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Mountain West play opens in the 559
3/24/2022 12:00:00 PM | Women's Tennis
The No. 68-ranked Fresno State women's tennis team opens conference play this weekend at the Spalding G. Wathen Tennis Center.
MATCH 14: Wyoming (6-7) at No. 68 Fresno State (10-3)
March 26, 2022 • 1 p.m. PT • Fresno, Calif. • Spalding G. Wathen Tennis Center
LIVE STATS: BulldogsLive.com
LIVE UPDATES: @FresnoStateWTEN (Twitter)
SERIES HISTORY: Wyoming leads 3-2
LAST MEETING: Wyoming 4, Fresno State 2 (4/11/21 • Laramie, Wyo.)
EARLY MATCH (MARCH 26): Colorado State vs. San Jose State (9 a.m. PT)
MATCH 15: Colorado State at No. 68 Fresno State
March 27, 2022 • 1 p.m. PT • Fresno, Calif. • Spalding G. Wathen Tennis Center
LIVE STATS: BulldogsLive.com
LIVE UPDATES: @FresnoStateWTEN (Twitter)
SERIES HISTORY: Fresno State leads 3-0 (overall)
LAST MEETING: Fresno State 4, Colorado State 0 (4/10/21 • Laramie, Wyo.)
EARLY MATCH (MARCH 27): Wyoming vs. San Jose State (9 a.m. PT)
THE BREAKDOWN
March 26, 2022 • 1 p.m. PT • Fresno, Calif. • Spalding G. Wathen Tennis Center
LIVE STATS: BulldogsLive.com
LIVE UPDATES: @FresnoStateWTEN (Twitter)
SERIES HISTORY: Wyoming leads 3-2
LAST MEETING: Wyoming 4, Fresno State 2 (4/11/21 • Laramie, Wyo.)
EARLY MATCH (MARCH 26): Colorado State vs. San Jose State (9 a.m. PT)
MATCH 15: Colorado State at No. 68 Fresno State
March 27, 2022 • 1 p.m. PT • Fresno, Calif. • Spalding G. Wathen Tennis Center
LIVE STATS: BulldogsLive.com
LIVE UPDATES: @FresnoStateWTEN (Twitter)
SERIES HISTORY: Fresno State leads 3-0 (overall)
LAST MEETING: Fresno State 4, Colorado State 0 (4/10/21 • Laramie, Wyo.)
EARLY MATCH (MARCH 27): Wyoming vs. San Jose State (9 a.m. PT)
THE BREAKDOWN
- Fresno State Athletics is celebrating its centennial year and the 2022 women's tennis season is the 44th season in program history (inaugural season 1978-79).
- Fresno State head coach Denise Dy is now in her second season back home in the Golden State.
- The Bulldogs were ranked No. 68 in the latest ITA Collegiate Tennis Division I Women's Team Rankings, which were released on March 23, 2022 - one of two MW teams (San Diego State) ranked in the ITA's Top 75.
- No. 68 Fresno State opens Mountain West play by hosting Wyoming (March 26) and Colorado State (March 27) this weekend at the Spalding G. Wathen Tennis Center.
- No. 68 Fresno State has won nine straight home matches dating back to February 2021 (eight at Wathen).
- No. 68 Fresno State enters MW play having won its last two matches and three of its last four overall.
- Fresno State is 7-1 in Mountain West openers and 7-1 in MW home openers since joining in the league in 2012.
- This is the first time since 2017 that Fresno State has opened MW play at home (fourth time overall).
- In 2021, Fresno State went 15-5 overall with an 8-2 record in Mountain West play, which tied for the most overall and conference victories by any MW team in 2021.
- For the fifth consecutive week, the Fresno State women's tennis team is ranked nationally (No. 68) in the ITA Collegiate Tennis Rankings sponsored by Tennis-Point, the organization announced on Wednesday.
- Fresno State has been ranked as high as No. 51 nationally, and has a 2-0 record this season against regionally ranked opponents in the ITA's Northwest Region (No. 8 San Francisco & No. 9 Saint Mary's College).
- The Bulldogs were ranked No. 10 in the latest available ITA Northwest Region rankings.
- Fresno State's Pang Jittakoat enters the weekend 10-3 in singles matches this season (8-3 at No. 1 singles) and owning a four-match singles winning streak (all four in straight sets at the top position).
- Fresno State's Matilde Magrini enters the weekend 7-4 in singles matches this season (7-3 at No. 2 singles).
- Fresno State's Cristina Flaquer enters the weekend 8-3 in singles matches this season (4-2 at No. 3 singles).
- Fresno State's Carolina Piferi enters the weekend on a six-match singles winning streak and sports an 8-1 record in singles (5-0 at No. 6 singles).  Piferi has also played at No. 4 singles (1-0) & No. 5 singles (2-1).
- Fresno State's Carlotta Nonnis Marzano enters the weekend 7-3 in singles matches this season.
- In singles, Fresno State's rotation is a combined 47-18 (.723) overall with more wins than losses at each slot.
- In doubles, Jittakoat is 8-3 overall this season (7-2 at No. 1 doubles), while Piferi and Magrini each have seven doubles victories. Â As a team, Fresno State is 19-15 in doubles (9-3 at the No. 1 doubles slot).
- Fresno State has earned the doubles point in eight of its 13 matches this season.
Players Mentioned
2022 Season Hype
Thursday, April 28
Jittakoat named MW Player of the Year
Tuesday, April 26
Jittakoat: Player of the Week
Wednesday, April 06
Undefeated at home!
Sunday, April 03