BUFFALO, NY - The University at Buffalo women's tennis program started its spring season with a pair of Mid-American Conference losses. Over the weekend, the Bulls notched 7-0 losses to Ball State and Bowling Green. The Bulls are now 2-8 on the season and 0-2 in MAC matches.

In both matches, the Bulls' opponent swept the singles and doubles competition.

The weekend road trip started with a 7-0 defeat at Ball State University (10-3, 1-0 MAC).

The first-doubles duo of sophomore Karen Maynard (Poughkeepsie, NY/Spackenkill) and junior Shani Amarasinghe (Patchogue, NY/Patchogue-Medford) was defeated 8-0 by Libby Gerding and Melissa Roach. In singles competition, Gerding defeated Maynard 6-3, 6-0 while Roach defeated Amarasinghe 6-0,6-0.

At second doubles, Susie Miller and Shareen Korving defeated junior Anne Schule (Snyder, NY/Amherst) and freshman Lisa Wittman (Cheektowaga, NY/Cheektowaga), 8-1. Schule lost her singles match, 6-0, 6-0 to Korving.

Juniors Kendra Pyke (Watertown, NY/Watertown) and Jennifer Wong (Penfield, NY/Penfield) lost their third-doubles matchup, 8-1, to Darcy Poulos and Alyce Zollman. Pyke lost her fifth-singles match to Shelly Brizendine, 6-1, 6-1, while junior Meaghan Partelow (Lyons, NY/Lyons) lost her sixth-singles match to Poulos, 6-1, 6-0.

The Bulls saw much of the same against Bowling Green (5-8, 2-0 MAC) on Sunday.

At first singles, Maynard lost to Abby Bratton, 6-2, 6-3. The five games that she won represented half of UB's total on the day. At second singles, Amarasinghe was defeated 6-0, 6-0 by Erika Wasilewski. At first doubles, Maynard and Amarasinghe suffered an 8-1 loss to Bratton and Wasilewski.

Schule and Wong recorded straight set losses at third and fourth singles. Schule was defeated 6-0, 6-0 by Lisa Maloney and Wong was defeated 6-0, 6-1 by Tracy Howitt. The Falcons' duo of Howitt and Meghan Rhodes teamed for the doubles victory over Schule and Wittman, 8-0.

Pyke and Partelow suffered the same fate as their teammates. Gaby Coello defeated Pyke 6-0, 6-1 while Partelow lost 6-0, 6-0 to Jessica Johnson. Johnson and Maloney pulled out an 8-2 third-doubles victory over Pyke and Wong.

UB's next competition is Friday, March 30, against Miami (Ohio) and Saturday, March 31, against Marshall. Both contests are scheduled for 1 p.m. at the UB Tennis Center.