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Gragera-Cano Picks Up Singles Victory
3/17/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
March 17, 2010
FRESNO, Calif. - Fresno State took on No. 21 USC on Wednesday in Los Angeles, with the Trojans picking up a 6-1 victory.
Bulldog freshman Julia Gragera-Cano defeated the Trojans' Lyndsay Kinstler. Gragera-Cano won the first set 6-3 and was ahead 3-0 in the second when Kinstler retired from the match.
"It was really big for Julia as she beat a strong opponent," Fresno State head coach Simon Thibodeau said. "She played some of her best tennis since coming to Fresno State."
The Bulldogs as a whole were also competitive in doubles.
Laura Pola and Renata Kucerkova pushed USC's No. 56 Valeria Pulido and Maria Sanchez and the Trojan duo came away with an 8-6 victory. Gragera-Cano and Mikhailova were also narrowly edged by Sarah Fansler and Kinstler, by the score of 8-6.
"I saw progress in our doubles today," Thibodeau said. "USC has a great team and we shined on some occasions, but fell just short."
The `Dogs now head back to the friendly confines of the Spalding G. Wathen Tennis Center to host a doubleheader on Saturday against Harvard and Pacific.
NCAA WOMEN'S TENNIS
Los Angeles, Calif. - March 17, 2010
No. 21 USC 6, Fresno State 1
Doubles (USC wins the doubles point)
1. No. 56 Pulido/Sanchez (USC) def. Kucerkova/Pola (FS), 8-6
2. Lao/Ramos (USC) def. McQueen/Modoc (FS), 8-1
3. Fansler/Kinstler (USC) def. Cano/Mikhailova (FS), 8-6
Order of finish: 2, 1, 3
Singles
1. No. 3 Maria Sanchez (USC) def. Renata Kucerkova (FS), 6-0, 6-1
2. No. 20 Alison Ramos (USC) def. Laura Pola (FS), 6-1, 6-3
3. No. 32 Danielle Lao (USC) def. Bianca Modoc (FS), 6-3, 6-2
4. No. 82 Valeria Pulido (USC) def. Melissa McQueen (FS), 6-0, 6-4
5. Sarah Fansler (USC) def. Anna Mikhailova (FS), 6-1, 6-3
6. Julia Gragera-Cano (FS) def. Lyndsay Kinstler (USC), 6-3, 3-0 ret.
Order of finish: 6, 1, 5, 3*, 4, 2
"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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