Bulldogs travel south for Cal Poly and Washington State

MATCH 5: FRESNO STATE (3-1) vs WASHINGTON STATE (3-0)

Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025 | 10 a.m. | Ronca Tennis Center | San Luis Obispo, Calif.

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MATCH 6: FRESNO STATE (3-1) vs CAL POLY (2-1)

Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025 | 3 p.m. | Ronca Tennis Center | San Luis Obispo, Calif.

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FRESNO, Calif. - The Fresno State women's tennis team heads south to San Luis Obispbo for a set of weekend matches. Bulldogs will face off against Washington State for a neutral match at 10 a.m. PT and take on the hosts, Cal Poly on Sunday at 3 p.m. PT. All matches will be held at Ronca Tennis Center and neutral matches will not have live stats.

QUICK LOOK

Fresno State dropped to 3-1 after a tough five-hour battle against Sacramento State at home
Fresno State holds a 1-0 road record
Four bulldogs have yet to see a singles loss - Sofia Pizzoni (4-0), Yinglak Jittakoat (2-0), Gianna Mastro and Klara Vukicevic (1-0)
Matilde Magrini and Yinglak Jittakoat are 3-0 in doubles play at No. 1
Fresno State opened the 2025 spring season on their best record, 3-0 in the last five seasons under head coach Denise Dy
Bulldogs return home on Feb. 15 to host Grand Canyon before they take a seven match road trip that will last into conference play (Feb. 16 - Mar. 16)
Head coach Denise Dy had her best record to open the spring season at 3-0 (Jan. 31)
Fresno State will meet Cal Poly for the 14th time this weekend
Fresno State's last win in San Luis Obispo was in the 2013-14 season, 6-1
Bulldogs longest match has been against Sacramento State which lasted five hours

SERIES HISTORY
Fresno State will meet Cal Poly for the 14th time in program history and for the fifth time in San Luis Obispo. Bulldogs lead the all-time meetings at 10-3 and are 2-2 in San Luis Obispo. Bulldogs have dropped the last two meetings at Ronca Tennis Center. Fresno State's last win came in Fresno on Feb. 24, 4-3.

Fresno State will meet Washington State for the 18th time in program history. Bulldogs lead the all-time meetings, 13-6, but the Cougars have bounced back and won the last five meetings. Fresno State's last win against WSU was Feb. (2016) in Fresno, 4-3.

HOLDING STRONG
Sofia Pizzoni leads the Bulldogs with the most wins holding a 4-0 record. Pizonni played an impressive match at No. 2 against Sacramento State for a third set win that gave the Bulldogs a chance for a comeback. Pizzoni has earned a singles win at the top flight and her last three have come at the number three flight.

Coming back into a new season, Yinglak Jittakoat has started her singles journey at the third slot in the singles lineup. The junior holds a 2-0 record this season with both being two set wins. Jittakoat joined Pizzoni as the only two players to grab a singles point against Sacramento State.

A LOOK AT THE MUSTANGS

Mustangs are looking to build off one of their most successful seasons in program history under third-year head coach Ellie Edles Williams.
Cal Poly holds a 2-1 record with a loss to Arizona and most recently a win against Montana State (6-1)
Mustangs opened the season with a win over NAU
Cal Poly won the 2024 Big West Tournament after finishing as runner up the past three seasons (2021-23), Mustang defeated Cal State Fullerton, 4-3
Following Fresno State, cal Poly will face MW opponent San Jose State at home

A LOOK AT THE COUGARS

Raquel Atawo is in her fourth season as head coach of the Cougars
WSU's 6-1 start to the season is the best by a Cougar squad since going 6-1 to begin the 2019 season
The doubles team of Eva Alvarez Sane and Maxine Murphy were named the WCC Doubles Team of the Week, Jan. 14.
Maxine Murphy was named the WCC Singles Player of the Week, Jan. 21 and holds a 7-0 record in dual matches this season, all at No. 2 singles
Martina Markow is 5-0 in dual matches, 2-0 at No. 5, 3-0 at No. 6
The Cougars have won the last five meetings against Fresno State
Eva Alvarez Sande was named to the WCC Preseason Poll
WSU was predicted to finish 4th

BULLDOG STATS
Overall: 3-1 Mountain West 0-0 Home: 2-1 Away: 1-0

Player Overall Dual 1 2 3 4 5 6

Andjela Lopicic 2-2 2-2 --- 1-0 0-1 1-1 --- ---

Paulina Montiel 3-1 3-1 --- --- 1-0 --- 2-1 ---

Sofia Pizzoni 4-0 4-0 1-0 3-0 --- --- --- ---

Eliza Dunbar 2-1 2-1 --- --- --- 1-0 --- 1-1

Gianna Mastro 1-0 1-0 --- --- --- --- 1-0 ---

Klara Vukicevic 1-0 1-0 --- --- --- --- --- 1-0

Matilde Magrini 1-2 1-2 1-2 --- --- --- --- ---

Yinglak Jittakoat 2-0 2-0 --- --- 2-0 --- --- ---
Charlotte Gisclon 0-1 0-1 --- --- --- 0-1 --- ---

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Players Mentioned

Eliza Dunbar

Charlotte Gisclon

Yinglak Jittakoat

Andjela Lopicic

Matilde Magrini

Gianna Mastro

Paulina Montiel

Sofia Pizzoni

Klara Vukicevic