Nenova Becomes Singles Wins Leader

Miglena Nenova

HAMILTON, NY – University at Buffalo senior Miglena Nenova (Rousse, Bulgaria/Eurointellect) netted her 60th career victory to become the school’s all-time leader in singles wins as the Bulls defeated Colgate, 7-0, on Friday afternoon. The Bulls remain undefeated at 6-0 while Colgate drops to 4-2.

Nenova, playing second singles, defeated Colgate’s Elise Derose, 6-1, 6-1, to reach the 60-win plateau and pass current UB assistant coach Kristen Ortman for first place on the Bulls’ all-time list. Nenova remains undefeated in dual-meet play this year at 6-0 and is 10-2 overall in the 2006-07 season.

Nenova also paired with Denise Harijanto (Jakarta, Indonesia) to form UB’s number one doubles team as they downed Jackie Couture and Derose, 8-3. Nenova and Harijanto are now 14-4 in doubles and 6-0 in dual-meet play.

Junior Smaranda Stan (Stantu Gheorghe, Romania/Economic) won her ninth consecutive singles match with a 6-0, 6-2 victory over Erin Fenn at number three. Stan leads the team with a 15-1 singles mark.

Also picking up singles wins for the Bulls were Harijanto at number one, Tina Jacob (Singapore/Raffles JC) at number four, Diana Toia (Rochester, NY/Brighton) at number five and Katrin Fischer (Ternitz, Austria/Borg) at number six.

The Bulls continue their Central New York road trip with a match in Ithaca on Saturday against Cornell. Match time is 2:00 pm.

Buffalo 7, Colgate 0

Doubles

1 Miglena Nenova/Denise Harijanto (UB) d. Jackie Couture/Elise Derose (CU), 8-3

2 Smaranda Stan/Katrin Fischer (UB) d. Samantha Inacker/Jackie Stimmel (CU), 8-5

3 Tina Jacob/Natalie Dean (UB) d. Erin Fenn/Cameron Williams (CU), 8-4

Singles

1 Denise Harijanto (UB) d. Jackie Couture (CU), 6-1, 6-2

2 Miglena Nenova (UB) d. Elise Derose (CU), 6-1, 6-1

3 Smaranda Stan (UB) d. Erin Fenn (CU), 6-0, 6-2

4 Tina Jacob (UB) d. Samantha Inacker (CU), 6-4, 3-6, 1-0 (10-8)

5 Diana Toia (UB) d. Jackie Stimmel (CU), 6-2, 6-4

6 Katrin Fischer (UB) d. Cameron Williams (CU), 6-2, 6-4