FRESNO, Calif.- Fresno State women's tennis team split even on the set of weekend matches against No. 42 BYU and Cal Poly, 1-1.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Bulldogs started the weekend hosting the BYU cougars. Bulldogs saw their double-point streak end with Cougars pairs Li/Wheatley and Huang/Sawhney (6-0, 6-3). No. 71 Bobo Huang def. Matilde Magrini on No.1, 6-0. 6-3. Carolina Piferi earns the Bulldogs their first point of the match defeating Sawhney, 6-3, 6-2. Piferi sits 7-1 in singles matches with a win over BYU. Bulldogs final point came from Mariya Vyshkina defeating Kovick, 6-3, 7-5.
Cal Poly Mustangs put a tough doubles line up with court 2 playing in a tight match up with Eliza Dunbar and Piferi at 5-4 while court three saw a Mustang lead of 5-2. Piferi and Dunbar kept the Bulldogs' chances alive securing the win leaving it up to court three. Mustangs get the best of Charlotte Gisclon and Hannah Pieper.
Mustangs take a lead going into the singles matches, 1-0.
Bulldogs' took the first two singles points against the Mustangs. No. 4 Hannah Pieper def. Buntrock, 6-1, 6-1. Piferi followed close behind at No. 1 to defeat D. Dunkle in close sets 6-3, 6-4. Piferi extends her win streak to 3-0 at No. 1 singles and 8-1 in singles this season. Cal Poly's P. Dunkle would get the best of the tiebreaker in the second set, 7(6)-6 against Misaki Kobayashi on court No. 2. Kobayashi came back in the third allowing Dunkle to only one game, 6-1. LaMette gave the Mustangs their second point and first singles defeating Mariya Vyshkina, 5-7, 6-4, 6-3.
No. 6 Eliza Dunbar was the final match on the courts and came back from behind to win the next set and force a third. In the third Dunbar worked down from 1-5 to 4-5, but fell to Mosse in the last game.
UP NEXT: 'Dogs are back on the road to face Washington State and Gonzaga on Mar. 3-4. Before coming back home to open conference play against Utah State on Mar. 17.
RESULTS
BYU 5, Fresno State 2
DOUBLES DRAW
1 Emilee Astle and Kendall Kovick (BYU) def. Misaki Kobayashi and Matilde Magrini (FST) 6-2
2 Eliza Dunbar and Carolina Piferi (FST) vs.
Bobo Huang and Kaavya Sawhney (BYU) match was unfinished 3-6
3 Jacque Dunyon and Kara Wheatley (BYU) def. Charlotte Gisclon and Mariya Vyshkina (FST) 6-0
SINGLES DRAW
1 Bobo Huang (BYU) def. Matilde Magrini (FST) 6-0 6-3
2 Tina Li (BYU) def. Misaki Kobayashi (FST) 6-4 4-6 6-0
3 Carolina Piferi (FST) def. Kaavya Sawhney (BYU) 6-2 6-2
4 Mariya Vyshkina (FST) def. Kendall Kovick (BYU) 6-3 7-5
5 Kara Wheatley (BYU) def. Charlotte Gisclon (FST) 2-6 6-2 6-2
6 Maddy Smith (BYU) def. Hannah Pieper (FST) 6-0 6-4
Order of finish:
Singles -- 3 1 6 4 5 2 ; Doubles -- 3 1
Fresno State 4, Cal Poly 3
DOUBLES DRAWS
1 Delanie Dunkle and Peyton Dunkle (CP) def. Misaki Kobayashi and Mariya Vyshkina (FST) 6-1
2 Eliza Dunbar and Carolina Piferi (FST) def. Melissa LaMette and Romane Mosse (CP) 6-4
3 Kennedy Buntrock and Alexandra Ozerets (CP) def. Charlotte Gisclon and Hannah Pieper (FST) 6-2
4 Gianna Mastro and Daria Nazarenko (FST) vs. Eliza Bates and Sarah MacCallum (CP) match was unfinished 4-5 EXH
SINGLES DRAWS
Carolina Piferi (FST) def. Delanie Dunkle (CP) 6-3 6-4
Misaki Kobayashi (FST) def. Peyton Dunkle (CP) 6-2 6-7 6-1
Melissa LaMette (CP) def. Mariya Vyshkina (FST)5-7 6-4 6-3
Hannah Pieper (FST) def. Kennedy Buntrock (CP) 6-1 6-1
Charlotte Gisclon (FST) def. Alexandra Ozerets (CP) 3-6 6-2 6-2
Romane Mosse (CP) def. Eliza Dunbar (FST) 6-3 4-6 6-4