Friday, March 10
Provo, Utah
11 a.m. MT

Boise State

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BYU

Lorelyz Marruffo and Nicole Discenza celebrate a doubles point against Wisconsin, Feb. 5, 2023.
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Broncos Bested By Cougars

3/10/2023 4:45:00 PM | Women's Tennis

PROVO, Utah – Boise State women's tennis claimed the doubles point but ultimately fell to BYU 6-1 on the road, Friday afternoon, to close out nonconference play.
 
In doubles the Broncos' (7-4) pairing of Holly Stewart and Joana Baptista took a quick 6-2 victory on court two before the Cougars (6-3) took back a match on court three. At the No. 1 position Nicole Discenza and Lorelyz Marruffo came back to force a tiebreaker, which they won 8-6 to give Boise State the doubles point.
 
BYU clawed its way back in singles play, winning the courts one through four to jump back in front of Boise State 4-1 and clinch the match outright.
 
Notables
  • Boise State has won the doubles point in eight matches this season.
  • The Broncos finished the nonconference slate with seven wins, the most since 2019-20.
 
What's Next
Mountain West play begins for the Broncos as they travel for a pair of matches in Reno, Nev. Boise State faces Nevada on Saturday, March 25, before taking on San Jose State the following day.
 
Boise State (7-4): 1
BYU (6-3): 6
 
Doubles (Order of Finish: 2,3,1)
1) Nicole Discenza/Lorelyz Marruffo (Boise St.) def.  Emilee Astle/Bobo Huang (BYU) 7-6(6)
2) Joana Baptista/Holly Stewart (Boise St.) def. Tina Li/Emmie Moore (BYU) 6-2
3) Kara Wheatley/Helen Jiao (BYU) def. Shauna Heffernan/Pauline Ernstberger (Boise St.) 6-4
 
Singles (Order of Finish: 3,4,1,2,6,5)
1) Bobo Huang (BYU) def. Pauline Ernstberger (Boise St.) 6-2, 6-4
2) Emilee Astle (BYU) def. Lorelyz Marruffo (Boise St.) 3-6, 6-4, 6-1
3) Jacque Dunyon (BYU) def. Holly Stewart (Boise St.) 6-3, 6-4
4) Tina Li (BYU) def. Joana Baptista (Boise St.) 6-4, 6-2
5) Emmie Moore (BYU) def. Shauna Heffernan (Boise St.) 6-4, 3-6, 1-0(6)
6) Kara Wheatley (BYU) def. Ana Conde Vendrell (Boise St.) 6-2, 6-2
 
 

Team Stats

#1 Doubles Match

1
7
Emilee Astle/ Bobo Huang [BYU]
6

#2 Doubles Match

1
6
Tina Li/ Emmie Moore [BYU]
2

#3 Doubles Match

1
4
Kara Wheatley/ Helen Jiao [BYU]
6

Order of Finish:

2,3,1

#1 Singles Match

12
LogoErnstberger, Pauline / 0 [BSU]
24
Bobo Huang / 0 [BYU]
66

#2 Singles Match

123
LogoMarruffo, Lorelyz / 0 [BSU]
641
Emilee Astle / 0 [BYU]
366

#3 Singles Match

12
LogoStewart, Holly / 0 [BSU]
34
Jacque Dunyon / 0 [BYU]
66

#4 Singles Match

12
LogoBaptista, Joana / 0 [BSU]
42
Tina Li / 0 [BYU]
66

#5 Singles Match

123
LogoHeffernan, Shauna / 0 [BSU]
466
Emmie Moore / 0 [BYU]
6310

#6 Singles Match

12
LogoConde Vendrell, Ana / 0 [BSU]
22
Helen Jiao / 0 [BYU]
66

Order of Finish:

3,4,1,2,6,5

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