Bulls Roll Past Niagara, 7-0

Kristen Ortman records 50th career doubles victory to lead UB women's tennis

Kristen Ortman

WILLIAMSVILLE, NY - The University at Buffalo defeated Western New York rival Niagara, 7-0, Sunday afternoon in women's tennis action at the Village Glen Tennis Center in Williamsville. The Bulls improved to 6-1 overall while dropping the Purple Eagles to 4-6.

UB won all the matches played on Sunday, including the opening three doubles contests to take an early 1-0 lead. At number one, the duo of Kristen Ortman (Amherst, NY/Amherst) and Natalie Dean (Feilding, New Zealand/Palmerston North) knocked off Danielle Grenier and Julianne Prokopich, 8-4. The victory was Ortman's 50th doubles triumph of her career, the most in the Division I history of the women's tennis program.

The number two doubles team of Andreea Novaceanu (Bucharest, Romania/Emil Racovita) and Tina Jacob (Singapore/Raffles JC) made short work of Jacquelyn Cary and Sheila Dargout with an 8-0 decision. UB's number three duo of Miglena Nenova (Rousse, Bulgaria/Eurointellect) and Smaranda Stan (Stantu Gheorghe, Romania/Economic) also rolled to an easy victory, downing Vanja Lakic and Victoria Tiso, 8-2.

Andreea Novaceanu

In the singles contests, the Bulls had little trouble with their opponents, highlighted by the "double-bageling" by Novacenau over Cary, 6-0, 6-0, in the number three match.

At number one, Nenova downed Lakic, 6-0, 6-3. Nenova rallied to take the match after trailing 3-2 in the second set, winning the final four games to clinch the victory. Ortman, at number two, picked up her career-leading 54th singles win with a 6-3, 6-3 decision over Prokopich. Dean downed Dargout, 6-0, 6-3, at number four. At number five, Stan rolled past Kim Roberts, 6-1, 6-2. Jacob also picked up an easy win over Tiso, 6-1, 6-0.

In an exhibition match, UB's Katrin Fischer (Ternitz, Austria/Borg) defeated Paige Welch, 6-0, 6-2.

The Bulls head to Florida for three matches next week during Spring Break. UB will face Hillsborough CC on Monday, March 13 in Tampa to open the trip. The Bulls will also face Manhattan and Central Florida in Orlando.

Buffalo 7, Niagara 0

Doubles

1 Kristen Ortman/Natalie Dean (UB) d. Danielle Grenier/Julianne Prokopich (NU), 8-4

2 Andreea Novaceanu/Tina Jacob (UB) d. Jacquelyn Cary/Sheila Dargout (NU), 8-0

3 Miglena Nenova/Smaranda Stan (UB) d. Vanja Lakic/Victoria Tiso (NU), 8-2

Order of finish: 2 3 1

Singles

1 Miglena Nenova (UB) d. Vanja Lakic (NU), 6-0, 6-3

2 Kristen Ortman (UB) d. Julianne Prokopich (NU), 6-3, 6-3

3 Andreea Novaceanu (UB) d. Jacquelyn Cary (NU), 6-0, 6-0

4 Natalie Dean (UB) d. Sheila Dargout (NU), 6-0, 6-3

5 Smaranda Stan (UB) d. Kim Roberts (NU), 6-1, 6-2

6 Tina Jacob (UB) d. Victoria Tiso (NU), 6-1, 6-0

E Katrin Fischer (UB) d. Paige Welch (NU), 6-0, 6-2

Order of finish: 3 6 5 4 1 2

03/05/2006