The Wyoming Cowgirls tennis squad returned to Laramie and defeated the Metro State Roadrunners, out of Denver, by a clean sweep of 7-0 and snapped a three-match losing streak.
“Thanks to all the fans who showed and supported us this weekend. We had a lot of bright spots, but need to keep working on a few things,” head coach Dean Clower said to a Wyoming Athletics press release.
Northern Colorado swept the Metro State Roadrunners the week before in Greeley, Colo. This was the second straight match in which Metro State lost by a score of 0-7. Wyoming lost their previous match to the Denver Pioneers by a score of 3-4 in Laramie on Friday.
“I thought we did a really good job rebounding after a tough battle [Friday],” Clower said.
Every Cowgirl won their match through sweeping sets, and no Cowgirl lost more than two games. Nastya Tokareva won the first finished singles match of the night, defeating Kasey Love of Metro, by getting a two-set win at 6-0, 6-0. At the first spot in singles, Magdalena Stencel of Wyoming beat Courtney Wright with 6-1, 6-0 sweeping sets. The other two Cowgirls to win in sweeping sets of 6-0, 6-0 were Dorottya Jonas and Silviya Zhelyazkova defeating Ana-Jelena Vujosevic and Haleigh Chobanian, respectively. The two most strung out matches of the event were Cecilia Mercier’s (6-2, 6-1) and Alama Espinosa’s (6-2, 6-0) who beat Megan Bell and Kaitlyn Miller, respectively.
The Cowgirls and Roadrunners also faced each other in doubles. These matches also resulted in victories for the Cowgirls. Christa Gecheva/Tokareva defeated Bell/Miller 6-0, Jonas/Zhelyazkova defeated Chobanian/Love 6-0 and finally Mercier/Parizher defeated Vujosevic/Wright 6-2.
The Cowgirls earned their second 7-0 win of the season with the previous one coming on January 14 against Oral Roberts in Tulsa, Okla. The Cowgirls are now 3-3 on the season. Their next match will be on Friday, February 20 against Nebraska in Lincoln, Neb. at 3 p.m.
