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GAME DAY | Midwestern State vs. Fresno Pacific (March 16, 2023)

Women's Tennis Pete Stein / MSU Athletic Communications

Start time for No. 25 Midwestern State, Fresno Pacific moved back to 3 p.m. Central

AZUSA, Calif. -- No. 25-ranked Midwestern State (8-3) continues its four-dual excursion in California against Fresno Pacific (3-4) at the Munson and Bavougian Tennis Complex. The start time is moved back to Thursday at 3 p.m.

Midwestern State won its only previous encounter with the Sunbirds, 5-4, when the schools clashed in 2014 at Las Vegas.

The Mustangs had a six-dual winning streak snapped with a 4-0 loss to 14th-ranked Azusa Pacific on Monday afternoon, but MSU returned to its winning ways on Wednesday with a 4-2 victory over Hawaii-Hilo at the Biola Tennis Center in La Mirada.

Midwestern State leads the all-time series, 2-0, and won the last meeting, 8-1, in 2018 at Las Vegas. In 2009, the Mustangs defeated the Vulcans, 6-3, as the two schools met in Glendale, Arizona.

Skylar Minns is 6-0 in singles for MSU with four victories coming in the No. 5 position.

Emilija Visic has opened the season with a 6-4 record in singles, playing nine matches in the No. 4 position and winning her only match at No. 3 singles. Visic had a four-match winning streak snapped with a 6-4, 6-2 loss to Vini Bautista of Azusa Pacific. Hikari Osaki of Hawaii-Hilo defeated Visic on Wednesday, 6-2, 6-1.

Sydney Williams has won her last five singles matches and improved to 5-1 on the season with a 6-2, 6-2 victory at No. 6 singles against Casydee De Mattos of Hawaii-Hilo.

Amelia Lawson is 6-5 at No. 1 singles after dispatching Akari Ichikawa of Hawaii-Hilo, 6-0, 6-3, on Wednesday.

Alice Di Matteo has played all nine of her singles matches in the No. 3 position. Di Matteo posted a 6-3, 6-2 triumph against Nanami Okamoto of Hawaii-Hilo and improved to 6-3 for the season.

Minns and Visic are 4-0 as a doubles team after defeating McKenna Mountain and Lehua Jordan of Hawaii-Hilo, 6-4.

Visic improved to 5-1 in doubles overall. Visic has played with both Minns and Hannah Yip this season.

Williams and Lawson are 4-4 at No. 1 doubles and suffered a 6-2 loss to the No. 4-ranked duo of Liga and Madison Kane at Azusa Pacific on Monday.

Di Matteo and Kanaha Furutani are 6-4 as a doubles team, including a 4-4 record at No. 2 doubles and a 2-0 mark at No. 3 doubles.

Fresno Pacific is coming off a 7-0 loss to Point Loma in San Diego on March 6 .

Lea Falentin is 3-4 in singles and has played the No. 1 position in all seven duals for the Sunbirds.

Nayuma Subba is 3-4 and has played exclusively at No. 2 singles. Sanne Brull is 3-3 with all six matches in the No. 3 spot for Fresno Pacific. Audrey Oullet has played seven matches at No. 4 singles for Fresno Pacific and is 3-4.

Three different players have played the No. 5 singles position for the Sunbirds, but they are a combined 0-7 this season.

Four players have been in the No. 6 singles spot for Fresno Pacific and have a combined 2-5 record.

Fresno Pacific is 8-11 in doubles this season, led by the pairing of Subba and Elise Leik, who are 3-2 this year and have played all five matches at the No. 3 doubles position.

Midwestern State is scheduled to play Biola at the Biola Tennis Center in La Mirada at 2 p.m. central time on Friday.
 
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Players Mentioned

Kanaha Furutani

Kanaha Furutani

5' 3"
Sophomore
Right
Skylar Minns

Skylar Minns

5' 8"
Junior
Right
Emilija Visic

Emilija Visic

5' 11"
Senior
Right
Sydney Williams

Sydney Williams

5' 5"
Sophomore
Right
Hannah Yip

Hannah Yip

5' 2"
Sophomore
Left
Alice Di Matteo

Alice Di Matteo

5' 6"
Fifth Year
Right
Amelia Lawson

Amelia Lawson

5' 6"
Fifth Year
Right

Players Mentioned

Kanaha Furutani

Kanaha Furutani

5' 3"
Sophomore
Right
Skylar Minns

Skylar Minns

5' 8"
Junior
Right
Emilija Visic

Emilija Visic

5' 11"
Senior
Right
Sydney Williams

Sydney Williams

5' 5"
Sophomore
Right
Hannah Yip

Hannah Yip

5' 2"
Sophomore
Left
Alice Di Matteo

Alice Di Matteo

5' 6"
Fifth Year
Right
Amelia Lawson

Amelia Lawson

5' 6"
Fifth Year
Right