Michelle Kollarova

ROCKFORD, IL – The University at Buffalo women’s tennis team was eliminated in the first round of the Mid-American Conference Tournament Thursday with a 4-2 loss to Toledo. The Bulls complete the season with an 8-11 overall record while Toledo moves to 5-16 and advances to face top-seed and defending league champion Marshall on Friday.

UB jumped out to an early 1-0 lead on the Rockets after capturing two of the three doubles matches. At number one, the UB duo of Miglena Nenova (Rousse, Bulgaria/Eurointellect) and Kristen Ortman (Amherst, NY/Amherst) downed Jen Meister and Viviana Rivero, 8-3. UB’s number three team of Michelle Kollarova (Bratislava, Slovak Republic/Sport Gymnasium) and Katrin Fischer (Ternitz, Austria/Borg) knocked off Daniella Moran and Claire Smalley, 8-4. In the number two match, UB’s Lisa Wittman (Cheektowaga, NY/Cheektowaga) and Sheri Ugowski (Orchard Park, NY/Orchard Park) fell to Myriam Cueva and Eunice Paravicini, 8-0.

Kollarova recorded UB’s lone singles victory with a straight-set win over Meister at number five. Kollarova won the first set, 6-2, and then took the second, 7-5, to give the Bulls their second point.

Toledo wrapped up the match with four singles victories, all in straight sets. At number two, Rivero defeated Ortman, 6-4, 6-4. At number three, Paravicini downed Fischer, 6-3, 6-1. At number four, Moran defeated Wittman, 6-2, 6-1. At number six, Smalley defeated Onessa Williams (Albany, NY/Albany/Mohawk Valley CC), 6-4, 6-1.

The number one match between UB’s Nenova and Toledo’s Cueva was stopped when Toledo scored the fourth point to clinch the victory. Cueva defeated Nenova, 6-4, in the first set, but Nenova was leading 4-1 in the second when play was halted.

Toledo 4, Buffalo 2

MAC First Round

Doubles

1 Miglena Nenova/Kristen Ortman (UB) d. Jen Meister/Viviana Rivero (UT), 8-3

2 Myriam Cueva/Eunice Paravicini (UT) d. Lisa Wittman/Sheri Ugowski (UB), 8-0

3 Michelle Kollarova/Katrin Fischer (UB) d. Daniella Moran/Claire Smalley (UT), 8-4

Singles

1 Myriam Cueva (UT) vs. Miglena Nenova (UB), 6-4, 1-4 DNF

2 Viviana Rivero (UT) d. Kristen Ortman (UB), 6-4, 6-4

3 Eunice Paravicini (UT) d. Katrin Fischer (UB), 6-3, 6-1

4 Daniella Moran (UT) d. Lisa Wittman (UB), 6-2, 6-1

5 Michelle Kollarova (UB) d. Jen Meister (UT), 6-2, 7-5

6 Claire Smalley (UT) d. Onessa Williams (UB), 6-4, 6-1