FRESNO, Calif. (March 26, 2022) – The Wyoming Cowgirl tennis team opened Mountain West play Saturday afternoon with a 4-2 loss to 68th-ranked Fresno State in California, snapping the Cowgirls' seven-match conference winning streak from last season.
Wyoming (6-8, 0-1 MW) opened the match by winning the doubles' point as the tandems of Ida Krause and Maria Oreshkina and Ana Fernandez and Sophie Zehender picked up doubles victories. At the No. 1 spot, Krause and Oreshkina won 6-2 while in the second position, Fernandez and Zehender rallied to force a tiebreak, which they won 7-4 to take the match, 7-6.
On the singles' side of things, Zehender was the lone Cowgirl to pick up a win Saturday. Zehender's win came at the No. 2 spot, 6-3 and 6-4. Lucia Malinak was locked into a third set with her opponent at the third spot but went unfinished as the Bulldogs (11-3) clinched the match with their three-set victory at No. 6 singles.
The Cowgirls look to snap their two-match losing streak as they close the weekend with a 10 a.m., MT match against San Jose State Sunday in Fresno.
Wyoming at Fresno State
3/26/22 in Fresno, Calif.
Fresno State 4, Wyoming 2
Doubles competition
1. Maria Oreshkina/Ida Krause (WYO) def. Pang Jittakoat/Matilde Magrini (FSU) 6-2
2. Ana Fernandez/Sophie Zehender (WYO) def. Marzano Nonnis/Carolina Piferi (FSU) 7-6 (7-4)
3. Cristina Flaquer/AC Hummel (FSU) def. Mihaela Kaftanova/Lucia Malinak (WYO) 6-1
Singles competition
1. Jittakoat (FSU) def. Oreshkina (WYO) 6-2, 6-1
2. Zehender (WYO) def. Magrini (FSU) 6-3, 6-4
3. Malinak (WYO) vs. Hummel (FSU) 4-6, 6-4, unfinished
4. Flaquer (FSU) def. Fernandez (WYO) 6-0, 7-5
5. Marzano Nonnis (FSU) def. Krause (WYO) 6-2, 6-1
6. Piferi (FSU) def. Kaftanova (WYO) 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
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