No. 65 'Dogs rally for 4-1 road win

Saturday, April 16

Albuquerque, N.M.

10 a.m. PT

Fresno State

New Mexico

No. 65 'Dogs rally for 4-1 road win

4/16/2022 1:30:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Box Score

No. 65 Fresno State improved to 8-0 in MW play by earning a 4-1 road win at New Mexico.

By: Stephen Trembley / Director of Strategic Communications

FRESNO, Calif. – The No. 65-ranked Fresno State women's tennis team defeated the New Mexico Lobos 4-1 on Saturday at the McKinnon Family Tennis Stadium in Albuquerque, N.M.

Fresno State (18-3, 8-0 Mountain West) remains unbeaten in conference play and in sole possession of first place in the MW.

The Bulldogs will enter the final weekend of the regular season on a 10-match winning streak and one win away from securing at least a share of the MW regular season championship.

How it happened: After being edged out for the doubles point, Fresno State delivered another strong showing in singles, which was ignited by Pang Jittakoat, who cruised to a quick 6-2, 6-1 victory at No. 1 singles to even the match at 1-1.

Carlotta Nonnis Marzano, Cristina Flaquer and Matilde Magrini also won in straight sets to dispatch the Lobos, with Magrini securing the clinching point.

Team Notes:

No. 65 Fresno State has now won its last 10 matches and 11 of its last 12 overall.
In singles, Fresno State's rotation improved to a combined 74-26 (.740) overall with more wins than losses at each slot.
Fresno State improved to 33-8 overall (16-2 in MW matches) in head coach Denise Dy's two seasons coaching the Bulldogs.
For the eighth consecutive week, the Fresno State women's tennis team is ranked nationally (No. 65) in the ITA Collegiate Tennis Rankings sponsored by Tennis-Point, the organization announced on Wednesday. This season, Fresno State has been ranked as high as No. 51 nationally.

Player Notes:

Fresno State's Pang Jittakoat improved to 16-3 in singles matches this season (14-3 at No. 1 singles) and owns a 10-match singles winning streak (all nine in straight sets at the top position).
Fresno State's Cristina Flaquer improved to 13-5 in singles matches this season (8-4 at No. 3 singles).
Fresno State's Carlotta Nonnis Marzano improved to 11-4 in singles matches this season.
Fresno State's Matilde Magrini improved to 9-7 at No. 2 singles this season.

Results
No. 65 Fresno State 4, New Mexico 1
April 16, 2022 at Albuquerque, N.M.
(McKinnon Family Tennis Stadium)

Doubles Results:
1. Polly Chen/Myu Kageyama (NM) def. Pang Jittakoat/Matilde Magrini (FS) 7-5
2. Carlotta Nonnis Marzano/Carolina Piferi (FS) def. Hsuna Huang/Sarah O'Connor (NM) 6-4
3. Satoho Toriumi/Sofia Taborga (NM) def. Cristina Flaquer/A.C. Hummel (FS) 7-6 (7-4)

Singles Results:
1. Pang Jittakoat (FS) def. Polly Chen (NM) 6-1, 6-2
2. Matilde Magrini (FS) def. Sarah O'Connor (NM) 6-4, 6-3
3. Cristina Flaquer (FS) def. Hsuna Huang (NM) 7-5, 6-3
4. A.C. Hummel (FS) vs. Myu Kageyama (NM) 6-4, 5-4 (Unfinished)
5. Carlotta Nonnis Marzano (FS) def. Albie Huang (NM) 6-4, 6-1
6. Carolina Piferi (FS) vs. Satoho Toriumi (NM) 6-1, 2-6, 2-1 (Unfinished)

Order of Finish
Doubles (2,1,3); Singes (1,5,3,2)

Next up: Fresno State will travel to Boise for its final two regular season contests on Friday (Boise State) and Saturday (Utah State) before heading to Arizona for the 2022 MW Championships to be held April 27-30 at El Conquistador Tucson. The Bulldogs have secured at least a top three seed for the conference championships.

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