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Bulls Bounce Ball State, 6-1
MUNCIE, IN – The University at Buffalo women's tennis team scored a 6-1 victory over Ball State on Friday in the Mid-American Conference opener for both teams. The match was played indoors at the Muncie YMCA Tennis Center due to rain throughout the day in Indiana. The Bulls (9-1, 1-0 MAC) took two of three doubles matches from the Cardinals (5-7, 0-1 MAC) to open play. UB's top tandem of Denise Harijanto (Jakarta, Indonesia) and Andreea Novaceanu (Bucharest, Romania/Emil Racovita) scored an 8-2 win over Haly Calderwood and Sophie Quist. The Bulls clinched the point in the number two match as Miglena Nenova (Rousse, Bulgaria/Eurointellect) and Natalie Dean (Feilding, New Zealand/Palmerston North) knocked off Jennifer Pollack and Christine Stromberg, 8-4. UB won five of six singles matches to pick up the victory, all in straight sets. Nenova defeated Quist, 6-1, 6-3, in the number one match. Harijanto, at number two, downed Calderwood, 6-1, 6-2. Novaceanu breezed past Pollack, in the number three match, 6-3, 6-0. At number five, Smaranda Stan (Stantu Gheorghe, Romania/Economic) downed Emma Retter, 6-1, 7-5. Katrin Fischer (Ternitz, Austria/Borg) beat Katherine Rist, 6-2, 6-2, in the number six match. The Bulls travel to Miami (OH) on Saturday to face the RedHawks starting at 1:00 pm.
Buffalo 6, Ball State 1 Doubles 1 Denise Harijanto/Andreea Novaceanu (UB) d. Haly Calderwood/Sophie Quist (BSU), 8-2 2 Miglena Nenova/Natalie Dean (UB) d. Jennifer Pollack/Christine Stromberg (BSU), 8-4 3 Emma Retter/Katherine Rist (BSU) d. Tina Jacob/Smaranda Stan (UB), 8-7 (4) Singles 1 Miglena Nenova (UB) d. Sophie Quist (BSU), 6-1, 6-3 2 Denise Harijanto (UB) d. Haly Calderwood (BSU), 6-1, 6-2 3 Andreea Novaceanu (UB) d. Jennifer Pollack (BSU), 6-3, 6-0 4 Christine Stromberg (BSU) d. Natalie Dean (UB), 4-6, 6-3, 1-0 (12-10) 5 Smaranda Stan (UB) d. Emma Retter (BSU), 6-1, 7-6 (5) 6 Katrin Fischer (UB) d. Katherine Rist (BSU), 6-2, 6-2 E Polina Askerko (BSU) d. Tina Jacob (UB), 8-5 |
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