Friday, Feb. 9, 2024
Live Stats: vs Fresno Pacific
Live Stats: vs Stanislaus State
Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024
Live Stats: vs Saint Mary's College
FRESNO, Calif.- Fresno State women's tennis is set for the spring home opener at Spalding G. Wathen Tennis Courts against the Sunbirds and Warriors on Friday afternoon and the Gaels on Sunday morning.
BULLDOG BONES
Fresno State returns to Spalding G. Wathen Tennis Courts for the spring home opener against Fresno Pacific and Stanislaus State with Saint Mary's to follow on Sunday
Bulldogs are coming off a win at Santa Clara, 5-2
Australian native and freshman Eliza Dunabr earned her first start and win in both singles and double against Santa Clara
Two Bulldogs come into Friday's match on 2-0 singles win streak with Carolina Piferi and Mariya Vyshkina
Doubles pairs, Carolina Piferi and Eliza Dunbar come into this weekend 2-0, while Matilde Magrini and Misaki Kobayashi are 1-0 as doubles pairs
Fresno State kicks off a a six match homestand with the Sunbirds, Warriors and Gaels this weekend and will see Cal State Fullerton, BYU and Cal Poly in the coming weeks
Fresno State leads the all-time series with two of the opponents this weekend, Fresno Pacific and Stanislaus State and has won the last meeting
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT - FRESNO PACIFIC
Head coach Sam Gaeddert enters his second season leading the Sunbirds
Fresno Pacific is 0-2 coming into Friday's matchup
Fresno Pacific is coming off a loss to Biola University, 0-7
Sunbirds trail the all-time meetings 0-4, falling to the Bulldogs last season, 6-1
Two Sunbirds were named to ITA Division II National and Regional rankings in early November, Nayuma Subba No. 30 singles overall and Ueoku/ Subba No. 5 in Top 10 double rankings in the West Regional
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT - STANISLAUS STATE
Head coach Verek Visarga enters his 18th season leading the Warriors since the program was reinstated in 2008
Stanislaus State was picked to finish tenth in the PacWest preseason coach's poll.
Warriors head into Friday 1-0 after a clean 7-0 sweep at Jessup University
Last season, the Warriors finished fifth at the PacWest Conference Tennis Championships after being seeded tenth.
Warriors trail the all-time meetings 0-2
The last meeting in 2019 falling to the Bulldogs, 6-1
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT - SAINT MARY'S COLLEGE
Head coach Katharina Winterhalter returns to Saint Mary's after a seven year coaching career at Cal Poly. Winterhalter served as associate head coach for the Gaels from 2011-14
Coach Winterhalter also played at Fresno State for four seasons (2002-06) with multiple accolades and honors under her belt (NCAA DI Doubles runner-up in 2006, in the same year was tabbed as Fresno State Athlete of the year, four straight WAC Championships)
Gaels sit 1-2 overall this spring
Saint Mary's coming off a loss to Uni. of Oregon, 5-2
Gaels saw their first win of the spring at Eastern Washington, 6-1
Saint Mary's leads the all-time meetings 5-3
The last meeting between the two programs was a tight contest ending in the Gaels favor, 4-3
Gaels have won the last three match ups with the Bulldogs