Wednesday, October 2
Las Vegas, NV
All Day
Fresno State
vs
Mountain West Fall Qualifier
Bulldogs set for fall opener in Vegas
10/1/2024 1:10:00 PM | Women's Tennis
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FRESNO, Calif. - Fresno State women's tennis team will open the fall season with the MW Fall Qualifier at the Darling Tennis Center in Las Vegas beginning on Wednesday. The four day tournament will see top players from each conference school playing for a NCAA Individual qualifying bid.Â
MW FALL QUALIFIERÂ
The Mountain West is hosting a fall qualifier in concurrency with the NCAA's new two-year pilot program to host the NCAA Division 1 Individual Championships in the fall of 2024 and 2025.Â
This fall qualifier appoints the allotted Mountain West AQ into the ITA Conference Masters tournament. The ITA Masters tournament is one of four official qualifying tournaments that athletes can participate in to qualify for the NCAA Individual Championships. Where each conference will then designate one singles player and one doubles pair from each gender to participate in the ITA Conference Masters tournament.Â
BULLDOG BONES
MW fall qualifier will feature a draw of 32 singles and round of 16 doubles. A consultation match will be given to ensure at least two matches per player from the round of 32.Â
Doubles - Round of 16Â
9:30 a.m. Match No. 5 - Magrini/Gisclon vs Sabikova/Kukreti (Utah State)Â
Singles - Round of 32Â Â
10:30 a.m. Match No. 3 - Gisclon vs Weekly (Colorado St.)Â
10:30 a.m Match No. 6 - Magrini vs Schaefer (Boise St.)
10:30 a.m Match No. 11 - Pizzoni vs Zhao (UNLV)Â
THE COMPETITIONÂ
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Live Scoring: iOnCourt
Live updates via X (Twitter) @fresnostatewtenÂ
FRESNO, Calif. - Fresno State women's tennis team will open the fall season with the MW Fall Qualifier at the Darling Tennis Center in Las Vegas beginning on Wednesday. The four day tournament will see top players from each conference school playing for a NCAA Individual qualifying bid.Â
MW FALL QUALIFIERÂ
The Mountain West is hosting a fall qualifier in concurrency with the NCAA's new two-year pilot program to host the NCAA Division 1 Individual Championships in the fall of 2024 and 2025.Â
This fall qualifier appoints the allotted Mountain West AQ into the ITA Conference Masters tournament. The ITA Masters tournament is one of four official qualifying tournaments that athletes can participate in to qualify for the NCAA Individual Championships. Where each conference will then designate one singles player and one doubles pair from each gender to participate in the ITA Conference Masters tournament.Â
BULLDOG BONES
- The Bulldogs kick off their fall season with the MW Fall Qualifier followed by the San Diego Veterans Classic later in the week
- 'Dogs welcome three newcomers this season, Andjela Lopicic, Klara Vuvkuoic and Sofia Pizzoni
- Newcomer Sofia Pizzoni will see her first bite of action as a Bulldog this weekendÂ
- Fresno State sees five returners with Matilde Magrini, Yinglak Jittakoat, Gianna Mastro, Eliza Dunbar and Charlotte GisclonÂ
- Head coach Denise Dy is back for her fourth season leading the 'Dogs while assistant coach Julia Deming enters her second season
- This is the first of seven fall tournaments for the Bulldogs, later this week the 'Dogs will head down south for the San Diego Veterans Tennis Classic
- No.1 doubles pair and 1-2 singles players Matilde Magrini and Yinglak Jittakoat return for their final seasonÂ
- Three Bulldogs will make the trip to Vegas for the tournament, Matilde Magrini, Charlotte Gisclon and Sofia Pizzioni
- All three Bulldogs will play in the singles draw of 32
- Magrini and Gisclon will be the lone doubles pair in the round of 16, making their first pairing together
MW fall qualifier will feature a draw of 32 singles and round of 16 doubles. A consultation match will be given to ensure at least two matches per player from the round of 32.Â
Doubles - Round of 16Â
9:30 a.m. Match No. 5 - Magrini/Gisclon vs Sabikova/Kukreti (Utah State)Â
Singles - Round of 32Â Â
10:30 a.m. Match No. 3 - Gisclon vs Weekly (Colorado St.)Â
10:30 a.m Match No. 6 - Magrini vs Schaefer (Boise St.)
10:30 a.m Match No. 11 - Pizzoni vs Zhao (UNLV)Â
THE COMPETITIONÂ
- All ten other MW institutions will be present in the fall qualifier this week.Â
- Boise State's double pairing of Zdena Safarova and Maya Dutton are No. 53 in the ITA's preseason doubles rankingsÂ
- Tetiana Luzhanska will enter her first season as the Head Coach of the UNLV RebelsÂ
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