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No. 43 CU Tennis Falls Short In Upset Bid, 4-3 At No. 32 BYU
March 02, 2007 | Tennis
The Cougars have won five in a row and improve to 7-4, while the Buffaloes' three-match winning streak is snapped falling to 6-3.
Trailing 1-0 after the doubles point, CU could muster only three singles wins of the six singles slots.
Sophomore Monica Milewski won her fourth straight at No. 1 singles defeating Lauren Jones, 6-7, 6-3, 6-3; junior Veera Nurmi defeated Kristina Doerr in straight sets 6-3, 6-4 for her fourth triumph in a row; and at No. 6 singles, Melisa Esposito swept Dolly Chang, 6-2, 6-2, also winning her fourth consecutive match.
Overall in dual match play, Milewski improves to 7-2, Nurmi is 6-3, and Esposito is 7-1.
In doubles, the Buffaloes picked up a win at No. 3 doubles with Esposito and Martina Sedivec defeating Kristina Doerr and Dolly Chang, 8-5.
Esposito/Sedivec remain unbeaten at 4-0, while Sedivec has won 12 of 13 doubles matches during the 2006-07 season.
CU returns home to play conference rival No. 14 Baylor on Sunday beginning at 10 a.m. at the Millennium Hotel Harvest House.
No. 32 BYU 4, No. 43
BYU (7-4), CU (6-3)
March 2,
1d) Surkova/Miccoli (BYU) def. (42) Belassi/Torres Torres 8-1
2d) Jones/Holden (BYU) def. Jendrian/Milewski 8-6
3d) Esposito/Martina Sedivec (CU) def. Doerr/Chang 8-5
1s) Monica Milewski (CU) def. Lauren Jones (BYU) 6-7, 6-3, 6-3
2s) Anastasia Surkova (BYU) def. Camila Belassi (CU) 6-1, 6-4
3s) Veera Nurmi (CU) def. Kristina Doerr (BYU) 6-3, 6-4
4s) Chie Hayasaka (BYU) def. Franziska Jendrian (CU) 6-1, 6-4
5s) Sofia Holden (BYU) def. Gleisy Torres Torres (CU) 6-3, 6-2
6s) Melisa Esposito (CU) def. Dolly Chang (BYU) 6-2, 6-2
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