The Wyoming Cowgirls secured a 4-1 home victory over UNLV in Mountain West women’s tennis action on Sunday.
Wyoming won doubles play and took three of four completed singles matches, snapping UNLV’s six-match winning streak.
With the win, Wyoming improved to 5-13 overall and 2-4 in conference play, while UNLV fell to 13-4 overall and 4-1 in the Mountain West.
The Cowgirls took an early lead, winning doubles matches at No. 1 and No. 3. The top pair of Violetta Borodina and Dilnaz Mashabayeva won 6-3, while Serina Abriola and Ruby Young dominated at No. 3 with a 6-1 victory.
In singles play, Wyoming won at the No. 1, No. 2, and No. 4 positions. Borodina battled to a straight-sets win at the top spot, while Anastasiia Kochelaevskaia rallied for a 6-4, 7-5 victory at No. 2. Elena Trencheva secured Wyoming’s final point with a 6-4, 6-2 win at No. 4.
UNLV’s Coco Zhao earned the Rebels’ only point, defeating Eugenia Ceinos 6-4, 6-0 at the No. 3 singles position.
Doubles Competition
No. 1 – Borodina/Mashabayeva (WYO) def. Mircheva/Vinahradava (UNLV) 6-3
No. 2 – Ceinos/Trencheva (WYO) vs. Zhao/Hu (UNLV) 5-3, unfinished
No. 3 – Abriola/Young (WYO) def. Oyama/Kliuch (UNLV) 6-1
Singles Competition
No. 1 – Borodina (WYO) def. Hu (UNLV) 6-4, 7-6 (7-2)
No. 2 – Kochelaevskaia (WYO) def. Kliuch (UNLV) 6-4, 7-5
No. 3 – Zhao (UNLV) def. Ceinos (WYO) 6-4, 6-0
No. 4 – Trencheva (WYO) def. Mircheva (UNLV) 6-4, 6-2
No. 5 – Mashabayeva (WYO) vs. Oyama (UNLV) 4-0, unfinished
No. 6 – Abriola (WYO) vs. Sokolvak (UNLV) no result
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1); Singles (3,4,2,1)
Wyoming will play Utah State on Friday and Boise State on Sunday in a pair of road matches. UNLV will face UNR on Friday in the Silver State Series.
With input from University of Wyoming Athletics and UNLV.
