PROVO, Utah – The BYU Cougars recorded a 4-1 win over the Portland Pilots in a West Coast Conference women's tennis dual match on Friday at the BYU Indoor Tennis Courts. BYU improves to 7-4 overall and 1-0 in league play, while the Pilots fall to 6-5 and 1-1 in the WCC.

Portland was without sophomore Raphaelle Leblanc (ill) who normally slots into the No. 2 singles position due to illness.

The Cougars took the early lead by securing the doubles point with comfortable wins at the No. 2 and No. 3 positions. Portland's top doubles tandem of Jelena Lukic and Anna Oberg were trailing 5-4 when the point was clinched.

Pilot sophomore Lourdes Ramalle evened the scoring with a dominant 6-0, 6-0 win over Katie Fitt at No. 4 singles. BYU responded with straight set wins at the No. 2, No. 3 and No. 5 positions to secure the team win.

Lukic was leading Anastasia Abramyan 3-1 in the third set at No. 1 singles when the match was decided.

Portland will continue its dual season next week with a pair of matches in San Diego. The Pilots will visit Point Loma for a non-conference match on Thursday at 3 p.m., and then return to WCC play at University of San Diego on Friday at noon.

BYU 4, Portland 1
Provo, Utah (Indoor Tennis Courts)
March 15, 2019

Singles
1. Anastasia Abramyan (BYU) vs. Jelena Lukic (POR) 4-6, 7-5, 1-3 unfinished
2. Kate Cusick (BYU) def. Emily Soares (POR) 6-4, 6-2
3. Polina Malykh (BYU) def. Marija Elenova (POR) 6-3, 6-2
4. Lourdes Ramalle (POR) def. Katie Fitt (BYU) 6-0, 6-0
5. Madeline Almeida (BYU) def. Angela Schuster (POR) 6-2, 6-1
6. Samantha Smith (BYU) vs. Anna Oberg (POR) 6-2, 5-2 unfinished

Doubles
1. Abramyan/Cusick (BYU) vs. Lukic/Oberg (POR) 5-4 unfinished
2. Almdeida/Malykh (BYU) def. Ramalle/Soares (POR) 6-2
3. Taylah Beckman/Smith (BYU) def. Laura Okazaki/Schuster (POR) 6-3

Match Notes:
Portland 6-5, 1-1 WCC
BYU 7-4, 1-0 WCC
Order of Finish: Doubles (2,3); Singles (4,2,3,5)