Denise Harijanto and Diana Popescu move into
round of 16
Denise Harijanto
NEW HAVEN, CT – The University at Buffalo began play at
the ITA Regionals on Saturday afternoon and had one doubles team move
into the Round of 16, while all three singles players are still alive
in the competition. The regionals are being played on the campus of
Yale University.
In doubles play, UB’s top team of Denise Harijanto
and Diana Popescu received a number four ranking in the
tournament and won their opening match against Jessica Ahn and Erin
Colton of Army, 8-3. In the round of 32, Harijanto and Popescu defeated
Erin McCarthy and Kelsey Raynor of Marist, 8-0. The Bulls are now in
the round of 16 where they square off against Boston University’s
Vivien Laszloffy and Monika Mical on Sunday Morning. UB’s other
doubles team of Adi Petrova and Tamara Markovic
lost a tough opening match to Simone Kalhorn and C.C. Sardinha of
Syracuse, 9-8 (9).
Diana Popescu
In singles action, Harijanto and Popescu both picked up opening
round byes as they were seeded as the seventh and 16th players in the
tournament, respectively. Petrova did play in the opening round of 128
as she easily defeated Niagara’s Hilary Hansen, 6-1, 6-1. Petrova
continues play tomorrow afternoon against Amy Zhang of Rutgers. Zhang
is ranked eighth in the tournament. Harijanto has her first match
tomorrow against Maria Barouse of St. Bonaventure, while Popescu plays
Natasha Makarova of Columbia.
