SAN FRANCISCO - The 2-1 University of San Francisco women's tennis team is on the road this weekend, they travel to Fresno, Calif., to take on Fresno State on Saturday.  The match is slated for a 1:00 p.m. start time. 

LAST TIME OUT
USF faced San Jose State last weekend at home and won 4-1.

The Doubles point went to the Dons with wins from both doubles pairs Chiho Mushika and Arianna Capogrosso (6-3), and Amber Del Rosario and Alicia Yue (6-3).

USF then extended its lead to 3-1 with wins from Mushika (6-4, 6-2) and Capogrosso (6-3, 6-3). Yue clinched the 4-1 match win for the Dons when she took down her opponent 6-0, 6-4. The rest of the singles went unfinished.

LAST TIME OUT VS. FRESNO STATE
The Dons and Bulldogs have faced each other three times with Fresno State holding a 3-0 record. The last contest between the two schools was last season (Feb. 10, 2019) and the Dons dropped a close 4-3 match.

The doubles point went to the Bulldogs, but the real battle took place in singles between the two schools where Mya Bui won her match in straight sets (6-2, 6-0) followed by Emily Maxfield's 6-1, 6-2 win. The match was tied up 2-2 when former Don Shanna Dos Santos fell on her court.

After both the Dons and Bulldogs recorded another win each in singles, the match was again tied up at 3-3, but the match ultimately went to Fresno State after Alexa Meyer fell in the tie breaker set (0-6, 6-4, 5-7).

This season, Fresno State holds a 2-3 record going into this weekend.

FUN FACTS
With her singles wins last week against San Jose State University, Mushika extended her singles winning record to 3-0:

• Against UC Santa Barbara (Jan.18): Mushika def. Shakhnoza Khatamova; 1-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Against Sacramento State (Feb. 1): Mushika def. Tsveti Yotova; 6-0, 6-4
• Against San Jose State (Feb. 6): Mushika def. Savannah Sendar; 6-4, 6-2

Since the Dons clinched the match against SJSU, Maxfield's singles match went unfinished, keeping her singles record to 2-0:

• Against UC Santa Barbara (Jan.18): Maxfield def. Dominika Paterova; 2-6, 6-2, 7-5
• Against Sacramento State (Feb. 1): Maxfield def. Jayden Nielsen; 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7-2)

UP NEXT
The Dons will take a two-week break and will be on the road for a double header against University of Montana and Arizona in Tucson on Saturday, February 29. 

Montana State's match is set for 9 a.m. PT followed by a noon PT first serve against Arizona.

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