LAS VEGAS — Emma Fantousis knocked off the No. 2 seed to advance to the singles quarterfinals and lead the San José State women’s tennis team at the Mountain West Fall Championships on Thursday.
Fantousis and Soledad Fayos Capilla competed in the round of 16 in singles and the quarterfinals in doubles.
- Fantousis defeated No. 2 seed Anastasiia Kochelaevskaia of Wyoming in a three-set battle, 7-5, 4-6, 6-2.
- Fayos Capilla fell to No. 4 seed Tennielle Madis of Hawaiʻi in a hard-fought match, 2-6, 5-7.
- In the doubles quarterfinals, Fayos Capilla and Fantousis took on No. 1 seed Nikol Mircheva and Hudson Hawkins of UNLV and were topped, 8-2.
UP NEXT: Fantousis will face the No. 7 seed in the singles quarterfinals Friday morning. The rest of the Spartans will compete in the Santa Clara Hidden Duals from Friday through Sunday, Oct. 23-25.
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