Cyclones Fall At Wyoming, 4-3

LARAMIE, Wyo. – The Iowa State tennis team (8-6) dropped a 4-3 decision to Wyoming (6-5) Sunday afternoon at the UW Indoor Tennis Courts.

The Cyclones took the doubles point to gain the early advantage, winning at the No. 1 and No. 3 slots. Maty Cancini and Regina Espindola easily dispatched their opponents Tessa van Der Ploeg and Elisa Koonik, 6-1, at the top spot after Wyoming had won at No. 2 doubles. At the decisive third doubles position, Karen Alvarez and Annabella Bonadonna won 6-2 to give the Cyclones the important doubles point.

Cancini registered a huge win at No. 1 singles, defeating three-time All-Mountain West Conference selection Magdalena Stencel, 6-3, 6-3, at the top spot to put ISU up 2-0.

But the Cowgirls would win at No. 2-4 to go on top 3-2 in the match and leaving it up to the fifth and sixth spots in the lineup.

Alvarez took care of business at the No. 6 spot, beating Wyoming's Myiah Scott, 6-3, 6-2, to tie the team score at 3-3.

Unfortunately for the Cyclones, Bonadonna couldn't hold off the Cowgirls' Ana Tkachenko. Bonadonna won the opening set, 6-4, before dropping the last two 6-2 and 6-1. Tkachenko's win gave the Cowgirls the 4-3 win in the match.

The Cyclones are back in action Thursday afternoon at 2 p.m. against UMKC.

Doubles (Order of Finish: 2, 1, 3)
#1 – Maty Cancini/Regina Espindola (ISU) def. Tessa van Der Ploeg/Elisa Koonik (UW), 6-1
#2 – Magdalena Stencel/Ana Tkachenko (UW) def. Ekaterina Repina/Margarita Timakova (ISU), 6-0
#3 – Karen Alvarez/Annabella Bonadonna (ISU) def. Milka Genkova/Myiah Scott (UW), 6-2

Singles (Order of Finish: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 5)
#1 – Maty Cancini (ISU) def. Magdalena Stencel (UW), 6-3, 6-3
#2 – Milka Genkova (UW) def. Regina Espindola (ISU), 6-0, 6-4
#3 – Tessa van Der Ploeg (UW) def. Ekaterina Repina (ISU), 6-4, 5-7, 6-2
#4 – Elisa Koonik (UW) def. Margarita Timakova (ISU), 6-4, 6-7, 6-3
#5 – Ana Tkachenko (UW) def. Annabella Bonadonna (ISU), 4-6, 6-2, 6-1
#6 – Karen Alvarez (ISU) def. Myiah Scott (UW), 6-3, 6-2

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Karen Alvarez

Annabella Bonadonna

Maty Cancini

Regina Espindola

Ekaterina Repina

Margarita Timakova

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