FRESNO, Calif. – The No. 67-ranked Fresno State women's tennis team battled to the end before falling 4-3 to the Wyoming Cowgirls on Sunday at the Spalding G. Wathen Tennis Center.
Fresno State (7-7, 1-1 Mountain West) earned the doubles point by winning at the No. 1 and 3 positions, and led the match 3-0 after Pang Jittakoat and Matilde Magrini each won at the top of the Bulldogs' rotation before coming up just short in the remaining four singles showdowns to Wyoming (7-8, 2-0 MW).
This was Fresno State's first loss in a regular season Mountain West contest since 2021 and snapped a 15-match regular season conference winning streak for the Bulldogs, who went 10-0 in league play last season en route to capturing the 2022 MW regular season championship.
Before the match, Fresno State honored its two graduating seniors – Cristina Flaquer and Carlotta Nonnis Marzano – in a recognition ceremony before the Bulldogs' final home match of the 2023 season.
RESULTS
Wyoming 4, No. 67 Fresno State 3
3/26/2023 at Spalding G. Wathen Tennis Center (Fresno, Calif.)
Doubles Competition
1. Pang Jittakoat / Matilde Magrini (FS) def. S. Zehender / A. Fernandez (WYO) 6-3
2. M. Oreshkina / V. Borodina (WYO) def. Cristina Flaquer / Mariya Vyshkina (FS) 6-0
3. Carlotta Nonnis Marzano / Carolina Piferi (FS) def. N. Brink / N. Dobrilova (WYO) 7-6 [7-4]
Singles Competition
1. Pang Jittakoat (FS) def S. Zehender (WYO) 6-3, 6-2
2. Matilde Magrini (FS) def. M. Oreshkina (WYO) 6-3, 6-3
3. N. Brink (WYO) def. Cristina Flaquer (FS) 6-4, 6-2
4. V. Borodina (WYO) def. Carolina Piferi (FS) 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 [10-8]
5. N. Dobrilova (WYO) def. Mariya Vyshkina (FS) 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 [7-4]
6. A. Fernandez (WYO) def. Carlotta Nonnis Marzano (FS) 5-7, 7-5, 7-5
Match Notes
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (1,2,3,5,6,4)