Broncos Downed by Rams

Sunday, March 24

Fort Collins, Colo.

Noon MT

Boise State

Colorado State

3/24/2024 5:48:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Box Score Photo Gallery

FORT COLLINS, Colo. – Boise State women's tennis lost 4-2 against Colorado State, Sunday afternoon.

The Rams (7-6, 3-1 MW) jumped out to an early lead over the Broncos (6-8, 2-2 MW) after clinching the doubles point with victories on courts one and three.

Colorado State put another point on the board after a singles win on court two to extend its lead to 2-0.

Pauline Ernstberger fought back after dropping the first set on court one, claiming victory 2-6, 7-6(5), 6-1. Shauna Heffernan followed not too long after with a victory of her own, winning on court four 7-5, 6-2, to cut the lead to 3-2.

Ultimately, the Broncos were unable to fend off the Rams after taking a loss on court six, losing the match 4-2.

Notables

Shauna Heffernan picked up her tenth singles win of the season.

Quotables

"The Mountain West is without a doubt a really tough league," head coach Beck Roghaar said. "We put ourselves in too big a hole to come back from today. We made a strong run to push it to the final two matches and showed a lot of fight when we were down. We have to do a better job earlier to gain momentum at a time where we can really take control of the match. I know our team will. We're back with two matches at home this coming weekend and we will all be ready to go about that differently."

What's Next
Boise State will return home to host New Mexico on Thursday, March 28 at noon MT and Air Force on Saturday, March 30 at 11 a.m. MT, both at Appleton Tennis Center.

FINAL SCORE
Boise State (6-8, 2-2 MW): 2
Colorado State (7-6, 3-1 MW): 4

FULL RESULTS

Doubles (Order of Finish: 1, 3)

Radka Buzkova/Viktor Zhadzinskaya (Colorado State) def. Joana Baptista/Lorelyz Marruffo (Boise State) 6-3
Zara Lennon/Sarah Weekley (Colorado State) vs. Nicole Discenza/Shauna Heffernan (Boise State) 5-4 (unfinished)
Luana Avelar/Sarka Richterova (Colorado State) def. Pauline Ernstberger/Ana Conde Vendrell (Boise State) 6-3

Singles (Order of Finish: 2, 1, 3, 4, 6)

Pauline Ernstberger (Boise State) def. Zara Lennon (Colorado State) 2-6, 7-6(5), 6-1
Radka Buzkova (Colorado State) def. Lorelyz Marruffo (Boise State) 6-3, 6-2
Luana Avelar (Colorado State) def. Joana Baptista (Boise State) 7-5, 2-6, 6-3
Shauna Heffernan (Boise State) def. Sarah Weekley (Colorado State) 7-5, 6-2
Nicole Discenza (Boise State) vs. Sarka Richterova (Colorado State) 7-5, 4-1 (unfinished)
Viktor Zhadzinskaya (Colorado State) def. Ariadna Briones Ginesta (Boise State) 6-2, 6-4