not manage to pick up any wins. At the No. 1, Esrock lost (6-1, 6-1) to Zahnvoa and Eber was dropped by Holden (7-5, 6-2) at the No. 2. The middle of the lineup felt the same sting as Saucedo was crushed by Jones (6-4, 6-4) at the No. 3 and Watts was crushed by Pike (6-3, 6-0) at the No. 4. The Cougars outplayed the Utes at the No. 5 and 6 positions as well when Jackson lost to Macfarlane (6-3, 6-4) at the No. 5 and Alder to Schneider at the No. 6 (6-3, 7-6(5)).
Head coach Megan Dorny comments on the match:"Aside from the doubles, we competed well as a team today. We really picked up our play during the singles portion of the match, after playing tentatively and intimidated in the doubles. As you can see from the results, we were in at the #2, 3, 5, and 6 spots today with a couple of points making the difference in a number of those sets. In the future, I hope we can turn some of our opportunities to win into wins."
"The month of March brings a lot of travel and the beginning of our outdoor season. we be playing mostly ranked teams in March, so if we play well on the road this could be a really big boost to send us into conference play."
BYU 7, Utah 0
Doubles1. Macfarlane/Zahnova def. Esrock/Saucedo 8-42. Pike/Holden def. Eber/Watts 8-13. Boulytcheva/Schneider def. Alder/Jackson 8-2
Singles1. Zahnova def. Esrock 6-1, 6-12. Holden def. Eber 7-5, 6-23. Jones def. Saucedo 6-4, 6-44. Pike def. Watts 6-3, 6-05. MacFarlane def.Jackson 6-3, 6-46. Schneider def. Alder 6-3, 7-6 (5)
Players Mentioned
Utah Women's Tennis 25-26 Pronunciations
Thursday, September 11
Role models. Trailblazers. Legends. Celebrating our #AAPI student-athletes this month and always.
Monday, May 20
Recap: Utah women's tennis defends home court with victory over Oregon
Tuesday, May 14
A Chat with Anastasia and Mat
Wednesday, June 29