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No. 42 Fresno State Defeats Idaho, 5-2
3/15/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
By Josh Mitchell
jomitchell@csufresno.edu
GoBulldogs.com
FRESNO, Calif. - On a day where the temperatures pushed into the 90s, No. 42 Fresno State women's tennis battled to a 5-2 win over visiting Idaho on Sunday at the Spalding G. Wathen Tennis Center. The win was Bulldogs' sixth in a row, matching the longest winning streak that the team has recorded this season.
"It was a good win. I think there are some things that we can work on which is great because we have our only week off so we'll take the lessons we need to learn and get better from here," head coach Ryan Stotland said. "It's exciting to be 12-3, but there are definitely some things we can improve on so that's what I'm looking forward to this week."
The Bulldogs won two of three matches in doubles play to earn the opening point of the dual match as their top two teams of Maiar and Rana Sherif Ahmed, and Anneka and Sophie Watts claimed their matches with identical 6-2 scores.
On court six, Tanya Murtagh extended the `Dogs lead with a dominant 6-1, 6-0 showing against Belen Barcenilla. Sophie Watts grabbed a 6-4, 7-5 win over Emmie Marx at No. 2 to improve her winning streak to 15, and Rana Sherif Ahmed won 6-3, 7-6(10-2), to clinch the dual match. Anneka Watts then claimed a three-set victory over Sophie Vickers, 6-3, 4-6.
With the heat playing a factor for both sides, Idaho scored a win at No. 5 as Anne Susdorf retired during a tiebreak in the second set. Maiar Sherif Ahmed then saw her 14-match win streak end on a third-set tiebreak to Galina Bykova.
With a 12-3 record, the Bulldogs will be off until March 27 when they travel to Denver. The dual match is set for 12 p.m., PT.
Idaho vs Fresno State
Mar 15, 2015 at Fresno, Calif.
(Spalding G. Wathen Tennis Center)
#42 Fresno State 5, Idaho 2
Singles competition
1. Galina Bykova (UI) def. Maiar Sherif Ahmed (FS) 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (8-6)
2. #45 Sophie Watts (FS) def. Emmie Marx (UI) 6-4, 7-5
3. Rana Sherif Ahmed (FS) def. Rita Bermudez (UI) 6-3, 7-6 (10-2)
4. Anneka Watts (FS) def. Sophie Vickers (UI) 6-3, 4-6, 6-0
5. Lucia Badillos (UI) def. Anne Susdorf (FS) 6-3, 6-6 (5-3), retired
6. Tanya Murtagh (FS) def. Belen Barcenilla (UI) 6-1, 6-0
Doubles competition
1. Maiar Sherif Ahmed/Rana Sherif Ahmed (FS) def. Emmie Marx/Galina Bykova (UI) 6-2
2. Anneka Watts/Sophie Watts (FS) def. Sophie Vickers/Belen Barcenilla (UI) 6-2
3. Lucia Badillos/Rita Bermudez (UI) def. Sofya Malysheva/Tanya Murtagh (FS) 6-3
Match Notes:
Idaho 8-6
Fresno State 12-3; National ranking #42
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (6,3,2,4,5,1)
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