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Bulls Split Tennis Matches in BinghamtonBINGHAMTON, 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.
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 |
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