Bulls Roll to Victory Over Barry

Diana Toia

MIAMI SHORES, FL – The University at Buffalo women's tennis team opened its three-match Florida trip with a 9-0 win over Barry University, the 15th-ranked program in Division II, on Tuesday afternoon at Barry's Buccaneer Tennis Center.

The Bulls (5-3) scored a pair of wins over Barry due to the host's depleted roster. The Buccaneers (6-4) were unable to field a third doubles team or a player for sixth singles.

UB's doubles tandem of Aleksandra Petrova and Diana Toia scored an 8-0 win in the second doubles match over Laime Contreras and Mei-Jing Ang.

In singles play, all five matches went to the Bulls in straight sets. Denise Harijanto and Diana Popescu scored 6-1, 6-1 wins at number one and number two to lead the team.

The Bulls meet Southern Illinois on Wednesday in Boca Raton and conclude the Florida trip on Friday at Nova Southeastern. Both matches are slated for 1:00 pm starts.

Buffalo 9, Barry 0
Doubles
1 Denise Harijanto/Diana Popescu (UB) d. Angie Werschel/Yulia Kashelkina (BU), 8-5
2 Aleksandra Petrova/Diana Toia (UB) d. Laime Contreras/Mei-Jing Ang (BU), 8-0
3 UB won by forfeit
Singles
1 Denise Harijanto (UB) d. Angie Werschel (BU), 6-1, 6-1
2 Diana Popescu (UB) d. Yulia Kashelkina (BU), 6-1, 6-1
3 Smaranda Stan (UB) d. Laime Contreras (BU), 6-4, 6-2
4 Diana Toia (UB) d. Mei-Jing Ang (BU), 6-1, 6-2
5 Anna Subenkova (UB) d. Julie Cadet (BU), 6-3, 6-2
6 Aleksandra Petrova (UBW) won by forfeit