Broncos Fall to UNLV

Sunday, March 27

San Diego, Calif.

11 a.m. MT

Boise State

UNLV

3/27/2022 7:07:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Box Score

By: Courtesy: Boise State Athletics

SAN DIEGO, Calif. - Boise State women's tennis came up on the short side of a 4-1 match to the UNLV Rebels Sunday afternoon at San Diego.

Pauline Ernstberger claimed the Broncos' lone point of the match with a victory at No. 1 singles. The sophomore from Germany won her 13th singles match, defeating Molly Helgesson in straight sets 6-3, 6-2.

Joana Baptista and Nicole Discenza led the Broncos in doubles, winning on court one 6-4 against Molly Helgesson and Zita Kovacs. The Boise State tandem moved to 7-3 on the year.

UNLV took the early lead taking the team doubles point 2-1 with wins at the No. 2 and 3 positions.

The Rebels then clinch the team victory 4-1 with straight-set singles victories on courts four, two, and three.

Boise State moved to 4-3 overall and 0-2 in Mountain West play with the loss. The Broncos will continue conference play next week at Reno, Nev., facing Nevada and Utah State.

MATCH BOX SCORE
UNLV (12-2, 2-0 MW) def. Boise State (4-3, 0-2 MW) 4-1
March 27, 2022, at San Diego (Aztec Tennis Center)

Doubles (Order of finish: 3,1,2)
1. Baptista/Discenza (BSU) def. Helgesson/Kovacs (UNLV) 6-4
2. Asano/Hu (UNLV) def. Stewart/ Shauna Heffernan (BSU) 7-6 (7-5)
3. Aura Fang/Zhao (UNLV) def. Ernstberger/Conde Vendrell (BSU) 6-2

Singles (Order of finish; 4,1,2,3)
1. Pauline Ernstberger (BSU) def. Molly Helgesson (UNLV) 6-3, 6-2
2. Zita Kovacs (UNLV) def. Joana Baptista (BSU) 6-2, 6-3
3. Izumi Asano (UNLV) def. Holly Stewart (BSU) 2-6, 6-1, 6-3
4. Cindy Hu (UNLV) def. Ana Conde Vendrell (BSU) 6-2, 6-2
5. Salsa Aher (UNLV) vs. Nicole Discenza (BSU) 5-7, 6-3, unfinished
6. CoCo Zhao (UNLV) vs. Bhakti Shah (BSU) 6-3, 3-4, unfinished