Fresno State
Nevada
No. 21 Fresno State Breezes Past Nevada, 6-1
4/6/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
April 6, 2006
FRESNO, Calif. - The 21st-ranked Fresno State women's tennis team blew past Nevada 6-1 in the second match of a doubleheader, Thursday evening at the Wathen Tennis Center. Senior Lucia Sainz clinched Fresno State's victory when she beat Myriam Bouchlaka in straight sets at the No. 3 spot in the singles lineup. The Bulldogs have won four straight and six of their last seven matches. Fresno State improved to 12-6 on the season, while Nevada fell to 11-8.
The Bulldogs were completely dominant in doubles. No. 51 Melanie Gloria and Jacqueline Haskett shut out Bouchlaka and Bach-Lan Pham 8-0 at the No. 3 spot. Freshmen Tinesta Rowe and Magdalena Tokarska followed with an 8-2 victory, while sixth ranked Sainz and Katharina Winterhalter finished off the Wolf Pack with an 8-1 win at the No. 1 spot.
Winterhalter won her seventh straight singles match, improving to 13-5 in dual matches and 20-8 overall. Winterhalter is just two singles wins shy of 100 for her career, tying Shanna Peete for third-best on Fresno State's all-time career singles wins list with 98.
Freshman Bruna Paes won at the No. 5 spot for the first time this season, defeating Audrey Bardot 6-2, 6-2. Tokarska and Gloria won in straight sets to help the Bulldogs improve to 8-1 at home.
The Bulldogs are back in action on April 8 when they head to Sacramento, Calif., for a dual match with Sacramento State at noon. The squad then returns home on Sunday, April 9, at 11 a.m. when it hosts Loyola Marymount at the Wathen Tennis Center.
NCAA Women's Tennis
Fresno, Calif.
Wathen Tennis Center
No. 21 Fresno State def. Nevada, 6-1
Doubles (Fresno State wins doubles point)
1) No. 6 Sainz/Winterhalter (FS) def. Bailly/Davenport (UN), 8-1
2) Rowe/Tokarska (FS) def. Bardot/Velez (UN), 8-2
3) No. 51 Gloria/Haskett (FS) def. Bouchlaka/Pham (UN), 8-0
Order of completion: 3, 2, 1
Singles
1) No. 21 Melanie Gloria (FS) def. Caroline Bailly (UN), 6-2, 6-1
2) No. 96 Katharina Winterhalter (FS) def. Fiorella Velez (UN), 6-1, 6-4
3) Lucia Sainz (FS) def. Myriam Bouchlaka (UN), 6-3, 6-0
4) Magdalena Tokarska (FS) def. Kristen Davenport (UN), 6-1, 6-1
5) Bruna Paes (FS) def. Audrey Bardot (UN), 6-2, 6-2
6) Bach-Lan Pham (UN) def. Tinesta Rowe (FS), 6-0, 6-1
Order of completion: 4, 6, 3, 1, 5, 2
Records: Fresno State (12-6); Nevada (11-8)
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