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Match Recap: Women's Tennis |

NM State Works Its Way to 5-2 Win Over SFA

Aggies move to 4-0 at home in WAC play

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – For the fifth straight time, NM State protected its home courts as they moved to 4-2 in WAC play behind a 5-2 victory over Stephen F. Austin on Sunday at the NM State Tennis Center.
 
DOUBLES
  • Miranda Bishard and Bella Nguyen continued their dominance and pushed their win streak to three matches as they handed Felicia Back and Zala Ule a 6-3 loss at the No. 2 position to pick up their 10th win as a duo this season.
  • After SFA evened the score with a win on the top line, NM State earned the doubles point by way of a tight 7-6 (7-5) win from Valeriia Ivanovskaia and Dora Kurdi over Elena Bleicher and Ksenia Mamontova. 
SINGLES
  • For the second time this weekend, the Aggies began singles play in need of just three wins. After SFA earned a win at the No. 5 position, Miranda Bishard put the Aggies one win closer to a team victory as she powered her way to a 6-2, 6-3 win over Jemma Cave on line four.
  • Anna Pinaieva then solidified herself as one of the Aggies' top singles performers as she secured a commanding 6-2, 6-2 win over the Jacks' Alkmini Giannakogiorgou at the No. 1 spot – joining Bishard as one of two Aggies with double-digit wins this season.
  • Dora Kurdi has arguably been the hottest singles player as of late and she continued her winning ways when she knocked off Saga Koch 6-4, 6-4 to secure her fourth consecutive singles win and the match victory. Kurdi is also a perfect 3-0 in WAC play and has yet to drop a singles match since falling on Jan. 28 against UTSA.
  • Lisa Zhu later became the third Aggie to tally 10 singles wins on the season as she bounced back from a 0-6 loss in the first set to defeat Ksenia Mamontova 0-6, 6-4, 6-0 at the No. 2 spot.

QUOTABLE | HEAD COACH EMILY WANG
"I am really proud of the team for having the resilience to bounce back from last weekend's losses in Texas. We have a lot of heart and fight on this team and I think that we have a lot to look forward to."

UP NEXT
NM State gets set for its second straight Texas road trip as they are scheduled to take on Abilene Christian, Tarleton and Baylor next weekend before returning home on April 16 to host Grand Canyon.
 
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