BINGHAMTON, NY - The University at Buffalo women's tennis team split a pair of matches at Binghamton defeating the host Bearcats, 6-1, in the opener, but falling to Siena, 4-3, in the nightcap. The Bulls are now 4-1 in dual meet matches for the fall campaign.

Miglena Nenova

In the opener, the Bulls swept the doubles competition with top duo Kristen Ortman (Amherst, NY/Amherst) and Miglena Nenova (Rousse, Bulgaria/Eurointellect) needing a tiebreaker to defeat Lya Kushnirovich and Alexis Brill. UB took the tiebreaker by a 10-5 margin to win the match 9-8. In singles play, the Bulls took all but the number one match including two matches that went to tiebreakers. Nenova needed a tiebreaker to defeat Melis Altinay, 6-0, 4-6, 10-6, at number two and Katrin Fischer (Ternitz, Austria/Borg) rallied to defeat Brill, 7-6, 0-6, 10-8, at number three. Michelle Kollarova (Bratislava, Slovak Republic/Sport Gymnasium) scored a "double-bagel" victory at number four with her 6-0, 6-0 win over Vera Popova.

In the nightcap, UB snared the doubles point as Ortman and Nenova defeated Andrea Disponzio and Denisa Hluchova, 8-0, at number one while Kollarova and Fischer, at number two, dropped Rali Hristova and Sugam Langer, 8-4. The number three team of Lisa Wittman (Cheektowaga, NY/Cheektowaga) and Erica Zielinski (North Tonawanda, NY/North Tonawanda) fell, 9-7, to Julia Lebedev and Betsy Brookins.

Nenova, at number two, and Zielinski, at number five, won singles matches for the Bulls. Nenova had little trouble in downing Disponzio, 6-3, 6-0, while Zielinski, who moved up to number five from her usual sixth spot, defeated Brookins, 6-2, 7-5. The match was decided as Siena took two tiebreakers, at number one and three, to clinch the 4-3 decision and hand the Bulls their first loss of the season. At number one, Ortman lost a 10-8 tiebreaker to Hristova while Fischer suffered a 10-2 tiebreaker loss to Hluchova after winning the second set, 6-0, to force the tiebreaker.

Buffalo 6, Binghamton 1

Doubles

1 Kristen Ortman/Miglena Nenova (UB) d. Lya Kushnirovich/Alexis Brill (BU), 9-8 (5)

2 Michelle Kollarova/Katrin Fischer (UB) d. Melis Altinay/Sherri Stern (BU), 8-6

3 Lisa Wittman/Erica Zielinski (UB) d. Lauren Freel/Vera Popova (BU), 8-2

Singles

1 Lya Kushnirovich (BU) d. Kristen Ortman (UB), 6-2, 6-2

2 Miglena Nenova (UB) d. Melis Altinay (BU), 6-0, 4-6, 10-6

3 Katrin Fischer (UB) d. Alexis Brill (BU), 7-6, 0-6, 10-8

4 Michelle Kollarova (UB) d. Vera Popova (BU), 6-0, 6-0

5 Lisa Wittman (UB) d. Laureen Freel (BU), 6-1, 6-4

6 Erica Zielinski (UB) d. Sherri Stern (BU), 6-1, 6-3

Siena 4, Buffalo 3

Doubles

1 Kristen Ortman/Miglena Nenova (UB) d. Andrea Disponzio/Denisa Hluchova (SC), 8-0

2 Michelle Kollarova/Katrin Fischer (UB) d. Rali Hristova/Sugam Langer (SC), 8-4

3 Julia Lebedev/Betsy Brookins (SC) d. Lisa Wittman/Erica Zielinski (UB), 9-7

Singles

1 Rali Hristova (SC) d. Kristen Ortman (UB), 6-2, 1-6, 10-8

2 Miglena Nenova (UB) d. Andrea Disponzio (SC), 6-3, 6-0

3 Denisa Hluchova (SC) d. Katrin Fischer (UB), 7-6, 0-6, 10-2

4 Julia Lebedev (SC) d. Lisa Wittman (UB), 6-0, 6-1

5 Erica Zielinski (UB) d. Betsy Brookins (SC), 6-2, 7-5

6 Meghan Slenkamp (SC) d. Onessa Williams (UB), 6-2, 6-2