Cowgirl Tennis Begins Fall Slate with Annual Trip to Bedford Cup
Trip to the Air Force Academy is first of four fall tournaments for UW
LARAMIE, Wyo. (Sept. 11, 2024) – The Wyoming Cowgirl tennis team kicks off its 2024 fall season this weekend with a trip to the Air Force Academy for the Bedford Cup. The three-day event begins September 13 and will end Sept. 15.
It has become an annual tradition for the Cowgirls to travel to the 10-team event to kick-off their fall slate. This weekend will be the first of four fall events Wyoming will participate in. After this week, UW will travel to Cancun, Mexico Sept. 18-20 for the Princess Hotels College Cup. The following week, Sept. 27-29, the Cowgirls will head to CSU for the Jon Messick Invitational before closing the season beginning October 17 at the ITA Mountain Region Championships hosted by New Mexico State.
Wyoming will have a new-look squad in 2024-25 with the addition of five newcomers. The Cowgirls welcome freshmen Eugenia Ceinos (Argentina), Anastasiia Kochelaevskaia (Russia), Dilnaz Mashabayeva (Kazakhstan) and Ruby Young (New Zealand). Transfer Elena Trencheva (Bulgaria) comes to Wyoming after beginning her career at Houston.
The Cowgirls welcome back returnees Serina Abriola (Carefree, Ariz.), Violetta Borodina (Almetyevsk, Russia) and Adel Ismagulova (Lisakovsk, Kazakhstan). Wyoming looks to replace four outgoing seniors from a season ago. Last season’s graduating class was one of the most-decorated in school history as the Cowgirls lose All-Mountain West honorees Noesjka Brink and Sophie Zehender. Brink became the first Cowgirl in program history to win the singles title at the ITA regional and was an All-MW Singles Team selection in 2024. Zehender, meanwhile, became the first Cowgirl in program history to be a four-time All-Mountain West selection in both doubles and singles.
Wyoming is led by Head Coach Dean Clower, who will be in his 14th season leading the program in 2024-25. Associate Head Coach Julie Gonzalez is in her second season serving as the associate and sixth overall with the program. Graduate Assistant and Cowgirl tennis alumna Maria Oreshkina is in her second season in a coaching capacity.
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Kevin DeVries
Athletic Communications Coordinator - Tennis, Volleyball and Women’s Basketball
University of Wyoming Athletics