Fresno State (8-6) vs Utah State (3-8)
March 17. 2024 | 11 a.m. PT | Spalding G. Wathen Tennis Center | Free Admission | Fresno, Calif.
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FRESNO, Calif.- Fresno State women's tennis team set to open conference play against the Aggies on Sunday morning at Spalding G. Wathen Tennis Center .
BULLDOG BONES
Fresno State opens Mountain West Conference play hosting the Utah State Aggies on Sunday
Sunday's match is the first of three homestand conference matches for the 'Dogs and they will host Air Force and New Mexico in the following weeks
Fresno State returns back home on a four game losing streak, their last win coming in Feb. 25 against Cal Poly
Fresno State is 4-2at home this season
Since 2009, Fresno State leads the all-time meetings at 7-1. Aggies earned their first win in the series at last meeting in Logan
This will be the eighth meeting in series history and the third meeting in Fresno
Carolina Piferi still holds sweeps at No. 1 (3-0) and No. 3 (6-0) singles this season
Bulldogs are also looking to get bring back the points on the double court
First conference lineup will feature; Matilde Magrini, Misaki Kobayashi, Carolina Piferi, Eliza Dunbar, Hannah Pieper and Charlotte Gisclon.
Carolina Piferi is the only Bulldog to earn Player of the Week marks thus far
*In the last three seasons Fresno State has won the conference opening match
*2019-20 season canceled due to COVID
CONFERENCE OUTLOOK
Last season the 'Dogs finished conference play with a 3-7 record Bulldogs also saw a quarterfinals appearance at Mountain West Championships against No. 2 UNLV
This season one MW team lands in the ITA team rankings this week, San Diego State No. 59, the Aztecs also see two ranked singles players
New Mexico has seen the strongest non-conference record at 11-1
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
Aggies opened their conference season in Logan on Friday against San Diego State, falling to the Aztecs. 2-4
Utah State holds a single game win streak in the series after winning the last meeting in Logan, 4-3
Aggies come to Fresno on a five match losing streak, with their last win coming on Feb. 18 in Montana, 4-3
Veronika Golanova enters her first year leading the Aggies
Zeynep Naz Ozturk leads the Aggies at No. 1 singles with four wins and two losses
Laura Fernanda comes undefeated at No. 3 singles, 4-0