CHAMPS! Bulldogs win MW title

Friday, April 22

Boise, Idaho

1 p.m. PT

Fresno State

Boise State

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CHAMPS! Bulldogs win MW title

4/22/2022 4:45:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Box Score

No. 67 Fresno State rallied to defeat Boise State 4-1 and clinch the outright 2022 MW regular season championship.

By: Stephen Trembley / Director of Strategic Communications

BOISE, Idaho – The No. 67-ranked Fresno State women's tennis team defeated the Boise State Broncos 4-1 on Friday afternoon at the Appleton Tennis Center in Boise, Idaho.

Fresno State (19-3, 9-0 Mountain West) remained undefeated in conference play and secured the outright 2022 MW regular season championship with the victory.

The Bulldogs will be the No. 1 seed for next week's MW championships.

How It Happened: The 'Dogs bounced back in singles with four straight wins to conquer the Broncos after dropping doubles.

Pang Jittakoat and Matilde Magrini earned a win together to improved to 9-3 at No. 1 doubles this season (6-3 in MW play), but the 'Dogs came up just short in the other two doubles contests.

Fresno State's rally in singles started with a dominant win from Carolina Piferi in the No. 6 singles spot and Cristina Flaquer secured the clinching point after playing through three sets at No. 3 singles.

Team Notes:

No. 67 Fresno State has now won its last 11 matches and 12 of its last 13 overall.
In singles, Fresno State's rotation improved to a combined 78-26 (.750) overall with more wins than losses at each slot.
Fresno State improved to 34-8 overall (17-2 in MW matches) in head coach Denise Dy's two seasons coaching the Bulldogs.
This is Fresno State's third Mountain West championship in women's tennis and first since 2018. The first two (2014 & 2018) were tournament championships won when the Bulldogs were coached by Ryan Stotland, who is now the head coach at Arizona, where Denise Dy worked as Stotland's assistant coach from 2018-20 before being hired as Fresno State's head coach.
For the ninth consecutive week, the Fresno State women's tennis team is ranked nationally (No. 67) 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 17-3 in singles matches this season (15-3 at No. 1 singles) and owns an 11-match singles winning streak (all 11 in straight sets at the top position). Jittakoat is 7-0 in MW play at No. 1 singles.
Fresno State's Cristina Flaquer improved to 14-5 in singles matches this season (9-4 at No. 3 singles).
Fresno State's Carolina Piferi is now on a 13-match singles winning streak with a 15-1 record in singles (12-0 at No. 6 singles). Piferi is 7-0 in MW play in singles.
Fresno State's Matilde Magrini improved to 10-7 at No. 2 singles this season.
Both Jittakoat and Piferi are 8-0 in their last 10 singles appearances.

Results
#67 Fresno State 4, Boise State 1
4/22/2022 at Boise, Idaho
(Appleton Tennis Center)

Doubles Competition
1. Pang Jittakoat/Matilde Magrini (FS) def. Joana Baptista/Nicole Discenza (BSU) 6-3
2. Shauna Heffernan/Holly Stewart (BSU) def. Carolina Piferi/Carlotta Nonnis Marzano (FS) 6-4
3. Ana Conde Vendrell/Pauline Ernstberger (BSU) def. A.C. Hummel/Cristina Flaquer (FS) 7-5

Singles Competition
1. Pang Jittakoat (FS) def. Pauline Ernstberger (BSU) 6-1, 6-4
2. Matilde Magrini (FS) def. Joana Baptista (BSU) 6-3, 6-2
3. Cristina Flaquer (FS) def. Holly Stewart (BSU) 4-6, 6-3, 6-1
4. Nicole Discenza (BSU) vs. A.C. Hummel (FS) 6-2, 3-6, 3-2, unfinished
5. Ana Conde Vendrell (BSU) vs. Carlotta Nonnis Marzano (FS) 2-6, 6-2, 2-5, unfinished
6. Carolina Piferi (FS) def. Shauna Heffernan (BSU) 6-2, 6-0

Match Notes:
Fresno State 19-3, 9-0 MW; National ranking #67; Regional ranking #10
Boise State 7-7, 3-6 MW
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (6,1,2,3)

Next up: No. 67 Fresno State will face Utah State on Saturday at 9 a.m. PT in Boise, Idaho in the regular season finale for both teams.

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