Bulldogs edged in MW quarters, 4-3

Thursday, April 28

Tucson, Ariz.

10 a.m. PT

Fresno State

No. 8 seed Nevada

Photo by: C. Morgan Engel/NCAA Photos

Bulldogs edged in MW quarters, 4-3

4/28/2022 2:40:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Box Score

Fresno State built a 3-1 lead before falling to Nevada in the quarterfinals of the 2022 Mountain West Women’s Tennis Championships.

By: Stephen Trembley / Director of Strategic Communications

TUCSON, Ariz. – The top-seeded Fresno State women's tennis team lost 4-3 to the eighth-seeded Nevada Wolf Pack in the quarterfinals of the 2022 Mountain West Championships at El Conquistador Tennis Center.

The loss snapped a 12-match winning streak by No. 65 Fresno State (20-4), who won the outright 2022 MW regular season championship with a perfect 10-0 record in league play.

How it happened: Fresno State earned the doubles point with wins at No. 1 and No. 3 doubles and later took a 2-0 lead when Carolina Piferi cruised to her 15th straight singles victory with a 6-0, 6-1 win at No. 6 singles.

After Nevada answered by grabbing a point at No. 5 singles, 2022 MW Player of the Year Pang Jittakoat closed out a straight set triumph at the top court to give the Bulldogs a 3-1 advantage before the Wolf Pack rallied for the upset.

Team Notes:

As a team, Fresno State improved to 35-27 overall in doubles (17-6 overall at No. 1 doubles).
In 2022, Fresno State has been ranked in the ITA's Top 75 in each of the last nine weeks, including a high of a No. 51 national ranking, and won the outright MW regular season championship.
Fresno State was the No. 1 seed for the fourth time in program history (2014, 2015 & 2016).
This was the seventh time in now eight appearances that the Bulldogs were a top three seed.
Fresno State dropped to 9-6 all-time in MW tournament contests.
With a 20-4 overall record, this was Fresno State's 11th 20-win in program history and first since 2009.

Player Notes:

Fresno State's Pang Jittakoat and Matilde Magrini improved to 11-3 overall when playing together at No. 1 doubles (8-3 against MW opponents).
Fresno State's Pang Jittakoat improved to 18-3 in singles matches this season (16-3 at No. 1 singles) and now owns a 12-match singles winning streak (all 12 in straight sets at the top position).
Fresno State's Carolina Piferi improved to 17-1 in singles matches this season (13-0 at No. 6 singles) and now owns a 14-match singles winning streak.

Results
(#8 Seed) Nevada 4, No. 65 (#1 Seed) Fresno State 3
4/28/2022 at Tucson, Ariz.
(El Conquistador Tennis Center)
--- Mountain West Quarterfinals ---

Doubles competition

Pang Jittakoat / Matilde Magrini (FS) def. A Luneva / C Del Barrio (NEV) 6-0
Carlotta Nonnis Marzano / Carolina Piferi (FS) vs. M Campino / S Turulja (NEV) 5-5
Cristina Flaquer / A.C. Hummel (FS) def. G Charalampidi / M Genkova (NEV) 6-4

Singles competition

Pang Jittakoat (FS) def. Anastasia Luneva (NEV) 6-1, 7-6 [7-5]
Mariana Campino (NEV) vs. Matilde Magrini (FS) 7-6 [7-2], 7-5
Milka Genkova (NEV) def. Cristina Flaquer (FS) 7-6 [9-7], 6-1
Cristina Moll (NEV) def. A.C. Hummel (FS) 3-6, 6-4, 7-5
Selina Turulja (NEV) def. Carlotta Nonnis Marzano (FS) 6-2, 6-3
Carolina Piferi (FS) def. Gabriella Charalampidi (NEV) 6-0, 6-1

Match Notes:
Fresno State 20-4, National ranking #65; Regional ranking #10
Nevada 10-10
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3); Singles (6,5,1,3,2,4)

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