FRESNO, Calif. – The No. 67-ranked Fresno State women's tennis team swept the No. 42-ranked Colorado State Rams 4-0 in both teams' Mountain West opener on Friday afternoon at the Spalding G. Wathen Tennis Center.
Fresno State (7-6, 1-0 Mountain West) earned the doubles point by winning at the No. 2 and 3 positions, and then won three singles contests against Colorado State (11-3, 0-1 MW).
2022 MW Player of the Year Pang Jittakoat swept CSU's Radka Buzkova at No. 1 singles to give Fresno State a 2-0 lead.
Carolina Piferi then won at No. 4 singles and Mariya Vyshkina, the three-time Mountain West Freshman of the Week, continued her dominance in her debut season in the Central Valley by winning 6-2, 6-4 over Sarka Richterova.
NOTES
This was the Fresno State women's tennis team's fifth win over a nationally ranked opponent this season.
Fresno State has now won 15 straight MW regular season contests.
Fresno State's Pang Jittakoat extended her singles winning streak to 10 straight victories at No. 1 singles.
RESULTS
No. 67 FRESNO STATE 4, No. 42 COLORADO STATE 0
3/24/2023 at Spalding G. Wathen Tennis Center (Fresno, Calif.)
Doubles Competition
1. Pang Jittakoat / Matilde Magrini (FS) vs. Radka Buzkova / Emily Dush (CSU) 5-6, unfinished
2. Cristina Flaquer / Mariya Vyshkina (FS) def. Ky Etcon / Zara Lennon (CSU) 6-4
3. Carlotta Nonnis Marzano / Carolina Piferi (FS) def. Sarka Richterova / Zhadzinskaya (CSU) 7-6 [7-4]
Singles Competition
1. Pang Jittakoat (FS) vs. Buzkova (CSU) 6-4, 6-2
2. Matilde Magrini (FS) vs. Lennon (CSU) 6-1, 3-6, 1-2, unfinished
3. Cristina Flaquer (FS) vs. Dush (CSU) 2-6, 7-6 [8-6], unfinished
4. Carolina Piferi (FS) def. Weekley (CSU) 7-6 [8-6], 6-2
5. Mariya Vyshkina (FS) def. Richterova (CSU) 6-2, 6-4
6. Carlotta Nonnis Marzano (FS) vs. Avelar (CSU) 7-6 [10-8], 1-2, unfinished
Match Notes
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (1,5,4)