LARAMIE, WY. - Fresno State women's tennis team falls in a tough heart-breaker to the Cowgirls on Friday afternoon at UW Tennis Complex, 4-3.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Fresno State started with the consistent double lineup of Matilde Magrini and Misaki Kobayashi at No.1, Carolina Piferi and Eliza Dunbar at No. 2 and Charlotte Gisclon and Hannah Pieper at No. 3. Wyoming's Ante/Malinak def. Gisclon/Pieper, 6-1. Doubles point went to the Cowgirls when Brink/Dobroliva defeated Piferi/ Dunbar, 6-3.
Wyoming held the lead going into singles play and extended it by taking the first match with Wyomings' Brink defeating Kobayashi, 6-0, 6-1. Bulldogs' were able to tie it up, 2-2, taking the next two singles matches. After Piferi at No. 3 defeats Borodina; 6-1, 5-7, 6-0. Gisclon took the next match defeating Ante at No. 4; 7-5, 6-4.
To bring the Bulldogs the lead, Matilde Magrini defeated Zehender at No. 1, 7-5, 7(7)-6(5). On the edge of a win, Fresno State was looking towards their final two players on the court, Mariya Vyshkina and Pieper, Bulldogs were looking strong as they took the first set. Wyomings' Dobroliva brought the Cowgirls back in for another tie, 3-3, after defeating Vyshkina 3-6, 6-2, 6-1.
The final match underway, for the win, between Pieper and Malinak. Wyoming got the best of a tiebreaker in the second set. Pieper was unable to make a comeback in the third set, falling 6-2.
NOTES
Fresno State drops to 2-2 in conference play
Mariya Vyshkina earns her first win at No. 5 this season and her first singles win since Feb. 23 at BYU (No. 4)
Carolina Piferi continues her win streak at No. 3 with her fifth consecutive win and 14th singles win this season
Charlotte Gisclon earns her third win at No. 4 singles this season and has won back-to-back matches in that flight
Fresno State looks for another opportunity to earn their first conference road win this season as they travel to Colorado State next
UP NEXT: 'Dogs are heading to Fort Collins to take on the Rams on Sunday morning at 10 a.m. PT / 11 a.m. MT at CSU Tennis Complex.
RESULTS
Wyoming 4, Fresno State 3
Singles competition
1. Matilde Magrini (FST) def. Sophie Zehender (WYO) 7-5, 7-6 (7-5)
2. Noesjka Brink (WYO) def. Misaki Kobayashi (FST) 6-0, 6-1
3. Carolina Piferi (FST) def. Violetta Borodina (WYO) 6-1, 5-7, 6-0
4. Charlotte Gisclon (FST) def. Jeselle Ante (WYO) 7-5, 6-4
5. Nikol Dobrilova (WYO) def. Mariya Vyshkina (FST) 3-6, 6-2, 6-1
6. Lucia Malinak (WYO) def. Hannah Pieper (FST) 4-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-2
Doubles competition
1. Violetta Borodina/Sophie Zehender (WYO) vs. Misaki Kobayashi/Matilde Magrini (FST) 3-5, unfinished
2. Noesjka Brink/Nikol Dobrilova (WYO) def. Eliza Dunbar/Carolina Piferi (FST) 6-3
3. Jeselle Ante/Lucia Malinak (WYO) def. Charlotte Gisclon/Hannah Pieper (FST) 6-1
Match Notes: Order of finish: Doubles (3,2); Singles (2,4,3,1,5,6)