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FRESNO, Calif.\u00a0\u2013 Santa Clara women’s tennis fell 6-1 against Fresno State in the season opener at the\u00a0Spalding G. Wathen\u00a0Tennis Center on Wednesday.\u00a0 The Broncos made a return trip to Fresno after their originally scheduled match on Saturday was postponed due to fog and mist.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
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RESULTS:<\/p>\n Fresno State 6, Santa Clara 1 1. Daniella Dimitrova<\/a> (SCUWTEN) def. Sofia Pizzoni (FST) 6-3, 4-6, 1-0 (10-8) Doubles competition Match Notes NEXT UP:
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\n\tFresno State (3-0) won the first two doubles matches to secure the doubles point and won five of the six singles matches including the first four to go up 5-0 before Daniella Dimitrova<\/a> picked up the lone point\u00a0for the Broncos.\u00a0\u00a0
\n\tThe Bulldogs took the doubles matches on courts two and three both by a 6-4 score.\u00a0\u00a0Sofia Pizzoni and Eliza Dunbar defeated\u00a0Dimitrova and Madhu Satishbabu<\/a> to clinch the doubles point.\u00a0\u00a0
\n\tIn singles, Paulina Montiel,\u00a0Andjela Lopicic and\u00a0Klara Vukicevic each came up on top in straight sets to clinch the match.\u00a0 Vukicevic’s clincher came against\u00a0Juliette Krumholz<\/a> 6-3, 6-3 on court six to put the Bulldogs up 4-0 on the team scoreboard.\u00a0\u00a0
\n\tSanta Clara (0-1) got a\u00a0point on Dimitrova’s three set victory over Pizzoni\u00a06-3, 4-6, 1-0 (10-8) atop the lineup.\u00a0\u00a0
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\n1\/28\/2026 at Fresno, Calif (Spalding G. Wathen)
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\n2. Paulina Montiel (FST) def. Lizanne Boyer<\/a> (SCUWTEN) 6-1, 6-1
\n3. Andjela Lopicic (FST) def. Tian Yu Dong<\/a> (SCUWTEN) 6-2, 6-3
\n4. Eliza Dunbar (FST) def. Anna Rahman<\/a> (SCUWTEN) 2-6, 6-1, 6-3
\n5. Louna Cormier (FST) def. Ashley Katz<\/a> (SCUWTEN) 3-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-4)
\n6. Klara Vukicevic (FST) def. Juliette Krumholz<\/a> (SCUWTEN) 6-3, 6-3
\n7. Giulia Lodovici (FST) vs. Jamie Pope<\/a> (SCUWTEN) 6-7 (2-4), 6-2, unfinished<\/p>\n
\n1. Klara Vukicevic\/Paulina Montiel (FST) vs. Tian Yu Dong<\/a>\/Ashley Katz<\/a> (SCUWTEN) 5-5, unfinished
\n2. Andjela Lopicic\/Louna Cormier (FST) def. Anna Rahman<\/a>\/Lizanne Boyer<\/a> (SCUWTEN) 6-4
\n3. Sofia Pizzoni\/Eliza Dunbar (FST) def. Daniella Dimitrova<\/a>\/Madhu Satishbabu<\/a> (SCUWTEN) 6-4<\/p>\n
\nSanta Clara 0-1
\nFresno State 3-0
\nOrder of finish: Doubles (2,3); Singles (2,3,6,5,1,4)<\/p>\n
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\n\tThe Broncos travel to Boise, Idaho for a pair of matches this weekend.\u00a0 They face Montana State in a neutral site match on Saturday followed by a match against Boise State on Sunday.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
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