HAMILTON, OH - The University at Buffalo women's tennis team dropped a 6-1 decision to Miami University on Friday in Mid-American Conference action at the Riverside Racquet Club in Hamilton, OH. The Bulls fall to 6-7 and 0-3 in the league while the RedHawks improve to 6-8 and 1-1 in the MAC.

Kristen Ortman

Miami gained the match's doubles point to begin the day as they swept past the Bulls in all three matches. UB's Karen Maynard (Poughkeepsie, NY/Spackenkill) and Kristen Ortman (Amherst, NY/Amherst) fell 8-3 to Megan Zimpfer and Remy Swain at number one. At number two, Michelle Kollarova (Bratislava, Slovak Republic/Sport Gymnasium) and Erica Zielinski (North Tonawanda, NY/North Tonawanda) fell 8-3 to Nancy Wiegand and Ilze Meyer. The number three squad of Lisa Wittman (Cheektowaga, NY/Cheektowaga) and Sheri Ugowski (Orchard Park, NY/Orchard Park) were defeated 8-0 by Grace Cascarilla and Maura Trauernicht.

UB gained one victory in singles play. Ortman, playing number two singles, knocked off Casacarilla in a tiebreaker, for the lone UB point. Ortman won the first set, 6-4, but dropped the second, 6-3, to force the ten-point tiebreaker. Ortman then took the match by winning the tiebreaker by a 10-7 margin.

The remainder of UB's singles players dropped their matches. Maynard fell to Zimpfer, 6-1, 6-2, at number one. Kollarova was defeated, 6-1, 6-1, by Wiegand at number three. At number four, Zielinski dropped a 6-1, 6-0 decision to Swain. Wittman fell, 6-0, 6-1, to Meyer at number five. Number six Wendy Rose (Eden, NY/Eden) lost 6-0, 6-0 to Trauernicht.

UB continues its two-match league road swing on Saturday at Marshall.

Miami (OH) 6, Buffalo 1

Singles

1 Megan Zimpfer (MU) d. Karen Maynard (UB), 6-1, 6-2

2 Kristen Ortman (UB) d. Grace Cascarilla (MU), 6-4, 3-6, 10-7

3 Nancy Wiegand (MU) d. Michelle Kollarova (UB), 6-1, 6-1

4 Remy Swain (MU) d. Erica Zielinski (UB), 6-1, 6-0

5 Ilze Meyer (MU) d. Lisa Wittman (UB), 6-0, 6-1

6 Maura Trauernicht (MU) d. Wendy Rose (UB), 6-0, 6-0

Doubles

1 Megan Zimpfer/Remy Swain (MU) d. Karen Maynard/Kristen Ortman (UB), 8-3

2 Nancy Wiegand/Ilze Meyer (MU) d. Michelle Kollarova/Erica Zielinski (UB), 8-3

3 Grace Cascarilla/Maura Trauernicht (MU) d. Lisa Wittman/Sheri Ugowski (UB), 8-0