FRESNO, Calif.- Fresno State women's tennis team played strong in their home opener finishing 2-1 for the weekend.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Fresno State started the weekend with back-to-back matches with the Sunbirds and the Warriors. 'Dogs made quick work with a 7-0 clean sweep against both opponents. Bulldogs also clinched the doubles point with all three opponents. The first two matches saw dominant performances from the Bulldog lineup, all singles match points only going to two sets.
It would be a tight matchup for the double against the Gaels on Sunday morning. No. 2 doubles pair Eliza Dunbar and Carolina Piferi were the first duo on the court to finish. No. 1 doubles Matilde Magrini and Miskai Kobayashi pulled a comeback win to take a 5-4 lead to then give the Bulldogs the double point (6-4). Gaels took the first singles point on court No. 6 Daryare def. Eliza Dunbar. Then No. 2 singles Misaki Kobayashi's win followed closely by Carolina Piferi gave the Bulldogs a two point lead. Saint Mary's responded strongly, taking the next two points, Gaels Khan defeated Matilde Magrini in the third set, 6-3. It would all come down to the final court, No. 5 singles to clinch the last point. Saint Mary's Rook defeats Hannah Pieper in the third set, 6-2.
UP NEXT: 'Dogs stay at the Spalding G. Wathen for the next three matches to host CSU Fullerton on February 16, followed by BYU and Cal Poly on Feb. 23 and Feb. 25.
RESULTS
vs FPU
Fresno State 7, Fresno Pacific 0
1 Eliza Dunbar and Charlotte Gisclon (FST) def. Nayuma Subba and Yume Ueoku (FPUW) 6-2
2 Daria Nazarenko and Carolina Piferi (FST) def. Elise Leik and Audrey Ouellet (FPUW) 6-4
3 Gianna Mastro and Hannah Pieper (FST) vs. Halle Faherty and Margarita Munoz (FPUW) match was unfinished 4-6
SINGLES DRAW
1 Carolina Piferi (FST) def. Nayuma Subba (FPUW) 6-2, 6-3
2 Hannah Pieper (FST) def. Yume Ueoku (FPUW) 6-0, 6-2
3 Eliza Dunbar (FST) def. Elise Leik (FPUW) 6-2, 6-2
4 Charlotte Gisclon (FST) def. Audrey Ouellet (FPUW) 6-3, 6-5
5 Daria Nazarenko (FST) def. Halle Faherty (FPUW) 6-1, 6-3
6 Gianna Mastro (FST) def. Margarita Munoz (FPUW) 6-0, 7-6(5)
vs CSUS
Fresno State 7, Stanislaus State 0
1 Charlotte Gisclon and Carolina Piferi (FST) def. Zuzanna Dziewiecka and Emma Yu (CSUS)
2 Eliza Dunbar and Hannah Pieper (FST) def. Abbigail Mulick and Annabelle Mulick (CSUS)
3 Daria Nazarenko and Mariya Vyshkina (FST) vs. Nicollet Alexander and Alyssa Tay (CSUS) match was unfinished
SINGLES DRAW
1 Caroliza Piferi (FST) def. Zuzanna Dziewiecka (CSUS) 6-2 6-2
2 Mariya Vyshkina (FST) def. Annabelle Mulick (CSUS) 6-1 6-2
3 Eliza Dunbar (FST) def. Alyssa Tay (CSUS) 6-1 6-0
4 Hannah Pieper (FST) def. Abbigail Mulick (CSUS) 6-1 6-1
5 Daria Nazarenko (FST) def. Emma Yu (CSUS) 6-0 6-4
6 Gianna Mastro (FST) def. Jaedyn Hendryx (CSUS) 6-0 6-1
MATCH NOTES
Order of finish: Singles -- 3 5 6 1 2 4 ; Doubles -- 2 1
vs SMC
Saint Mary's College 4, Fresno State 3
1 Misaki Kobayashi and Matilde Magrini (FST) def. Juliette Daries and Tian Yu Dong (SMCW) 6-4,
2 Eliza Dunbar and Carolina Piferi (FST) def. Olivia Rook and Madison Weekley (SMCW) 6-4
3 Charlotte Gisclon and Mariya Vyshkina (FST) vs. Sofia Daryaie and Stefanie Silva (SMCW) match was unfinished 4-5
SINGLES DRAW
1 Iman Khan (SMCW) def. Matilde Magrini (FST) 2-6, 6-2, 6-3
2 Misaki Kobayashi (FST) def. Tian Yu Dong (SMCW) 6-2, 6-3
3 Carolina Piferi (FST) def. Stefanie Silva (SMCW) 6-2 6-4
4 Juliette Daries (SMCW) def. Mariya Vyshkina (FST) 6-4, 6-3
5 Olivia Rook (SMCW) def. Hannah Pieper (FST) 2-6, 6-4, 6-2
6 Sofia Daryaie (SMCW) def. Eliza Dunbar (FST) 6-3, 6-0
MATCH NOTES
Order of finish: Singles -- 6 2 3 4 1 5 ; Doubles -- 2 1