Cyclones tennis falls to Cowboys, 4-3

Cyclones huddle together prior to their match against Oklahoma on April 21, at the Forker Tennis Courts.

Nash Vanbibber
March 11, 2018

The Iowa State Cyclones were defeated by the Wyoming Cowboys 4-3 this afternoon.

During singles action, Maty Cancini had a huge win at the No. 1 spot, defeating three-time All-Mountain West Conference selection Magdalena Stencel, 6-3, 6-3. But the Cowboys would win at the No. 2 and No. 4 spot to take the lead 3-2 and leaving it up to the fifth and sixth spots to win the match.

Karen Alvarez got a win against Myiah Scott, 6-3, 6-2, to tie the team score at 3-3.

Unfortunately Annabella Bonadonna could not get a win against Ana Tkachenko losing 4-6, 6-2, 6-1.

Singles:

No. 1: Maty Cancini defeated Magdalena Stencel (UW), 6-3, 6-3.

No. 2: Regina Espindola was defeated by Milka Genkova (UW), 0-6, 4-6.

No. 3: Ekaterina Repina was defeated by Tessa van Der Ploeg (UW), 4-6, 7-5, 2-6.

No. 4: Margarita Timakova was defeated by Elisa Koonik (UW), 4-6, 7-6, 3-6.

No. 5: Annabella Bonadonna was defeated by Ana Tkachenko (UW) 6-4, 2-6, 1-6.

No. 6: Karen Alvarez defeated Myiah Scott (UW) 6-3, 6-2.

Doubles:

No. 1: Cancini/Espindola defeated van Der Ploeg/Koonik (UW), 6-1.

No. 2: Repina/Timakova were defeated by Stencel/Tkachenko (UW), 0-6.