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`Dogs Start Conference Season on Strong Note
4/3/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
April 3, 2010
FRESNO, Calif. - The defending eight-time WAC Champion Fresno State women's tennis team began the conference season by going 3-0 in a tripleheader on the road on Saturday in San Jose, Calif.
"I'm proud of this squad," Fresno State head coach Simon Thibodeau said. "It was a good test and the team played solid. We are starting to show our true game."
Fresno State 6, Idaho 1
Fresno State started the tripleheader with a dominating 6-1 victory over Idaho on Saturday in San Jose, Calif.
The Bulldogs took the doubles point by winning two of the three doubles matches. Renata Kucerkova and Laura Pola defeated Gabriela Niculescu and Maria Perevoshchikova, 8-6. Bulldog freshmen Bianca Modoc and Melissa McQueen set aside Yvette Ly and Silvia Irimescu, 8-3.
In singles action, the Bulldogs won five individual matches.
Julia Gragera-Cano, Anna Mikhailova, McQueen, Modoc and Kucerkova all picked up singles wins to start the day.
Fresno State 6, San Jose State 1
Fresno State continued its momentum from the morning match by notching another 6-1 victory over the host San Jose State Spartans on Saturday in San Jose, Calif.
Against the Spartans, the Bulldogs won all three doubles matches to start the match 1-0.
In singles, Renata Kucerkova, Bianca Modoc, Melissa McQueen, Julia Gragera-Cano and Anna Mikhailova all picked up victories for the Bulldogs.
Fresno State 6, Hawai'i 1
Fresno State capped off the tripleheader by winning its third match of the day, with a 6-1 victory over the Hawai'i Wahine on Saturday in San Jose, Calif.
For the third match in a row, the Bulldogs took a 1-0 lead, by winning the doubles point.
Laura Pola and Renata Kucerkova knocked off Sophie Kobuch and Katarina Poljakova, 8-5. Bianca Modoc and Melissa McQueen took care of Barbara Pinterova and Alyssa Nafarrete, 8-3.
Pola, Kucerkova, Modoc, McQueen and Julia Gragera-Cano each scored individual victories for the Bulldogs in singles action.
The `Dogs will next be in action in Las Cruces, N.M., against New Mexico State and Utah State on April 9 and then Nevada on April 10.
NCAA WOMEN'S TENNIS
April 3, 2010 - San Jose, Calif.
Fresno State 6, Idaho 1
Doubles (Fresno State wins the doubles point)
1. Renata Kucerkova/Laura Pola (FS) def. Gabriela Niculescu/Maria Perevoshchikova (UI), 8-6
2. Bianca Modoc/Melissa McQueen (FS) def. Yvette Ly/Silvia Irimescu (UI), 8-3
3. Alexandra Ulesanu/Barbara Maciocha (UI) def. Anna Mikhaylova/Julia Gragera-Cano (FS), 8-5
Singles
1. Renata Kucerkova (FS) def. Gabriela Niculescu (UI), 6-0, 6-4
2. Maria Perevoshchikova (UI) def. Laura Pola (FS), 4-6, 7-6, 11-9
3. Bianca Modoc (FS) def. Silvia Irimescu (UI), 6-1, 6-2
4. Melissa McQueen (FS) def. Alexandra Ulesanu (UI), 6-3, 6-4
5. Julia Gragera-Cano (FS) def. Daniela Cohen (UI), 6-3, ret.
6. Anna Mikhailova (FS) def. Barbara Maciocha (UI), 6-2, 6-4
NCAA WOMEN'S TENNIS
April 3, 2010 - San Jose, Calif.
Fresno State 6, San Jose State 1
Doubles (Fresno State wins the doubles point)
1. Renata Kucerkova-Laura Pola (FS) def. Kerri Kummer-Sandra Florea (SJSU), 8-1
2. Bianca Modoc-Melissa McQueen (FS) def. Olivia Marshall-Jennifer WIlliams (SJSU), 8-4
3. Anna Mikhaylova-Julia Gragera-Cano (FS) def. Chau Truong-Anna Guzman (SJSU), 8-4
Singles
1. Renata Kucerkova (FS) def. Olivia Marshall (SJSU), 6-0, 6-0
2. Chau Truong (SJSU) def. Laura Pola (FS), 6-3, 2-6, 10-8
3. Bianca Modoc (FS) def. Anna Guzman (SJSU), 6-1, 6-2
4. Melissa McQueen (FS) def. Kerri Kummer (SJSU), 6-4, 6-3
5. Julia Gragera-Cano (FS) def. Sandra Florea (SJSU), 6-1, 6-2
6. Anna Mikhailova (FS) def. Jennifer Williams (SJSU), 6-4, 6-2
NCAA WOMEN'S TENNIS
April 3, 2010 - San Jose, Calif.
Fresno State 6, Hawai'i 1
Doubles (Fresno State wins the doubles point)
1. Kucerkova/Pola (FS) def. Kobuch/Poljakova (HAW), 8-5
2. Modoc/McQueen (FS) def. Pinterova/Nafarrete (HAW), 8-3
3. Van den Bergh/Allison Gobel (FS) def. Mikhaylova/Gragera-Cano (FS), 7-6 (4)
Singles
1. Renata Kucerkova (FS) def. Katarina Poljakova (HAW), 6-1, 6-0
2. Laura Pola (FS) def. Sophie Kobuch (HAW), 6-2, 6-4
3. Bianca Modoc (FS) def. Barbara Pinterova (HAW), 1-6, 7-5, (10-5)
4. Melissa McQueen (FS) def. Aglae Van den Bergh (HAW), 6-2, 6-1
5. Julia Gragera-Cano (FS) def. Natasha Zorec (HAW), 4-6, 6-3, (11-9)
6. Alyssa Nafarrete (HAW) def. Anna Mikhaylova (FS), 6-2, 6-3
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