The Montana State women’s tennis team concluded its weekend road trip with a 6-1 loss to Washington State in Pullman on Sunday evening. The Bobcats’ only point came from Lola Bean, who secured a straight-set victory over Zali Morris, winning 6-4, 6-4.
With this result, Washington State improved its season record to 5-3 while Montana State dropped to 3-5.
Montana State head coach Hailey Barrett commented on the team’s performance: “That was a good fight from this group against a tough team. I’m so proud of Lola for trusting her tennis and winning a great match. We’ll get back to Bozeman and get to work to prepare for Sacramento State next weekend.”
Washington State captured the doubles point after Maxine Murphy and Chisato Kanemaki defeated Terezie Stverakova and Anna Wise, 6-1. The Cougars clinched the point when Yura Nakagawa and Zali Morris overcame Kavya Khirwar and Lola Bean, 6-3. The third doubles match went unfinished as Eva Alvarez Sande and Ava-Monet Sycamore led Angel Bean and Nia Gelashvili, 5-2.
In singles play, the Bobcats lost their first four matches. Anna Wise fell to Eva Alvarez Sande, 6-1, 6-1; Nia Gelashvili was defeated by Maxine Murphy, 6-4, 6-2; Angel Bean lost to Martina Puvill, 6-3, 6-2; and Terezie Stverakova took the first set but ultimately lost in three sets to Yura Nakagawa (3-6, 6-4, 6-2). In No. 5 singles action, Kavya Khirwar pushed Chisato Kanemaki into a tiebreaker in the second set but was edged out with scores of 6-3, 7-6 (7-5).
Lola Bean provided Montana State’s only win of the day at No. 6 singles.
Montana State will return home for its season opener at the Bobcat-Anderson Tennis Center in Bozeman on Saturday, March 1. The team is scheduled to face Sacramento State at 10 a.m. MT.
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