Women's Tennis Weekly Release

Bulls Shut Out Zips in Lone Weekend Match

The University at Buffalo women's tennis team got back into the win column on Friday afternoon with a 7-0 sweep of Mid-American Conference foe Akron at the Village Glen Tennis Center. The Bulls are now 12-2 overall and 4-1 in league action. The win by the Bulls keeps them in third place in the MAC standings with two weekends left to play.

Bagels Galore in the Doubles Contests

Denise Harijanto

The Bulls got things rolling against Akron with three doubles wins, including a pair of shutouts, to clinch the opening point. UB's number one tandem of Andreea Novaceanu (Bucharest, Romania/Emil Racovita) and Denise Harijanto (Jakarta, Indonesia) blanked Tanya Gombera and Amy Sherlock, 8-0. The number three team of Tina Jacob (Singapore/Raffles JC) and Katrin Fischer (Ternitz, Austria/Borg) also scored an 8-0 win over Alyssa Carlson and Aude Percherin. UB’s number two team of Miglena Nenova (Rousse, Bulgaria/Eurointellect) and Natalie Dean (Feilding, New Zealand/Palmerston North) gave up just two games in downing Jenna Larson and Lindsey Berry, 8-2.

Harijanto and Nenova Reach 20 Wins

Miglena Nenova

With their doubles wins over Akron, both freshman Denise Harijanto and senior Miglena Nenova earned their 20th victories of the season. Both are currently 20-6 and the two had combined for a 14-5 record when paired together earlier in the season. In singles play, junior Smaranda Stan (Stantu Gheorghe, Romania/Economic) is nearing the 20-win plateau after picking up number 19 on Friday with her straight-sets win over Alyssa Carlson. Harijanto scored her 18th singles win by defeating Jenna Larson, 6-2, 6-0.

Toledo and Eastern Michigan on Weekend Agenda

The Bulls hit the road for this weekend's MAC matchups. They travel to Toledo, currently undefeated in the conference at 4-0, on Friday, April 13 and face Eastern Michigan on Saturday, April 14. Both matches are slated for 1:00 pm starts. The Bulls then return home on Friday, April 20 hosting Northern Illinois in the regular season finale.