Women’s Tennis Secures 4-1 Win Over New Mexico State

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – After a challenging start to the 2026 dual season which included contests against three Power Four opponents, a battle-hardened Air Force Women's Tennis team powered past New Mexico State, securing a 4-1 win over the Aggies on Saturday afternoon in Flagstaff.

The Falcons (1-3, 0-0 MW) opened Saturday with a doubles victory, getting out to a 1-0 start over NMSU (1-3, 0-0 CUSA). Arianna Van Houweling and Shivaani Selvan were the first to get off their court with a 6-3 win against Aggie pair Montana Parkinson-Lubold/Dora Kurdi. Nadia Kojonroj/Yule Kang, competing together for the first time in 2026, captured a 7-6 win, taking down Nadia Nemeth/Anna Klimova, 7-4, in the tiebreak to clinch the 1-0 advantage. Senior Abby Cotuna/sophomore Sofia Mavor, facing Anna Piniaeva/Whitney Moon on court one, held a 4-3 advantage in the tiebreak game when Kojonroj/Kang captured the doubles win.

In singles, Cotuna, Kojonroj and Kang each picked up straight-set wins on their respective flights to clinch an Air Force team victory:

Kang struck first. The Falcon freshman who opened 2025-26 with six-straight wins and five in straight sets, shut out NMSU's Emma Petton in the first set. Kang closed out Petton 6-4 in the second to give Air Force a 2-0 advantage in the match.

The Aggies notched a win on line six just before Kojonroj, on court four, picked up a 6-3, 6-4 win against Parkinson-Lubold. Her Aggie opponent closed out last season at 12-5.

Cotuna clinched the Falcons' first win of the season while scoring her first dual win in 2026, defeating Nemeth, 6-2, 6-3, on the top court. After returning to the Falcons ahead of the 2025-26 season, the seniors' victory in Flagstaff marks her first win in a dual match since her freshman year.

On lines two (Mavor vs. Pinaieva) and three (Arianna Van Houweling vs. Moon), Falcons picked up a win in the first set, but had their respective matches called off due to an Air Force clinch.

Up Next:
Air Force Women's Tennis goes for a 2-0 weekend on Sunday morning, facing host Northern Arizona at 10 a.m. MT in Flagstaff.

Air Force vs. New Mexico State (Neutral)
Air Force, 4 – NMSU, 1

Doubles Results:

Abby Cotuna/Sofia Mavor (USAFA) vs. Anna Pinaieva/Whitney Moon (NMSU), 6-6 (4-5) (unfinished)
Arianna Van Houweling/Shivaani Selvan (USAFA) def. Dora Kurdi/Montana Parkinson-Lubold (NMSU), 6-3
Nadia Kojonroj/Yule Kang (USAFA) def. Nadia Nemeth/Anna Klimova (NMSU), 7-6(4)

Singles Results:

Abby Cotuna (USAFA) def. Nadia Nemeth (NMSU), 6-2, 6-3
Sofia Mavor (USAFA) vs. Anna Pinaieva (NMSU), 7-5, 5-4 (unfinished)
Arianna Van Houweling (USAFA) vs. Whitney Moon (NMSU), 7-5, 4-3 (unfinished)
Nadia Kojonroj (USAFA) def. Montana Parkinson-Lubold (NMSU), 6-3, 6-4
Yule Kang (USAFA) def. Emma Petton (NMSU), 6-0, 6-4
Anna Klimova (NMSU) def. Shivaani Selvan (USAFA), 7-5, 6-2

Doubles order of finish: 2,3 | Singles order of finish: 5,6,4,1

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