Bulldogs take Spartans to the brink

Saturday, April 3

San Jose, Calif.

12 p.m. PT

Fresno State

San Jose State

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Bulldogs take Spartans to the brink

4/3/2021 7:30:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Box Score

The Fresno State women’s tennis team rallied, but the Bulldogs’ comeback bid at San Jose State came up just short in a relentlessly competitive conference contest on Saturday in the Bay Area.

By: Stephen Trembley / Director of New Media

SAN JOSE, Calif. – The Fresno State women's tennis team lost a hard-fought 4-3 road match to the San Jose State Spartans on Saturday afternoon at the Spartan Tennis Complex.

Fresno State (10-4, 3-1 Mountain West) won at both the No. 1 and No. 2 doubles position to secure the doubles point and the 'Dogs rallied back from a 3-1 deficit with wins by Dalia Ahmed at No. 1 singles and Ella Husrefovic at No. 6 singles.

The Bulldogs' Cristina Flaquer battled tough in a tightly contested three-and-a-half hour two-set match-clinching loss at No. 2 singles, which included a tiebreak going to SJSU in the opener and needed the Spartans' Rozalina Youseva to hold on late in the second set to preserve San Jose State's undefeated season (10-0, 3-0 MW).

In Fresno State's two matches the past two days in San Jose, Ahmed went a perfect 4-0 at No. 1 singles and doubles.

Bulldog Bones

Dalia Ahmed improved to 12-2 in singles play this season, including an 8-1 mark at the No. 1 singles position, and 10-2 overall in doubles, which includes an 8-2 mark at No. 1 doubles for the Bulldogs.
Dalia Ahmed and Deniza Marcinkevica improved to 8-2 when partnered in doubles this season with all eight of those matches at the No. 1 doubles slot.
Ella Husrefovic improved to 7-3 in singles play this season.
In singles, Fresno State is now 51-26 overall this season (13-7 in Mountain West play).
In doubles, Fresno State is now 23-14 overall this season, which includes a 10-3 record at No. 1 doubles.

Box Score
San Jose State 4, Fresno State 3
April 3, 2021 at San Jose, Calif. (Spartan Tennis Complex)

Doubles competition
1. Dalia Ahmed / Deniza Marcinkevica (FS) def. Savannah Sendar / Lara Marco Mas (SJSU) 6-0
2. Carlotta Nonnis Marzano / Carolina Piferi (FS) def. Tamara Culibrk / Alba Pedrero Galindo (SJSU) 6-2
3. Cristina Flaquer / A.C. Hummel (FS) vs. Rozalina Youseva / Raquel Villan Pereira (SJSU) 3-4, unfinished

Singles competition
1. Dalia Ahmed (FS) def. Alba Pedrero Galindo (SJSU) 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
2. Rozalina Youseva (SJSU) def. Cristina Flaquer (FS) 7-6 (7-4), 7-5
3. Irena Muradyan (SJSU) def. Deniza Marcinkevica (FS) 3-6, 6-1, 6-2
4. Lara Marco Mas (SJSU) def. A.C. Hummel (FS) 6-4, 6-4
5. Raquel Villan Pereira (SJSU) def. Carolina Piferi (FS) 6-0, 2-6, 6-4
6. Ella Husrefovic (FS) def. Jovana Babic (SJSU) 6-7 (6-8), 6-4, 6-4

Match Notes:
Fresno State: 10-4, 3-1 MW
San Jose State: 10-0, 3-0 MW
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2); Singles (3,5,4,1,6,2)

Next up: Fresno State is next scheduled to travel to Laramie, Wyo., to face Colorado State in a neutral site contest on Saturday and then play Wyoming in a road match on Sunday.

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