Broncos Upset Aztecs In Dramatic Fashion

Thursday, April 27

Las Vegas, Nev.

3 p.m. MT

Boise State

Quarterfinal - No. 55 San Diego State

Boise State women's tennis celebrates a win.

4/27/2023 7:13:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Box Score

LAS VEGAS – Pauline Ernstberger won a three-set match at the top singles position to clinch Boise State's upset of 55th-ranked San Diego State in the quarterfinal round of the 2023 Mountain West Women's Tennis Championship, Thursday evening in Las Vegas

After the Broncos (13-10, 4-6 MW)) took the doubles point, the third-seeded Aztecs (14-8, 7-3 MW) tied the match on two separate occasions before Joana Baptista won a tiebreaker in the second set to claim singles court three and push the Broncos ahead 3-2. San Diego State responded by winning a second-set tiebreaker at court four, 9-7, to even things up and turn all eyes to the No. 1 position.

Ernstberger lost the first set against Andjela Skrobonja 6-3, but battled back by winning 6-4 in the second to force a match-deciding third set. The junior from Buchsal, Germany, delivered by winning 6-2 to put Boise State into the semifinal of the MW tournament for the first time in program history.

Quotables

"Another amazing performance from our team," said head coach Beck Roghaar. "San Diego State is an incredibly talented and well coached team and we knew this was going to be a very difficult test for us. I couldn't be more proud of how our team played together in every single point of every single match to get the job done. When the match mattered the most and when the match was on the line we just had players continue to step up and be relentless. When you put that together on every court that's when the magic can happen. This was a great win for our program and I'm extremely happy for our team and we're looking forward to playing UNLV tomorrow."

Notables

The Broncos have advanced to the semifinal round of the Mountain West conference tournament for the first time in program history.
Boise State picked up its 13th win of the season, the most since the 2018 season.
Nicole Discenza increased her singles winning streak to six matches.
This is Boise State's second victory over a ranked opponent this season. The last time the Broncos beat multiple ranked opponents in a season came in 2011.

What's Next

Sixth-seeded Boise State advances to the semifinal round of the 2023 Mountain West Women's Tennis Championship where they meet No. 2 seed UNLV at noon tomorrow. Live stream coverage will be provided by the MW.

(6) Boise State (13-10, 4-6 MW): 4
(3) No. 55 San Diego State (14-8, 7-3 MW): 3

Doubles (Order of Finish: 1,3)
1) Nicole Discenza/Lorelyz Marruffo (Boise St.) def. Alicia Melosch/Dariya Detkovskaya (SDSU) 6-1
2) Joana Baptista/Holly Stewart (Boise St.) vs. Andjela Skrobonja/Rania Azziz (SDSU) 4-5 unfinished
3) Pauline Ernstberger/Shauna Heffernan (Boise St.) def. Tamara Arnold/Andreea Velcea (SDSU) 6-3

Singles (Order of Finish: 6,5,2,4,1)
1) Pauline Ernstberger (Boise St.) def. Andjela Skrobonja (SDSU) 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
2) Tamara Arnold (SDSU) def. Lorelyz Marruffo (Boise St.) 6-2, 6-2
3) Joana Baptista (Boise St.) def. Dariya Detkovskaya (SDSU) 6-1, 7-6(0)
4) Alicia Melosch (SDSU) def. Shauna Heffernan (Boise St.) 6-2, 7-6 (7)
5) Nicole Discenza (Boise St.) def. Rania Azziz (SDSU) 6-3, 6-2
6) Cecile Morin (SDSU) def. Ana Conde Vendrell (Boise St.) 6-1, 6-1