Women's Tennis Weekly Release

Bulls Win Two, Lose One on Florida Trip

The University at Buffalo’s women’s tennis team spent the spring break in Florida playing three matches. The Bulls opened with wins over a top junior college program, Hillsborough CC (6-3) and a neutral site victory over Manhattan (7-0). However the Bulls’ five-match winning streak was snapped by UCF in a 5-2 decision that lasted more than five hours.

Top Junior College No Match For Bulls

Andreea Novaceanu

The week opened with a 6-3 win at Hillsborough CC in Tampa. Hillsborough, one of the top junior college programs in the country and playing against an NCAA Division I program for the first time this season, was no match for the Bulls as UB took two doubles matches and four singles contests. The Bulls won the four singles contests in straight sets with Andreea Novaceanu (Bucharest, Romania/Emil Racovita) and Tina Jacob (Singapore/Raffles JC) scoring 6-0, 6-1 wins at numbers three and six, respectively. Novaceanu and Jacob also combined for a doubles win, downing Alba Passanisi and Mizuho Nishimura, 8-3.

I’ll Take Manhattan

Miglena Nenova

UB rolled to its second win of the trip with a 7-0 whitewashing of Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference member Manhattan. UB won all nine matches with Smaranda Stan (Stantu Gheorghe, Romania/Economic) and Jacob registering “double-bagel” singles wins. Novaceanu and Jacob, at number two, and Miglena Nenova (Rousse, Bulgaria/Eurointellect) and Stan, at number three, also posted 8-0 shutouts in doubles play.

Not a Good Knight Against UCF

The five-match win streak was snapped by Conference USA foe UCF on Friday. The Bulls scored two singles wins and a doubles victory in the match which lasted more than five hours. Novaceanu and Jacob earned an 8-1 doubles win at number two, but the Bulls were unable to claim the opening point of the match. Novaceanu also picked up a 6-3, 6-3 win over Kenza Belbacha in the third singles match while Stan remained undefeated in singles play with a win over Jennifer Carati. Stan was leading 4-2 in the third set when Carati was forced to retire from the action. Kristen Ortman (Amherst, NY/Amherst) suffered her first dual-meet loss of the season, but not without a fight, dropping a super-tiebreaker to Elvira Serrot at second singles. Ortman had won her previous nine dual matches, including seven from the number two slot.