LARAMIE, Wyo. (Feb. 8, 2026) – The Wyoming Cowgirls got back to winning Sunday afternoon as they closed their home-opening weekend with a 5-2 victory over Idaho State. With the win, the Cowgirls move to 5-3 on the young season.
Wyoming rallied to open the match to win a hotly-contested Double Point Sunday. At No. 1, the team of Silver Bijlsma and Dilnaz Mashabayeva came back to win a tiebreaker to clinch the point for the Cowgirls. The duo won 7-6 (7-4) after falling behind 5-4 in the contest. At the No. 2 doubles spot, Eugenia Ceinos and Madlena Orlova also got a win for the Brown & Gold, taking their matchup, 6-3.
In singles, the Cowgirls won 5-of-6 contests with Bijlsma clinching the dual in singles as well. Unlike in Saturday's loss, Sunday, Wyoming rallied to win three three-set contests in singles play. At No. 1, Anastasiia Kochelaevskaia rallied to win 4-6, 6-1 and 6-4. At the second spot, Bijlsma dropped her first set 4-6 and then stormed all the way back to win 7-6 (7-4) and 6-2. At No. 5, it was Mashabayeva who split the first two sets, 5-7 and 6-3 and then one the third-set super set 10-8. Ceinos earned Wyoming's lone straight-sets victory as she won at No. 4, 7-5 and 6-2.
The Cowgirls have one more weekend of non-conference play and are off for a couple of weeks before traveling to South Dakota for a pair of neutral-site duals in Sioux Falls. UW will face South Dakota February 20 and Northern Iowa on the 21st.
Wyoming vs. Idaho
2/8/2026 in Laramie, Wyo.
Wyoming 5, Idaho 2
Doubles competition
1. Bijlsma/Mashabayeva (WYO) def. Matthews/Schraeder 7-6 (7-4)
2. Ceinos/Orlova (WYO) def. Rodas/Xu 6-3
3. Koprowska/Johansson def. Abriola/Kochelaevskaia (WYO) 6-0
Singles competition
1. Kochelaevskaia (WYO) def. Matthews 4-6, 6-1 and 6-4
2. Bijlsma (WYO) def. Xu 4-6, 7-6 (7-4) and 6-2
3. Schraeder def. Orlova (WYO) 3-6, 6-3 and 6-3
4. Ceinos (WYO) def. Johansson 7-5, 6-2
5. Mashabayeva (WYO) def. Koprowska 5-7, 6-3 and 1-0 (10-8)
6. Hatem def. Abriola (WYO) 7-5, 6-3
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