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Fresno State Faces No. 50 UNLV
2/19/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Feb. 19, 2010
FRESNO, Calif. - No. 41 Fresno State faced No. 50 UNLV on Friday, for the first of a two matches in Las Vegas, Nev., this weekend, with the Rebels coming away with a 6-1 victory.
Fresno State's Julia Gragera-Cano picked up her first win of her college career, in super-tiebreaker fashion. The freshman from Badajoz, Spain, came back, after dropping the first set, 4-6, to win the next two sets. Gragera won the super-tiebreaker set, 10-6, to come away with the victory.
"It was nice to see Julia get her first singles win as a Bulldog," Fresno State head coach Simon Thibodeau said. "(As a whole), we will remain positive and step it up in terms of mental toughness and physically."
The Bulldogs will face No. 39 Texas A&M on Saturday at 10 a.m.
NCAA WOMEN'S TENNIS
Feb. 19, 2010 - Las Vegas, Nev.
No. 50 UNLV 6, No. 41 Fresno State 1
Doubles
1. Nedeltcheva/Albers (UNLV) def. Petukhova/Kucerkova (FS) 8-5
2. No. 43 Alisa Razina/Maskaljun (UNLV) def. Kirpicheva/Modoc (FS) 8-4
3. Pavlovic/Hidvegi (UNLV) def. McQueen/Pola (FS) 8-2
Singles
1. No. 45 Kristina Nedeltcheva (UNLV) def. No. 6 Anastasia Petukhova (FS) 6-2, 6-3
2. Nives Pavlovic (UNLV) def. Renata Kucerkova (FS) 6-4, 6-3
3. No. 72 Jana Albers (UNLV) def. Laura Pola (FS) 6-3, 7-5
4. Adrienn Hidvegi (UNLV) def. Olga Kirpicheva (FS) 5-7, 6-3, 1-0 (10-3)
5. Anna Maskaljun (UNLV) def. Bianca Modoc (FS) 6-3, 6-2
6. Julia Gragera (FS) def. Rumyana Terzieva (UNLV) 4-6, 7-6, 1-0 (10-6)
"We Are Your Team" - Come cheer on the Bulldogs as they host a doubleheader against Harvard and Pacific at the Wathen Tennis Center on March 20. For all the up to date information on Fresno State men's tennis stay logged on to gobulldogs.com.
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