Two Bulls playing for third-place finishes in
singles
Denise Harijanto
MINNEAPOLIS, MN – The University at Buffalo women’s
tennis team began their fall season at the Gopher Invite this weekend
and through two days of play, the Bulls have had several impressive
performances in singles and doubles.
The Bulls have two players who are looking for a third-place finish
tomorrow in their respective flights. Senior Denise Harijanto
won her first two matches of the tournament as she defeated players
from the Big Ten and the Big 12. Harijanto defeated Zuzana Chmelarova
of Iowa, 6-2, 6-2 and then defeated Erin Karonis of Iowa State, 2-6,
6-3, 6-4. Harijanto dropped her first match of the tournament to
Alessandra Ferazzi of Minnesota and will play for third place tomorrow
against Madeline Geibert of Nebraska.
Tamara Markovic
In the second singles flight, freshman Tamara Markovic
also won her first two matches. She beat Peta Forsyth of Minnesota,
1-6, 6-0, 6-4 and then beat Sampada Kanade of Iowa State, 7-6, 2-6,
6-1. Markovic dropped her first match to Alexa Palen of Minnesota and
will be playing tomorrow for third place against Miriam Westernick of
Eastern Michigan. Junior Aleksandra Petrova also went
2-1 in the second singles flight as she won her first match before
dropping her second. Dropping into the consolation bracket, Petrova
picked up a victory and will be battling for the consolation title
tomorrow.
In doubles, the regionally-ranked duo of Harijanto and Diana
Popescu lost their opening match in first doubles, but came
back to defeat a duo from Minnesota as they are in the consolation
finals tomorrow. Petrova and Markovic will also be fighting for a
consolation crown at second doubles as they face a team from Iowa
State. In third doubles, which is a round robin format, UB’s crew
of Anna Subenkova and Kira Golenko have
won both of their matches and look to take the third doubles title
tomorrow as they have one match left.
Aleksandra Petrova
Action concludes at the Gopher Invite all day Sunday.
