Women's Tennis Downs Duquesne, 7-0

Denise Harijanto

WILLIAMSVILLE, NY – The University at Buffalo's women's tennis team rolled to a 7-0 victory over visiting Duquesne on Saturday to improve their record to 5-0. The match was played indoors at the Village Glen Tennis Center. With the loss, Duquesne drops to 4-2 and posts a 1-1 mark on their trip to Western New York.

The Bulls swept all three doubles matches with the number three duo of Smaranda Stan (Stantu Gheorghe, Romania/Economic) and Katrin Fischer (Ternitz, Austria/Borg) rallying from a 4-2 deficit and win the next six games for an 8-2 victory over Andrea Sailer and Alex Albano and clinching the doubles point. UB's number two team of Natalie Dean (Feilding, New Zealand/Palmerston North) and Tina Jacob (Singapore/Raffles JC) needed a tiebreaker to down Johanna Bezjak and Rachel McGowan 8-7 (5).

In singles UB rolled to six wins with freshman Denise Harijanto (Jakarta, Indonesia), playing her first match at number one, scoring an easy 6-0, 6-2 win over Bezjak. Miglena Nenova (Rousse, Bulgaria/Eurointellect), at number two, also cruised with a 6-4, 6-0 victory over Jacqueline Hughes, and tied Kristen Ortman's all-time singles victory record at 59. Dean, Stan, Jacob and Diana Toia (Rochester, NY/Brighton) also won singles contests on Saturday.

The Bulls now travel to Central New York with dates against Colgate and Cornell next weekend.

Buffalo 7, Duquesne 0

Doubles

1 Miglena Nenova/Denise Harijanto (UB) d. Jacqueline Hughes/Rebecca Poole (DU), 8-1

2 Natalie Dean/Tina Jacob (UB) d. Johanna Bezjak/Rachel McGowan (DU), 8-7 (5)

3 Smaranda Stan/Katrin Fischer (UB) d. Andrea Sailer/Alex Albano (DU), 8-4

Singles

1 Denise Harijanto (UB) d. Johanna Bezjak (DU), 6-0, 6-2

2 Miglena Nenova (UB) d. Jacqueline Hughes (DU), 6-4, 6-0

3 Natalie Dean (UB) d. Rebecca Poole (DU), 6-7 (3), 6-2, 6-2

4 Smaranda Stan (UB) d. Rachel McGowan (DU), 7-6 (6), 6-2

5 Tina Jacob (UB) d. Andrea Sailer (DU), 3-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-8)

6 Diana Toia (UB) d. Alicia McNamara (DU), 6-4, 6-3