'Dogs beat UNM, tie for most MW wins

Saturday, April 24

Reno, Nev.

1:30 p.m. PT

Fresno State

New Mexico

Deniza Marcinkevica, backhand return, Bulldog wall in background, practice

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'Dogs beat UNM, tie for most MW wins

4/24/2021 5:30:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Box Score

Fresno State tied for the most Mountain West victories by any team in the conference this season after defeating New Mexico 4-1 on Saturday in Reno.

By: Stephen Trembley / Director of New Media

RENO, Nev. – The Fresno State women's tennis team defeated the New Mexico Lobos 4-1 on Saturday afternoon at the McArthur Tennis Center in Reno.

With the victory, Fresno State (15-5, 8-2 Mountain West) tied for the most victories and finished second in league play.

On Saturday, the Bulldogs won at their top two positions to secure the doubles point and then took a 2-0 lead after Dalia Ahmed quickly dispatched UNM's Yue Lin Chen in straight sets (6-1, 6-1). Ahmed finished the season with a perfect 7-0 conference singles record – all at the No. 1 position.

Carolina Piferi then won at No. 5 singles to finish the season by winning six straight decisions, and Deniza Marcinkevica later clinched the match by rallying to win in three sets while playing up at the No. 2 singles position this weekend for the first time in conference play.

Box Score
Fresno State 4, New Mexico 1
April 24, 2021 at Reno, Nev. (McArthur Tennis Center)

Doubles competition
1. Dalia Ahmed / Deniza Marcinkevica (FS) def. Natasha Munday / Hsuan Huang (NM) 6-3
2. Carolina Piferi / Carlotta Nonnis Marzano (FS) def. Yue Lin Chen / Myu Kagayama (NM) 6-4
3. A.C. Hummel / Ella Husrefovic (FS) vs. Hsiang-Wen Huang / Satoho Toriumi (NM) 4-4, unfinished

Singles competition
1. Dalia Ahmed (FS) def. Yue Lin Chen (NM) 6-1, 6-1
2. Deniza Marcinkevica (FS) def. Natasha Munday (NM) 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
3. Cristina Flaquer (FS) vs. Hsuan Huang (NM) 3-6, 7-6 [7-5], 0-1, unfinished
4. A.C. Hummel (FS) vs. Myu Kagayama (NM) 7-5, 3-6, 0-1, unfinished
5. Carolina Piferi (FS) def. Hsiang-Wen (NM) 6-4, 7-5
6. Satoho Toriumi (NM) def. Ella Husrefovic (FS) 6-2, 2-6, 6-3

Match Notes
New Mexico: 8-9, 2-7 MW
Fresno State 15-5, 8-2 MW
Order of Finish: Doubles (1,2); Singles (1,5,6,2)

Bulldog Bones

Fresno State won 11 of its last 13 matches and 14 of its last 18 contests.
Fresno State was a perfect 5-0 in neutral site matches this season.
Fresno State earned a second-place finish in the Mountain West - a half match back of 2021 MW regular season champion San Jose State.
Dalia Ahmed finished 15-2 in singles play this season, including an 11-1 mark at the No. 1 singles position (a perfect 7-0 in Mountain West contests), and 14-3 overall in doubles, which includes a 12-2 mark at No. 1 doubles for the Bulldogs. Ahmed won her last 10 decisions – all at No. 1 singles.
Carolina Piferi improved to 12-5 in singles play this season (8-1 in Mountain West contests). Piferi won her last six decisions (five at No. 4 singles and one at No. 5 singles).
Dalia Ahmed and Deniza Marcinkevica improved to 12-2 when partnered in doubles this season with all of those matches at the No. 1 doubles slot and ended the regular season on a six-match winning streak in doubles play.
In singles, Fresno State finished 69-32 overall (31-13 in Mountain West play), which included a 14-4 record at No. 1 singles.
In doubles, Fresno State was 32-20 overall, which included a 15-3 record at No. 1 doubles.
This was Fresno State head coach Denise Dy's first season leading the Bulldogs' program after coaching at Arizona, Washington and Iowa.

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