Box Score USAF ACADEMY, Colo. - Nevada Women's Tennis opened conference play on Saturday, falling to Air Force, 4-1.
The Pack dropped the doubles point after the duo of
Kariman Buqai and
Petra Janigova fell to Maya Michalski and Jariahlyn Rhoades, 6-3. The team of Amahée Charrier and
Kennedy Robinson then dropped their match Shivaani Selvan and Arianna Van Houwelin, 6-4. Silvia Maria-Costache and
Marlene Foerster were leading Abby Cotuna and Sofia Mavor, 5-4, when the point was clinched.
Nevada only got one single win as Charrier downed Cotuna, 6-4, 6-0. Kang defeated Janigova, 6-2, 6-3, followed by Van Houwelin defeating Foerster, 6-1, 7-5. Mavor put the match away for Air Force with a 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 win over Costache.
Robinson was ahead of Rhoades, 5-3, while
Wiem Boubaker was down, 4-2, to Nadia Kojonroj when the match ended.
Nevada will next head to New Mexico to face the Lobos on Sunday at 10 a.m. PT.
Air Force 4, Nevada 1
Doubles
No. 1 - Silvia Maria-Costache/
Marlene Foerster (NEV) vs. Shivaani Selvan/Arianna Van Houwelin (USAF), 5-4 unfinished
No. 2 - Shivaani Selvan/Arianna Van Houwelin (USAF) def. Amahée Charrier/
Kennedy Robinson (NEV), 6-4
No. 3 - Maya Michalski/Jariahlyn Rhoades (USAF) def.
Kariman Buqai/
Petra Janigova (NEV) 6-3
Order of finish: 3,2
Singles
No. 1 - Charrier (NEV) def. Cotuna (USAF) 6-4, 6-0
No. 2 - Van Houwelin (USAF) def. Foerster (NEV) 6-1, 7-5
No. 3 - Mavor (USAF) def. Costache (NEV), 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
No. 4 - Kang (USAF) def. Janigova (NEV), 6-2, 6-3
No. 5 - Robinson (NEV) vs. Rhoades (USAF), 5-3 unfinished
No. 6 -
Wiem Boubaker (NEV) vs. Nadia Kojonroj (USAF), 2-4 unfinished
Order of finish: 4,1,2,3