Fresno State Athletics
Friday, April 27
Boise, Idaho
2 p.m. PT
Fresno State
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Quarterfinals - #10 Utah State
Photo by: Keith Kountz
Fresno State opens Mountain West tournament on Friday
4/26/2018 10:16:00 AM | Women's Tennis
The Bulldogs are seeking their first MW championship since winning the 2014 title in Fresno.
Updated on April, 26 at 5:15 p.m.
FRESNO, Calif. – While the 2018 Mountain West Women's Tennis Championship gets underway on Thursday, Fresno State earned a bye into Friday's quarterfinal as the No. 2 seed. With No. 10-seed Utah State's 4-3 upset over No. 7 seed Air Force on Thursday afternoon, the Bulldogs will meet the Aggies in the quarterfinals for the second time since 2016. The match is scheduled for Friday at 2 p.m. PT at Appleton Tennis Center in Boise, Idaho.
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Mountain West Championship Central
Live results will be available for quarterfinal matches, with live stats and video available for semifinal and championship matches.
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Fresno State Points
- Facing arguably its toughest schedule since under head coach Ryan Stotland, Fresno State enters a conference tournament with a below .500 record for the first time since 2011. That season the Bulldogs won the Western Athletic Conference tournament championship.
- Fresno State finished 3-1 in Mountain West play for the second season in a row to earn the No. 2 seed this week. The Bulldogs have not been seeded outside of the top two since winning the conference tournament in 2014.
- Emma Wilson and Katerina Stloukalova each landed on the All- MW singles team for the season straight year while Juliane Triebe made her first appearance. Wilson and Georgia Lawson earned their second consecutive inclusion on the All-MW doubles team.
- The Bulldogs earned three All-Mountain West singles team selections for the third time since the conference moved to an 11-team league. Only one other school has done that feat once since the realignment.
- While not the No. 1 seed, Fresno State grabbed more All-MW singles team selections than top-seeded UNLV. It is the fifth time in Mountain West history that the top seed did not receive the most singles team honorees, and only the second time during the 16 years.Â
Inside the Numbers
-Â Â Â Â All 12 losses in 2018 came to teams in the top 70 of the ITA rankings.
-Â Â Â Â After dropping their 10 of their first 13 matches, the 'Dogs closed the season by winning six of their last eight which included a five-match winning streak, four of which were 4-3 results.
-Â Â Â Â Fresno State was 5-1 in matches this season that finished 4-3.
-Â Â Â Â Seven of the Bulldogs' nine wins this season have come when winning the doubles point (7-3).Â
Player Snapshots
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Emma Wilson
Junior – Cramlington, England
-Â Â Â Â 2017 and 2018 All-Mountain West Singles, 2017 All- Mountain West Doubles
-Â Â Â Â Bulldogs' No. 1 player throughout the season, playing 18 of 21 dual matches at the No. 1 spot.
-Â Â Â Â Finished season with a 24-13 overall record, 11-8 in dual play.
-Â Â Â Â Went 2-2 in conference play with straight-set wins over Nevada's Claudia Herrero and San Diego State's Jana Buth.
-Â Â Â Â Had a singles win in seven of Fresno State's nine wins.
-Â Â Â Â Earned first career win over a ranked player on Jan. 28, defeating LSU's Elyse Lavender who was No. 47.
-Â Â Â Â Teamed with Georgia Lawson in doubles (12-10 overall). Highest ranked doubles team in the Mountain West at No. 44. The two were 2-3 against ranked opponents, defeating No. 1 Samantha Harris/Kelly Chen of Duke and No. 49 Rianna Valdes/Angela Kulikov of USC.Â
Katerina Stloukalova
Sophomore – Brno, Czech Republic
-Â Â Â Â 2017 Mountain West Freshman of the Year
-Â Â Â Â 2017 and 2018 All-Mountain West Singles
-Â Â Â Â Primarily played No. 2 throughout spring, finishing with a 17-18 overall record.
-Â Â Â Â Posted 12-7 record during the fall.
-Â Â Â Â Won three of last four matches during the spring after 10 straight defeats.
-Â Â Â Â Went 4-1 at No. 3 doubles spot with Olivia Noble during the last month of the season.Â
Juliane Triebe
Sophomore – Berlin, Germany
-Â Â Â Â 2018 All-Mountain West Singles
-Â Â Â Â Leads team with 25-12 overall record and 12-7 record in dual competition.
-Â Â Â Â Only Bulldog to go 4-0 in conference play.
-Â Â Â Â Won last eight matches heading into the tournament, playing seven of them at the No. 4 spot.
-Â Â Â Â Had singles wins eight of the team's nine wins.Â
Ndindi Ndunda
Sophomore – Burke, Virginia
-Â Â Â Â Did not play during the fall, finishing the season 8-8 overall.
-Â Â Â Â Moved up to No. 3 for final seven matches of the season (3-4).
-Â Â Â Â Finished 1-3 in conference play at the No. 3 position.Â
Alessia DarioÂ
Freshman – Francenigo, Italy
-Â Â Â Â Went 14-6 during the fall, finishing their year 17-18 overall.
-Â Â Â Â Played No. 3-6 in the lineup, playing the majority of matches at No. 5 (2-6).Â
Georgia Lawson
Sophomore – Nottingham, England
-Â Â Â Â 2017 and 2018 All-Mountain West Doubles
-Â Â Â Â Teamed with Georgia Lawson in doubles (12-10 overall). Highest ranked doubles team in the Mountain West at No. 44. The two were 2-3 against ranked opponents, defeating No. 1 Samantha Harris/Kelly Chen of Duke and No. 49 Rianna Valdes/Angela Kulikov of USC.
-Â Â Â Â Played No. 3-6 in the lineup, playing the majority of matches at No. 5 (2-6).Â
Olivia Noble
Junior – Sheffield, England
-Â Â Â Â Finished the season 7-7 in singles action, 5-6 in dual play. Entered the season with five dual wins in her first two seasons.
-Â Â Â Â Went 9-8 overall in doubles. Posted a 4-1 record at the No. 3 doubles spot during the last month of the season with Katerina Stloukalova.Â
Abbey WatanabeÂ
Sophomore – Kirkland, Washington
-Â Â Â Â 6-11 overall singles record on the year.
-Â Â Â Â Played in five dual matches with a 0-2 singles record, 2-3 in doubles.
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FRESNO, Calif. – While the 2018 Mountain West Women's Tennis Championship gets underway on Thursday, Fresno State earned a bye into Friday's quarterfinal as the No. 2 seed. With No. 10-seed Utah State's 4-3 upset over No. 7 seed Air Force on Thursday afternoon, the Bulldogs will meet the Aggies in the quarterfinals for the second time since 2016. The match is scheduled for Friday at 2 p.m. PT at Appleton Tennis Center in Boise, Idaho.
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Mountain West Championship Central
Live results will be available for quarterfinal matches, with live stats and video available for semifinal and championship matches.
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Fresno State Points
- Facing arguably its toughest schedule since under head coach Ryan Stotland, Fresno State enters a conference tournament with a below .500 record for the first time since 2011. That season the Bulldogs won the Western Athletic Conference tournament championship.
- Fresno State finished 3-1 in Mountain West play for the second season in a row to earn the No. 2 seed this week. The Bulldogs have not been seeded outside of the top two since winning the conference tournament in 2014.
- Emma Wilson and Katerina Stloukalova each landed on the All- MW singles team for the season straight year while Juliane Triebe made her first appearance. Wilson and Georgia Lawson earned their second consecutive inclusion on the All-MW doubles team.
- The Bulldogs earned three All-Mountain West singles team selections for the third time since the conference moved to an 11-team league. Only one other school has done that feat once since the realignment.
- While not the No. 1 seed, Fresno State grabbed more All-MW singles team selections than top-seeded UNLV. It is the fifth time in Mountain West history that the top seed did not receive the most singles team honorees, and only the second time during the 16 years.Â
Inside the Numbers
-Â Â Â Â All 12 losses in 2018 came to teams in the top 70 of the ITA rankings.
-Â Â Â Â After dropping their 10 of their first 13 matches, the 'Dogs closed the season by winning six of their last eight which included a five-match winning streak, four of which were 4-3 results.
-Â Â Â Â Fresno State was 5-1 in matches this season that finished 4-3.
-Â Â Â Â Seven of the Bulldogs' nine wins this season have come when winning the doubles point (7-3).Â
Player Snapshots
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Emma Wilson
Junior – Cramlington, England
-Â Â Â Â 2017 and 2018 All-Mountain West Singles, 2017 All- Mountain West Doubles
-Â Â Â Â Bulldogs' No. 1 player throughout the season, playing 18 of 21 dual matches at the No. 1 spot.
-Â Â Â Â Finished season with a 24-13 overall record, 11-8 in dual play.
-Â Â Â Â Went 2-2 in conference play with straight-set wins over Nevada's Claudia Herrero and San Diego State's Jana Buth.
-Â Â Â Â Had a singles win in seven of Fresno State's nine wins.
-Â Â Â Â Earned first career win over a ranked player on Jan. 28, defeating LSU's Elyse Lavender who was No. 47.
-Â Â Â Â Teamed with Georgia Lawson in doubles (12-10 overall). Highest ranked doubles team in the Mountain West at No. 44. The two were 2-3 against ranked opponents, defeating No. 1 Samantha Harris/Kelly Chen of Duke and No. 49 Rianna Valdes/Angela Kulikov of USC.Â
Katerina Stloukalova
Sophomore – Brno, Czech Republic
-Â Â Â Â 2017 Mountain West Freshman of the Year
-Â Â Â Â 2017 and 2018 All-Mountain West Singles
-Â Â Â Â Primarily played No. 2 throughout spring, finishing with a 17-18 overall record.
-Â Â Â Â Posted 12-7 record during the fall.
-Â Â Â Â Won three of last four matches during the spring after 10 straight defeats.
-Â Â Â Â Went 4-1 at No. 3 doubles spot with Olivia Noble during the last month of the season.Â
Juliane Triebe
Sophomore – Berlin, Germany
-Â Â Â Â 2018 All-Mountain West Singles
-Â Â Â Â Leads team with 25-12 overall record and 12-7 record in dual competition.
-Â Â Â Â Only Bulldog to go 4-0 in conference play.
-Â Â Â Â Won last eight matches heading into the tournament, playing seven of them at the No. 4 spot.
-Â Â Â Â Had singles wins eight of the team's nine wins.Â
Ndindi Ndunda
Sophomore – Burke, Virginia
-Â Â Â Â Did not play during the fall, finishing the season 8-8 overall.
-Â Â Â Â Moved up to No. 3 for final seven matches of the season (3-4).
-Â Â Â Â Finished 1-3 in conference play at the No. 3 position.Â
Alessia DarioÂ
Freshman – Francenigo, Italy
-Â Â Â Â Went 14-6 during the fall, finishing their year 17-18 overall.
-Â Â Â Â Played No. 3-6 in the lineup, playing the majority of matches at No. 5 (2-6).Â
Georgia Lawson
Sophomore – Nottingham, England
-Â Â Â Â 2017 and 2018 All-Mountain West Doubles
-Â Â Â Â Teamed with Georgia Lawson in doubles (12-10 overall). Highest ranked doubles team in the Mountain West at No. 44. The two were 2-3 against ranked opponents, defeating No. 1 Samantha Harris/Kelly Chen of Duke and No. 49 Rianna Valdes/Angela Kulikov of USC.
-Â Â Â Â Played No. 3-6 in the lineup, playing the majority of matches at No. 5 (2-6).Â
Olivia Noble
Junior – Sheffield, England
-Â Â Â Â Finished the season 7-7 in singles action, 5-6 in dual play. Entered the season with five dual wins in her first two seasons.
-Â Â Â Â Went 9-8 overall in doubles. Posted a 4-1 record at the No. 3 doubles spot during the last month of the season with Katerina Stloukalova.Â
Abbey WatanabeÂ
Sophomore – Kirkland, Washington
-Â Â Â Â 6-11 overall singles record on the year.
-Â Â Â Â Played in five dual matches with a 0-2 singles record, 2-3 in doubles.
"Just the Ticket to Build Our Community" – The Bulldog Scholarship Fund gives Bulldog alumni, fans and friends the opportunity to support Fresno State Athletics and the student-athletes who inspire them. For information about how you can support the Bulldog Scholarship Fund, please visit www.bulldogschoarshipfund.com or call 559-278-7160.
Follow us on:
Twitter:Â @FS_WTennis
Instagram:Â fresnostatewt
Facebook:Â FresnoStateAthletics
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