Cowgirls Rally Past Lobos to Open Mountain West Tournament

LAS VEGAS, Nev., – The No. 8 seed Wyoming Cowgirls rallied for a 4-2 victory Wednesday afternoon over ninth-seeded New Mexico in the opening round of the Credit Union 1 Mountain West Tennis Championships.

After dropping the Doubles Point to fall behind early, the Cowgirls took care of business in singles to advance to Thursday’s quarterfinals.

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With the win, the Cowgirls have advanced to at least the quarterfinal round at the MW tennis tournament in every tournament since 2008. Wyoming now faces top-seeded San Diego State at 11 a.m., Mountain Time Thursday.

UW won 4-of-5 completed singles matches against the Lobos Wednesday, winning two in straight sets and the other two in three-set battles. All-Mountain West player Violetta Borodina got the Cowgirls on the board first with her victory at No. 3 singles. Borodina took care of business 6-3 and 6-2. Then, at No. 4, Madlena Orlova gave UW the lead behind her impressive 6-2 and 6-2 victory.

At the top of the singles lineup, the Cowgirls got in done in three sets both at No. 1 and 2. All-Mountain West honorees Anastasiia Kochelaevskaia and Silver Bijlsma did the honors, respectively. Kochelaevskaia held on for a 6-4, 1-6 and 6-3 win while Bijlsma won 6-2, 2-6 and 6-3.

#8 Wyoming vs. #9 New Mexico
4/22/2026 in Las Vegas, Nev.
Mountain West Championships

Wyoming 4, New Mexico 2
Doubles competition
1. Bijlsma/Borodina (WYO) def. Tsai/Vandeputte 6-3
2. L’Allier/Veroux def. Ceinos/Orlova (WYO) 6-3
3. Corly, Niangadou def. Abriola/Young (WYO) 6-3

Singles competition
1. Kochelaevskaia (WYO) def. Vandeputte 6-4, 1-6 and 6-3
2. Bijlsma (WYO) def. Tsai 6-2, 2-6 and 6-3
3. Borodina (WYO) def. Veroux 6-3, 6-2
4. Orlova (WYO) def. Matsoukatidi 6-2, 6-2
5. Abriola (WYO) vs. Malazdra 4-6, 6-4, 0-1, unfinished
6. Corley def. Mashabayeva (WYO) 6-4, 6-2

From Bison to Triceratops - All of Wyoming's Official Things

Every state in our nation has chosen things that represent the state in one way or another to be official state things. Like a flower, or animal. Wyoming is no different.

The Equality State, or the Cowboy State, depending on which state slogan you want to go with, has a state flower. But did you know we also have a state tree and a state fish? Yes, we even have a state code.

To be an official thing, a member of the state legislature must write and submit a bill to the legislature declaring that a thing will be the official state thing. Then the legislature votes to pass the bill, or not, if it passes, the governor signs the bill into law and we have a new official state thing.

Here is what we have so far, all of Wyoming's official things. Now you can win big on Wyo Trivia Night if that's a thing that exists.

Gallery Credit: Ben Kuhns

- From Bison to Triceratops - All of Wyoming's Official Things