FRESNO, Calif.- The Colorado Mesa University women's tennis team saw two doubles teams advance to the round of 16 with Eva Muraske and Valentina Gonzalez advancing in singles as well.
The day started bright and early for the Mavs as they played doubles at Fresno Pacific and saw three of their four doubles teams advancing to the next round.
Taylor Nokes and Ruby Robbins opened their tournament by beating Stanislaus State's Alessandra Del Pino Carvajal and Emi Mikami 8-2. They had their run ended in the next round by the number one seed from Point Loma.
Sophie Hartman and Luciana Del Carlo had a tough matchup against the number two seed, also from Point Loma, where they came up short 8-3.
The duos of Gonzalez/Devyn Rodriguez and Muraske/Catalina Ballon both won their first-round matches but came up short in the round of 16.
Singles took place at Fresno State where the Mavs saw positive results. Muraske and Gonzalez were able to bounce back after their losses in doubles and advance to the round of 32 in singles.
Muraske only gave up one game in her match against Emma Rashid of Westmont while Gonzalez took care of Livia Harper from Menlo 6-0, 6-3.
Ballon, Hartman, Rodriguez and Robbins all came up short in their first-round matches and will have to battle through the consolation to stay alive in the tournament.
Results
Doubles
Round of 32
Taylor Nokes/Ruby Robbins (Colorado Mesa) def. Alessandra Del Pino Carvajal/Emi Mikami (Stanislaus State) 8-2
Devyn Rodriguez/Valentina Gonzalez (Colorado Mesa) def. Theo Donarksi/Lauren Gee (Westmont) 8-4
Catalina Ballon/Eva Muraske (Colorado Mesa) def. Kristyna Dvorakova/ Ming Fu Chen (Concordia Irvine) 8-4
Anna Pallencaoe/Emely Valencia [2] (Point Loma) def. Sophie Hartman/Luciana Del Carlo 8-3
Round of 16
Fabiana Lucia Gonzalez Gimenez/Yume Ueoku [1] (Point Loma) def. Taylor Nokes/Ruby Robbins (Colorado Mesa) 8-0
Zofia Dziewiecka/Isabella Stuurman [7] (Menlo) def. Devyn Rodriguez/Valentina Gonzalez (Colorado Mesa) 8-7 (7-4)
Magdelena Nunez Pureco/Savannah Bijlsma (Fresno Pacific) def. Catalina Ballon/Eva Muraske 8-0
Singles
Round of 64
Zofia Dziewiecka (Menlo) def. Catalina Ballon (Colorado Mesa) 7-5, 6-2
Valentina Gonzalez (Colorado Mesa) def. Livia Harper (Menlo) 6-0, 6-3
Isabel Hahn (Point Loma) def. Sophie Hartman (Colorado Mesa) 6-1, 6-1
Kristyna Dvorakova (Concordia Irvine) def. Devyn Rodriguez (Colorado Mesa) 6-0, 6-2
Eva Muraske (Colorado Mesa) def. Emma Rashid (Westmont) 6-0, 6-1
Perla Conde Vendrell [8] (Point Loma) def. Ruby Robbins (Colorado Mesa) 6-1, 6-3
