April 21, 2006

BUFFALO--Miami University's women's tennis team (10-9; 5-2 Mid-American Conference) was edged in a heated battle for second place in the MAC standings with a 4-3 loss at Buffalo (13-4; 5-2 MAC) on Friday afternoon, which snapped a three-match win streak for the RedHawks.

The Bulls swept all three doubles matches to capture the doubles point, winning 8-3, 8-5 and 8-7 (1) in No. 1-3 doubles, respectively.

UB's Andreea Novaceanu and Miglena Nenova picked up wins at No. 1 and No. 2 singles, defeating Katrina Lomidze 6-2 and 6-1 and Leda Pesatova 6-4, 6-1, respectively, to quickly push UB's advantage to 3-0.

Remy Swain put the RedHawks' first point on the board with a 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 win at No. 6 singles over Tina Jacob, but Kristen Ortman iced the match for the Bulls with a 7-6 (2), 6-2 win over Kelly Douple at No. 4 singles.

After falling in the first set 4-6, Miami's Linda Jirouskova came back to down Buffalo's Natalie Dean 7-6 (9) and 1-0 (11-9) for Miami's second point, while Victoria Pulido posted a 3-6, 6-4, 7-5 win at No. 5 singles to account for the RedHawks' third point.

Miami closes out the regular season tomorrow when it travels to the University of Akron for a 1 p.m. start. The MAC Women's Tennis Tournament takes place in Oxford over April 27-30.

Buffalo 4, Miami 3 SINGLES No. 1 - Andreea Novaceanu (UB) def. Katrina Lomidze (MIA), 6-2, 6-1 No. 2 - Miglena Nenova (UB) def. Leda Pesatova (MIA), 6-4, 6-1 No. 3 - Linda Jirouskova (MIA) def. Natalie Dean (UB), 4-6, 7-6 (9), 1-0 (11-9) No. 4 - Kristen Ortman (UB) def. Kelly Douple (MIA), 7-6 (2), 6-2 No. 5 - Victoria Pulido (MIA) def. Smaranda Stan (UB), 3-6, 6-4, 7-5 No. 6 - Remy Swain (MIA) def. Tina Jacob (UB), 2-6, 6-2, 6-4

DOUBLES No. 1 - Novaceanu/Jacob (UB) def. Lomidze/Jirouskova (MIA), 8-3 No. 2 - Ortman/Nenova (UB) def. Swain/Trauernicht (MIA), 8-5 No. 3 - Dean/Katrin Fischer (UB) def. Pulido/Pesatova (MIA), 8-7 (1)