PULLMAN, Wash. – After dropping the opening doubles point, Washington State stormed back to capture four singles matches to complete a 4-2 victory over No. 51 Colorado Sunday at the WSU Outdoor Tennis Courts. With the win, the Cougars improved to 9-5 overall, 1-3 in Pac-12 play. Colorado suffers just its third loss of the season and falls to 12-3, 1-2.
After dropping the opening points, the Cougars quickly tied the match as junior Elyse Tse convincingly defeated Elys Ventura, 6-0, 6-2 at No. 2, to give WSU it’s first point. Colorado regained the lead at 2-1 when Carrie Hayes posted a 6-2, 6-3 win over Martina Markov at No. 6. At the time, Colorado had won the first set in two other matches but drew no closer.
Senior Fifa Kumhom drew the Cougars even with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Alexandra Abyasova at No. 4. It marked the 50th career singles win for Kumhom as a Cougar. Three matches remained and all were in the third set to determine a winner.
At No. 1, WSU’s Eva Alvarez Sande was in a tight battle with Aya El Sayed, as the two split the first two sets by identical 6-4 scores, with El Sayed taking the first and Alvarez Sande the second. The third set belonged to the WSU sophomore as she opened with a break and never looked back in completing a 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 win at No. 1. Within a minute after the conclusion of that match, sophomore Yura Nakagawa clinched WSU’s first conference win of the season with a 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 win over Mila Stanojevic at No. 3. The victory sealed WSU’s first win over a ranked opponent since defeating No. 35 Washington, Apr. 20, 2022
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