Bulls Sting Yellowjackets, 9-0

Andreea Novaceanu

ROCHESTER, NY - The University at Buffalo women's tennis team opened the spring portion of the schedule with 9-0 victory over the University of Rochester Sunday morning at the River Campus Sports Complex. The Bulls are now 2-0 in dual matches this season, which includes a victory over St. Francis (PA) in the fall. Because the match was played against a non-Division I opponent, all results counted individually for the 9-0 margin, instead of the usual seven-point total in Division I play.

All three of UB's doubles teams scored shutout victories over their Yellowjacket opponents. At number one, the UB team of Andreea Novaceanu (Bucharest, Romania/Emil Racovita) and Tina Jacob (Singapore/Raffles JC) knocked off Colleen Cross and Alexa Perry by an 8-0 count. UB's number two tandem of Kristen Ortman (Amherst, NY/Amherst) and Natalie Dean (Feilding, New Zealand/Palmerston North) rolled past Melinda Beckmann and Jillian Grieshaber, also by an 8-0 score. The number three duo of Katrin Fischer (Ternitz, Austria/Borg) and Miglena Nenova (Rousse, Bulgaria/Eurointellect) also shut out their opponents, Sanjana Prabhakar and Kristen Shaw, 8-0.

Miglena Nenova

All six of UB's singles matches were also won in straight sets, including a pair of "double-bagel" victories at the top two spots. Novaceanu scored a 6-0, 6-0 win over Cross at number one while Nenova pasted Perry by an identical score. At number three, Fischer picked up a 6-1, 6-1 win over Prabhakar. Ortman defeated Rochester's Jaymi Della, 6-1, 6-2, at number four. At number five, Dean knocked off Grieshaber, 6-3, 6-3. In the number six match, Jacob breezed past Beckmann, 6-3, 6-1, to complete the sweep.

The Bulls host Cleveland State next Sunday at 1:00 pm. The match will be at the Village Glen Tennis Center in Williamsville.

Buffalo 9, Rochester 0

Doubles

1 Andreea Novaceanu/Tina Jacob (UB) d. Colleen Cross/Alexa Perry (UR), 8-0

2 Kristen Ortman/Natalie Dean (UB) d. Jillian Grieshaber/Melinda Beckmann (UR), 8-0

3 Katrin Fischer/Miglena Nenova (UB) d. Sanjana Prabhakar/Kristin Shaw (UR), 8-0

Singles

1 Andreea Novaceanu (UB ) d. Colleen Cross (UR), 6-0, 6-0

2 Miglena Nenova (UB) d. Alexa Perry (UR), 6-0, 6-0

3 Katrin Fischer (UB) d. Sanjana Prabhakar (UR), 6-1, 6-1

4 Kristen Ortman (UB) d. Jaymi Della (UR), 6-1, 6-2

5 Natalie Dean (UB) d. Jillian Grieshaber (UR), 6-3, 6-3

6 Tina Jacob (UB) d. Melinda Beckmann (UR), 6-3, 6-1