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Women's Tennis Team Completes Princeton Invitational

Tina Jacob

PRINCETON, NJ – The University at Buffalo women’s tennis team concluded the three-day Princeton Invitational on Sunday picking up 16 singles and seven doubles victories against top-notch competition. Ohio State, Rutgers, Yale and the host Tigers completed the field in the hidden-duals format.

In Friday’s doubles play, UB won seven of the 15 matches, taking two of three over Rutgers and splitting four matches with Princeton and combined squad from Yale and Princeton. The doubles pairing of Andreea Novaceanu (Bucharest, Romania/Emil Racovita) and Tina Jacob (Singapore/Raffles JC) accounted for three of the wins as they went 3-1 in the four matches. After dropping a 9-7 decision to Ohio State’s Christina Keesey and Ciara Finucane, the UB duo won three straight, including a pair of 8-6 victories over Rutgers and Princeton opponents.

In singles play, the Bulls won 16 of the 29 matches played on Saturday and Sunday. Sunday’s matches against Rutgers, which the Bulls took six of seven from the Scarlet Knights was played in an eight-game pro-set format.

Novaceanu and Smaranda Stan (Stantu Gheorghe, Romania/Economic) eached posted 3-1 records while Jacob went 2-1 in her singles matches. Novaceanu needed a third-set super-tiebreaker to defeat Princeton’s Ivana King, 6-3, 2-6, 1-0 (10-4) on Saturday and also picked up a straight sets win over Ohio State’s Julie Blackmore on Sunday.

Stan scored a 6-2, 6-4 win over Princeton’s Laura Trimble on Saturday as the Bulls and Tigers split the eight matches, 4-4. She also scored a victory over Oliva Nix of Yale when Nix was forced to retire in the second set due to an injury.

Jacob scored a straight-sets win over Princeton’s Joanna Roth, 6-2, 6-4 on Saturday. She also defeated Rutgers’ Anela Dujsic, 8-2, on Sunday.

The Bulls are next in action on September 30 and October 1 at the Niagara Invitational.

UB results

Friday doubles vs. Ohio State

Julie Blackmore/Angela DiPastina (OSU) d. Miglena Nenova/Denise Harijanto (UB), 8-3

Christina Keesey/Ciara Finucane (OSU) d. Andreea Novaceanu/Tina Jacob (UB), 9-7

Ally Mueller/Julie Voss (OSU) d. Natalie Dean/Smaranda Stan (UB), 8-3

Katrin Fischer/Diana Toia (UB) d. Kristen Messmer/Sarah Kinning (OSU), 8-3

Friday doubles vs. Rutgers

Miglena Nenova/Denise Harijanto (UB) d. Anela Dujsic/Dana Gordon (RU), 8-6

Andreea Novaceanu/Tina Jacob (UB) d. Katherine Arlak/Katrina Elder-Bush (RU), 8-6

Laura Edelschein/Christine Tran (RU) d. Natalie Dean/Smaranda Stan (UB), 9-7

Friday doubles vs. Princeton

Miglena Nenova/Denise Harijanto (UB) d. Sarah Huah/Ivana King (P), 9-7

Andreea Novaceanu/Tina Jacob (UB) d. Blakely Ashley/Darcy Robertson (P), 8-6

Joanna Roth/Laura Trimble (P) d. Natalie Dean/Diana Toia (UB), 8-4

Kristen Scott/Kelly Stewart (P) d. Katrin Fischer/Smaranda Stan (UB), 8-3

Friday doubles vs. Yale and Princeton

Jessie Rhee/Janet Kim (Y) d. Miglena Nenova/Denise Harijanto (UB), 9-8 (3)

Andreea Novaceanu/Tina Jacob (UB) d. Christine Alford/Sarah Lederhandler (Y), 8-5

Natalie Dean/Smaranda Stan (UB) d. Lindsey Dashiell/Lillian Nguyen (Y), 9-7

Kristen Scott/Laura Trimble (P) d. Katrin Fischer/Diana Toia (UB), 8-6

Saturday singles vs. Princeton

Andreea Novaceanu (UB) d. Ivana King (P), 6-3, 2-6, 1-0 (10-4)

Blakely Ashley (P) d. Miglena Nenova (UB), 6-3, 6-1

Sarah Huah (P) d. Denise Harijanto (UB), 6-7 (1), 6-4, 1-0 (10-1)

Darcy Robertson (P) d. Natalie Dean (UB), 6-2, 6-4

Tina Jacob (UB) d. Joanna Roth (P), 6-2, 6-4

Smaranda Stan (UB) d. Laura Trimble (P), 6-2, 6-4

Kelly Stewart (P) d. Diana Toia (UB), 6-0, 6-1

Katrin Fischer (UB) d. Kristen Scott (P), 6-2, 6-4

Saturday singles vs. Yale and Princeton

Janet Kim (Y) d. Andreea Novaceanu (UB), 6-1, 6-2

Jessie Rhee (Y) d. Miglena Nenova (UB), 7-5, 6-3

Denise Harijanto (UB) d. Sarah Lederhandler (Y), 6-4, 7-5

Natalie Dean (UB) d. Christine Alford (Y), 4-6, 6-3, 1-0 (10-3)

Smaranda Stan (UB) d. Oliva Nix (Y), 6-2, 3-0 ret. (inj.)

Kelly Stewart (P) d. Katrin Fischer (UB), 6-3, 4-6, 1-0 (10-8)

Kristen Scott (P) d. Diana Toia (UB), 4-6, 6-0, 1-0 (10-3)

Sunday singles vs. Ohio State

Andreea Novaceanu (UB) d. Julie Blackmore (OSU), 6-1, 6-2

Miglena Nenova (UB) d. Angela DiPastina (OSU), 7-6 (5), 6-1

Julie Voss (OSU) d. Denise Harijanto (UB), 6-7, 7-6, 1-0 (10-6)

Kristin Messmer (OSU) d. Tina Jacob (UB), 6-0, 6-3

Christina Keesey (OSU) d. Smaranda Stan (UB), 6-1, 6-3

Ally Mueller (OSU) d. Katrin Fischer (UB), 6-4, 6-1

Diana Toia (UB) d. Sarah Kimming (OSU), 6-3, 6-4

Sunday singles vs. Rutgers

Andreea Novaceanu (UB) d. Katrina Elder-Bush (RU), 8-3

Miglena Nenova (UB) d. Dana Gordon (RU), 8-5

Denise Harijanto (UB) d. Katherine Arlak (RU), 8-4

Tina Jacob (UB) d. Anela Dujsic (RU), 8-2

Smaranda Stan (UB) d. Lauren Edelschein (RU), 8-2

Katrin Fischer (UB) d. Caitlin Baker (RU), 8-6

Christine Tran (RU) d. Diana Toia (UB), 8-1