MANHATTAN -  Kansas State women’s tennis nearly passed its first test of the spring season, falling 4-3 to 25th-ranked BYU on Friday in Ahearn Field House.

The Wildcats (1-1) started the evening off on the right foot, capturing the doubles point from the Cougars (3-1). The tandem of senior Maria Rosenberg and freshman Tamar Kvaratskhelia won their number one doubles match over Hadley Macfarlane and Lauren Jones, 8-4. With the win, Rosenberg is now tied for fifth on K-State’s career doubles win list with 57. She holds the record with Kathy Chuda (1999-2002), who finished with a record of 57-50. The other doubles win came from freshman Tereza Prochazkova and senior Judith Diaz. The pair defeated Rebecca Pike and Dolly Chang, 8-3, for their second win of the season.

In singles play, Rosenberg defeated Jones in the number one match, 6-3, 6-4 and clinched her 70th career singles victory. Kvaratskhelia earned her 17th win of the season with a straight sets win in the number two position over Anastasia Sourkova, 6-2, 6-4. BYU captured the remaining four singles matches to capture the match.

K-State will have a week to prepare for its first match of a two-match road trip. The Wildcats will make a return trip to Oxford, Miss., to take on Mississippi, Feb. 6. 

Final Results
BYU vs. Kansas State
Manhattan, Kan.
January 28, 2005

Doubles
(60) Rosenberg/Kvaratskhelia (KSU) def. Macfarlane/Jones (BYU)   8-4
Sourkova/Chang (BYU) def. Simosa/Klimova (KSU)   8-3
Prochazkova/Diaz (KSU) def. Pike/Boulytcheva     8-3

Singles
(109) Rosenberg (KSU) def. Jones (BYU)   6-3, 6-4
Kvaratskhelia (KSU) def. Sourkova (BYU)  6-2, 6-4
Boulytecheva (BYU) def. Simosa (KSU)     7-5, 6-2
Miccoli (BYU) def. Klimova (KSU)         6-4, 3-6, 2-3 (ret.)
Holden (BYU) def. Da Valle (KSU)         6-2, 7-6 (7-3)
Chang (BYU) def. Prochazkova (KSU)       6-1, 6-1

Final Score
BYU 4, Kansas State 3