Las Vegas, Nev.—Lady Luck was not the Spartans side Friday as the San José State women's tennis team suffered their first loss of the season, 4-2, at UNLV inside the Fertitta Tennis Complex.
The Spartans two points came from two wins in singles play. Alba Pedrero Galindo won in straight sets, 6-2, 6-3. Raquel Villan Pereira needed three sets for her win 6-4, 4-7, 6-2.
UNLV started the morning by winning the doubles point with wins at #1 and #3. The Rebels took a 3-0 lead winning singles at #3 and #2. Pedrero Galindo and Villan Pereira then recorded the two Spartan points before UNLV closed out the match by winning at #6.
Two winning streaks ended on Friday with the loss at UNLV. The Spartans began the day with a 14-match winning streak, the longest in school history. Irena Muradyan had won 13 straight singles matches, including 12 straight at #3 singles, before she lost in straight sets Friday afternoon.
San José State is now 14-1 overall and 7-1 in Mountain West play. The team finishes the regular season on Saturday with a match against San Diego State beginning at 10 a.m. inside the Fertitta Tennis Complex.
Tennis Match Results
San Jose State vs UNLV
April 23, 2021 at Las Vegas
(Fertitta Tennis Complex)
UNLV 4, San Jose State 2
Singles competition
1. PEDRERO GALINDO, Alba (SJSU) def. Izumi Asano (UNLV) 6-2, 6-3
2. En-Pei Huang (UNLV) def. YOUSEVA, Rozalina (SJSU) 6-3, 6-2
3. Zita Kovacs (UNLV) def. MURADYAN, Irena (SJSU) 6-3, 6-3
4. Connie Li (UNLV) vs. MARCO MAS, Lara (SJSU) 7-6 (7-4), 4-5, 1-0, unfinished
5. VILLAN PEREIRA, Raquel (SJSU) def. Sam Smith (UNLV) 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
6. Aura Fang (UNLV) def. BABIC, Jovana (SJSU) 6-4, 6-4
Doubles competition
1. Izumi Asano/En-Pei Huang (UNLV) def. PEDRERO GALINDO, Alba/MARCO MAS, Lara (SJSU) 6-4
2. Sam Smith/Connie Li (UNLV) vs. MURADYAN, Irena/CULIBRK, Tamara (SJSU) 5-4, unfinished
3. Aura Fang/Zita Kovacs (UNLV) def. VILLAN PEREIRA, Raquel/YOUSEVA, Rozalina (SJSU) 6-3
Records: San José State 14-1, 7-1; UNLV 11-6, 7-2.
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1); Singles (3,2,1,5,6)
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