Sunday, February 19
Boulder, CO
12:00 P.M.
Indiana University
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Colorado
Indiana Women’s Tennis Beat Colorado Buffaloes in Boulder, 4-2
2/19/2023 7:37:00 PM | Women's Tennis
BOULDER, Colo. – Indiana women's tennis (6-3) defeated the Colorado Buffaloes squad, 4-2, at the Meadows Tennis Club on Sunday afternoon.
The buffaloes would win No. 2 doubles match, 6-0, but the Hoosiers' redshirt-junior duo Rose Hu and Alexandra Staiculescu would even it out with a No. 3 doubles win, 6-3.
Graduate Saby Nihalani and Sophomore Lara Schneider would earn the doubles point with a dominating tiebreaker performance, 7-6 (7-1).
In the singles round, Colorado would pick up the first point in the No. 4 singles match. Indiana would collect the next two points in No. 2 and 3 singles to take a 3-1 lead.
Schneider would clinch the last point after a win in three sets in the No. 1 singles spot, 6-3, 6-7 (5-7), 6-2.
NOTABLES
• Indiana improves to 6-3 on the season.
• The Hoosiers take the first match in the series against the Buffs, 1-0.
• Nihalani leads the team with six singles wins as she improved to 6-1 on the season.
• Schneider/Nihalani are 6-1 on the season in doubles, extending their win streak to four matches.
INDIANA 4, UTAH 2
SINGLES
DOUBLES
1. Schneider/Nihalani (IU) def. Balzert/El Sayed (CU), 7-6 (7-1)
2. Stanojevic/Ventura (CU) def. Mejic/Lemonds (IU), 6-0
3. Staiculescu/Hu (IU) def. Puzak/Tokac (CU), 6-3
ORDER OF FINISH
Singles: 5, 2, 3, 4, 1
Doubles: 2, 3, 1
UP NEXT
Indiana will return to Bloomington to host two opponents at the IU Tennis Center with Western Michigan on Feb. 25 at 10 a.m. ET and Belmont on Feb. 26 at 11 a.m. ET.
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The buffaloes would win No. 2 doubles match, 6-0, but the Hoosiers' redshirt-junior duo Rose Hu and Alexandra Staiculescu would even it out with a No. 3 doubles win, 6-3.
Graduate Saby Nihalani and Sophomore Lara Schneider would earn the doubles point with a dominating tiebreaker performance, 7-6 (7-1).
In the singles round, Colorado would pick up the first point in the No. 4 singles match. Indiana would collect the next two points in No. 2 and 3 singles to take a 3-1 lead.
Schneider would clinch the last point after a win in three sets in the No. 1 singles spot, 6-3, 6-7 (5-7), 6-2.
NOTABLES
• Indiana improves to 6-3 on the season.
• The Hoosiers take the first match in the series against the Buffs, 1-0.
• Nihalani leads the team with six singles wins as she improved to 6-1 on the season.
• Schneider/Nihalani are 6-1 on the season in doubles, extending their win streak to four matches.
INDIANA 4, UTAH 2
SINGLES
- Lara Schneider (IU) def. Antonia Balzert (CU), 6-3, 6-7 (5-7), 6-2
- Saby Nihalani (IU) def. Elys Ventura (CU), 6-2, 6-3
- Alexandra Staiculescu (IU) def. Mila Stanojevic (CU), 7-5, 6-4
- Aya El Sayed (CU) def. Mila Mejic (IU), 6-0, 1-6, 6-1
- Betina Tokac (CU) def. Nicole Teodosescu (IU), 6-4, 6-3
- Rose Hu (IU) vs. Carri Hayes (CU), 6-3, 1-0, unf.
DOUBLES
1. Schneider/Nihalani (IU) def. Balzert/El Sayed (CU), 7-6 (7-1)
2. Stanojevic/Ventura (CU) def. Mejic/Lemonds (IU), 6-0
3. Staiculescu/Hu (IU) def. Puzak/Tokac (CU), 6-3
ORDER OF FINISH
Singles: 5, 2, 3, 4, 1
Doubles: 2, 3, 1
UP NEXT
Indiana will return to Bloomington to host two opponents at the IU Tennis Center with Western Michigan on Feb. 25 at 10 a.m. ET and Belmont on Feb. 26 at 11 a.m. ET.
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