Bulldogs sweep defending MW Champs

Friday, April 8

San Jose, Calif.

12 p.m. PT

Fresno State

San Jose State

Cristina Flaquer, white top, black skirt, practice

Photo by: Cary Edmondson

Bulldogs sweep defending MW Champs

4/8/2022 4:25:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Box Score

No. 60 Fresno State earned a 4-0 road sweep at San Jose State on Friday to remain undefeated in MW play.

By: Stephen Trembley / Director of Strategic Communications

SAN JOSE, Calif. – The No. 60-ranked Fresno State women's tennis team swept the defending Mountain West champion San Jose State Spartans 4-0 on Friday afternoon at the Spartan Tennis Complex.

With the road win, Fresno State (15-3, 5-0 Mountain West) remains undefeated in MW contests and in sole possession of first place in the league standings at the midway mark of conference play.

How it happened: Fresno State earned the doubles point for the fourth straight time in its five MW matches – this time winning at No. 1 and No. 3 doubles to take the advantage into singles.

The Bulldogs then delivered another impressive showing in the singles competition and completed the sweep of SJSU by virtue of victories at the No. 3, No. 5 and No. 6 slots by Cristina Flaquer, Carlotta Nonnis Marzano and Carolina Piferi, respectively.

Just 370 days removed from a marathon battle between the two same relentless competitors, Flaquer recorded the clinching point for the Bulldogs in her rematch with SJSU's Rozalina Youseva.

Team Notes:

Fresno State is now on a seven-match winning streak and has won eight of its last nine matches.
Fresno State has now earned the doubles point in 12 of its 18 matches this season.
In singles, Fresno State's rotation improved to 63-24 (.724) overall with more wins than losses at each slot this season.
As a team, Fresno State also improved to 28-19 in doubles (13-4 at the No. 1 doubles slot) this season.
Fresno State improved to 30-8 overall (13-2 in MW matches) in head coach Denise Dy's two seasons coaching the Bulldogs.
Fresno State improved to 7-3 this season in road contests.
Fresno State improved to 6-0 this season against ITA Northwest Region opponents.
For the seventh consecutive week, the Fresno State women's tennis team is ranked nationally (No. 60) in the ITA Collegiate Tennis Rankings sponsored by Tennis-Point.

Player Notes:

Fresno State's Carolina Piferi is now on an 11-match singles winning streak with a 13-1 record in singles (10-0 at No. 6 singles).
Fresno State's Cristina Flaquer improved to 11-4 overall in singles matches this season (3-1 in MW play).
Fresno State's Carlotta Nonnis Marzano improved to 9-4 overall in singles matches this season (2-1 in MW play).
Fresno State's Pang Jittakoat – the ITA x Unviersial Tennis Division I Player of the Week – improved to 12-4 in doubles this season (11-3 at No. 1 doubles).

Results
No. 60 Fresno State 4, San Jose State 0
April 8, 2022 at San Jose, CA
(Spartan Tennis Complex)

Singles competition

Pang Jittakoat (FS) vs. Alba Pedrero Galindo (SJSU) 5-7, 6-0, 1-1, unfinished
Matilde Magrini (FS) vs. Irena Muradyan (SJSU) 2-6, 6-4, 0-1, unfinished
Cristina Flaquer (FS) def. Rozalina Youseva (SJSU) 6-2, 6-2
A.C. Hummel (FS) vs. Raquel Villan Pereira (SJSU) 6-4, 4-4, unfinished
Carlotta Nonnis Marzano (FS) def. Lara Marco Mas (SJSU) 6-2, 6-2
Carolina Piferi (FS) def. O. Bances Iglesias (SJSU) 6-3, 6-4

Doubles competition

Pang Jittakoat/Matilde Magrini (FS) def. Alba Pedrero Galindo/Lara Marco Mas (SJSU) 6-3
Irena Muradyan/Rozalina Youseva (SJSU) def. Carlotta Nonnis Marzano/Carolina Piferi (FS) 6-3
A.C. Hummel/Cristina Flaquer (FS) def. Raquel. Villan Pereira/O. Bances Iglesias (SJSU) 6-2

Match Notes:
Fresno State 15-3, 5-0 MW
San Jose State 4-11, 0-5 MW
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (5,6,3)

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