LARAMIE, WY (February 28, 2019) – The Wyoming Cowgirl tennis team will return to dual action on Friday with an outreach event against the Montana State Bobcats. The match is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. MT at the Wyoming Athletic Club in Casper. They will follow that up with a match against UTEP on Saturday and New Mexico State and Northern Arizona on Sunday. Saturday’s match is set for 11 a.m. with Sunday’s matches being played at 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. All three will be played at the UW Indoor Tennis Courts.
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“We are excited to go up to Casper,” head coach Dean Clower said. “It means the world for us to play at the Wyoming Athletic Club and in a front of the tennis community and the fans. We are expecting a good crowd and the team and I are really looking forward to it.”
The Cowgirls enter the weekend with a 5-5 record overall earning a 7-0 victory over Eastern Washington last time out. Junior Ana Royo is currently 13-10 overall and 4-4 during spring action. Freshmen Maria Oreshkina and Mihaela Kaftanova are 11-9 and 11-10, respectively. Seniors Elisa Koonik and Tessa van Der Ploeg are 5-3 and 4-5 this spring.
“We are also happy to finally being able to play in front of our fans who are the best in the country. The upperclassmen have been telling the younger players what it’s like to play here. This is one of the toughest places to play at and our home record shows it. This weekend, we are looking for a lot of match experience. With being a younger team that is one thing our team doesn’t have but we are fiery and have a lot of athletic ability.”
Montana State enters the weekend with a 3-6 overall record and 1-2 in Big Sky action. This will be the 13th meeting between the two schools. Wyoming leads the series 10-2. The last time the two met was February 11, 2017 with the Cowgirls coming out on top 6-1 in Laramie. MSU is coached by Jon Reeves who is in his fourth season with the program.
UTEP is currently 3-6 during the dual season and dropped a 4-3 contest against Utah State last time out. This will be the 12th meeting between the two schools. The Miners lead the series 6-5. The last time the two met was March 4, 2018. Wyoming won the match 4-1 in El Paso. UTEP is coached by Ivan Fernandez.
New Mexico State enters the weekend with a 5-4 overall record and will play Montana State prior to the Cowgirls. This will be the tenth meeting between the two schools. Wyoming leads the series 5-4. The last time the two met was March 2, 2018. UW won the match 5-2 in Las Cruces. The Aggies are coached by Emily Wang who is in her second season.
Northern Arizona is 3-4 entering the week and will play Big Sky foe Northern Colorado prior to UW. This will be the seventh meeting between the two schools. The Lumberjacks lead the series 4-2. The last time the two met was February 24, 2018. NAU won the match 5-2 in Flagstaff. Northern Arizona is coached by Ewa Bogusz who is in her first season as the head coach and her second with the program.
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