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WOMEN'S TENNIS

UB Women's Tennis Drops Decision at Miami

Freshman Kristen Ortman records lone UB victory in 6-1 loss to RedHawks

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.

Photo of Kristen Ortman
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

03/28/2003

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WOMEN'S TENNIS vs. ST. JOHN'S
1:00 pm

January 29-31
Women's Tennis at Cornell Tournament
All Day

February 6
WOMEN'S TENNIS vs. CORNELL
1:00 pm

February 7
WOMEN'S TENNIS vs. DUQUESNE
1:00 pm

February 20
Women's Tennis at Columbia
12:00 pm

February 21
Women's Tennis at Army
1:00 pm

February 27
WOMEN'S TENNIS vs. SYRACUSE
1:00 pm

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