SAN DIEGO – San Diego State women's tennis hits the road for a third week in a row to take on Colorado State and Wyoming in Laramie, Wyoming this weekend. The Aztecs will play Colorado State on Friday at 3 p.m. MT and Wyoming on Saturday at 10 a.m. MT.
The Season So Far
San Diego State heads into the two matches with a 10-5 overall record and ranked 53rd nationally in the latest ITA rankings that was released on Tuesday morning. Last weekend SDSU continued Mountain West Conference play with a weekend sweep in Boise, Idaho, beating Utah State 4-0, and rallying from behind to take down Boise State, 4-2. The two wins improved SDSU's record in conference play to 3-1 and puts them in a tie for third place in the standings, just a game behind first place Wyoming who is 4-0 to begin conference play.
So far this season the Aztecs have knocked off four teams that have been ranked in the ITA rankings, including two weeks ago when they beat No. 37 Purdue, 4-3. SDSU has also won three matches in extremely close fashion, all by an identical scoreline of 4-3. The Aztecs beat Purdue, Tulsa, and Furman by that margin, and of their 10 wins on the year, four have been decided by just one point as the Scarlet and Black also took down Alabama 4-3 in their home opener. The Aztecs win over Alabama was head coach Peter Mattera's 400th career victory on The Mesa.
Picking Up Steam
Three different Aztecs have won Mountain West women's tennis player of the week in the last four weeks. Both Andjela Skrobonja and Dariya Detkovskaya earned the honors earlier in the month, while Tamara Arnold joined the list last week for her play in the weekend sweep of Utah State and Boise State. Skrobonja, a transfer from Florida International University, has posted a 5-1 record with doubles partner Velcea since the two of them have been paired together, all three of their wins have been at the third court in the rotation. As for singles play, Skrobonja is 11-4 entering this weekend in Mountain West play, and is an impressive 10-2 at the No. 1 singles spot, having beat multiple power five opponents to start the year.
Detkovskaya has been just as good for the Aztecs, and has started 10-1 in singles play. She has won seven of her 11 matches in straight sets, including three of her past four matches. Additionally, Detkovskaya has wins over three power five programs' individuals this spring. The senior beat No. 17 in the nation Snow Han of USC in three sets, 4-6, 6-4, 12-10, to begin the season, Ole Pitak of Alabama in straight sets 6-3, 6-3 a week later, and most recently topped Katja Wiersholm of Cal in three sets, 4-6, 7-5, 10-8.
Additionally, Arnold has played well recently in conference play. The senior has played consistently at the No.1 or No. 2 spots in the rotation all season, all while posting a 6-5 record in dual play in singles. She has also beaten opponents from ranked teams including Alabama and Rice so far this season.
Scouting Colorado State and Wyoming
Colorado State is 13-4 on the year and 2-2 in Mountain West play to begin the 2023 dual season. The Rams are led by Radka Buzkova who is an impressive 21-7 overall in 2022-23 and 12-3 in dual play, and has featured exclusively on courts one, two and three this dual season. At the helm of the Rams is second year head coach Mai-Ly Tran. As for Wyoming, the Cowgirls have started Mountain West play on fire, are 4-0 and in sole possession of first place in the conference, and are 9-8 overall. Wyoming are led by Nikol Dobrilova who owns a 13-9 singles record and has played on courts two, three, four and five this season. The Cowgirl's head coach is Dean CLower who is in his 11th season as head coach of the program.
Aztecs at Wyoming Saturday Morning
