DENVER, Colo. (March 11, 2020) – The Wyoming Cowgirl tennis team stumbled on the road Wednesday afternoon as the Cowgirls fell to 37th-ranked Denver, 7-0. With the loss, Wyoming is now 8-4 on the season.
Denver (12-4) began the match by taking the doubles point. The No. 69 ranked team of Taylor Melville and Hada Chang defeated the Cowgirl duo of Oleksandra Balaba and Maria Oreshkina, 6-1 at No. 1. At No. 2, Mihaela Kaftanova and Ida Krause were downed by Camille Anderson and Anna Riedmiller, 6-3. The No. 3 doubles match was not finished after the Pioneers clinched the point.
In singles play, the Cowgirls fought hard but ultimately came up short. In the No. 6 spot, Kaftanova lost in the third set tiebreaker to fall in her match against Alessia Truden by a score of 7-5, 2-6 and 0-1 (3-10). At No. 1 singles, Oreshkina came up short against Melville, 6-2 and 7-6 (7-5).
At No. 2, Clara Mansart was defeated by Riedmiller 6-3 and 6-4. At No. 3, Britt Pursell bested Krause by a score of 6-1, 6-2. While at No. 4 and No. 5, Ana Fernandez and Ana Royo lost their matches, respectively.
The Cowgirls look to rebound Friday as UW finally gets to play in Laramie for the first time this spring. Wyoming will host Eastern Washington in a 2 p.m., contest to begin the 2020 home slate.
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