Michelle Kollarova

TOLEDO, OH - The University at Buffalo women's tennis team dropped a heartbreaking 4-3 loss to Toledo in Mid-American Conference play to open a two-match weekend road trip. With the loss, the Bulls fall to 8-9 overall, 1-7 MAC. Toledo snapped a 14-match losing streak to move to 3-15 overall and 1-7 in the MAC.

Toledo claimed the doubles point with victories in two of the three matches. Monica Ribero and Jen Meister defeated UB's Miglena Nenova (Rousse, Bulgaria/Eurointellect) and Kristen Ortman (Amherst, NY/Amherst), 8-4, at number one. At number two, Toledo's Myriam Cueva and Claire Smalley downed UB's Lisa Wittman (Cheektowaga, NY/Cheektowaga) and Sheri Ugowski (Orchard Park, NY/Orchard Park), 8-3. UB picked up a win at third doubles as Michelle Kollarova (Bratislava, Slovak Republic/Sport Gymnasium) and Katrin Fischer (Ternitz, Austria/Borg) downed Daniella Moran and Betsy Hoffman, 8-3.

Katrin Fischer

UB started singles play in a 2-0 hole as the Bulls were forced to default the number two match which proved to be the difference in the final score. UB took three of the four matches at the third through sixth flights. At number three, Fischer knocked off Meister, 6-2, 6-4. Wittman, at number four, fell to Moran, 6-4, 6-3. Kollarova needed a second-set tiebreaker to down Smalley, 6-3, 7-6 (7-5), at number five. Onessa Williams (Albany, NY/Albany/Mohawk Valley CC) earned a victory at number six with her 6-3, 6-2 win over Hoffman.

With the match tied at 3-3, the first singles match between UB's Nenova and Toledo's Cueva proved to be a thriller. Nenova took the opening set, 6-3, but was unable to close the match. Cueva picked up her 19th win of the season sweeping the final two sets 6-2, 6-1 and denying Nenova of her 19th win of the year.

UB travels to Eastern Michigan to conclude the regular season with a 1:00 pm on Saturday.

Toledo 4, Buffalo 3

Doubles

1 Monica Ribero/Jen Meister (UT) d. Miglena Nenova/Kristen Ortman (UB) 8-4

2 Myriam Cueva/Claire Smalley (UT) d. Lisa Wittman/Sheri Ugowski (UB) 8-3

3 Michelle Kollarova/Katrin Fischer (UB) d. Daniella Moran/Betsy Hoffman (UT) 8-3

Singles

1 Myriam Cueva (UT) d. Miglena Nenova (UB) 3-6, 6-2, 6-1

2 Monica Ribero (UT) won by default

3 Katrin Fischer (UB) d. Jen Meister (UT) 6-2, 6-4

4 Daniella Moran (UT) d. Lisa Wittman (UB) 6-4, 6-3

5 Michelle Kollarova (UB) d. Claire Smalley (UT) 6-2, 7-6 (7-5)

6 Onessa Williams (UB) d. Betsy Hoffman (UT) 6-3, 6-2