Buffs Fall At Denver, 6-1

DENVER Colo. – The Colorado Buffaloes Women's Tennis team lost their first match of the spring on the road at Denver 6-1.

After winning two of the three doubles matches and going ahead 1-0 in doubles action, the Buffs dropped six matches in singles.

How it Happened

Denver got the first win of the day with Andrea Burguete Beltran and Britt Pursell defeating Antonia Balzert and Aya El Sayed 6-1.
The Buffs evened the doubles action at No. 3 with Ellen Puzak and Betina Tokac defeating Caroline Driscoll and Anastasia Simonov, 6-4.
The Buffs clinched the doubles point at No. 2 with Mila Stanojevic and Elys Ventura defeating Claudia Martinez de Velasco and Taylor Melville, 6-3.
Starting singles Claudia Martinez de Velasco defeated Carri Hayes in her first match of the spring 6-2, 6-0 at No.6.
No.3 singles followed with Britt Pursell defeating Mila Stanojevic 6-3, 6-3.
At No. 4 singles Louise Wikander defeated Aya El Sayed 6-4, 6-2.
Antonia Balzert lost a tough one at No.1 singles against Taylor Melville 6-0, 7-6 (2).
Against Andrea Burguete Beltran at No. 2 singles Elys Ventura lost 6-3, 6-4.
In the last match of the day Betina Tokac lost to Caroline Driscoll 6-4, 7-6 (3) at No. 5 singles.

Notes

The Buffs open the season 2-1 for the first time since 2019.
The all-time record against Denver is 33-18.

Up Next
Next week the Buffs return home to host San Francisco on Saturday at 10:00 a.m. MST at the Rocky Mountain Tennis Center.

Quotes
CU Head Coach Anthony Pham
"We did a good job really fighting and competing in doubles and unfortunately, we came out a little flat in singles. Denver is a good team, hats off to them they played well today. There's just there's some things that we have to clean up. We have to do better. One of those things is making sure we start at point one ready to go. Today we were just all flat for whatever reason. That is something we have to talk about and address this week."

"I think at the end of the day we let some things bother us too much. We have to do a better job when things don't necessarily go our way, responding in a more positive way and letting those things roll off our backs and get on to the next point and competing."

Results
Denver 6 Colorado 1
January 29, 2023
Denver, Colo. (Denver Tennis Park)

Doubles
1.   Andrea Burguete Beltran/Britt Pursell (DU) def. Antonia Balzert/Aya El Sayed (CU) 6-1
2.   Mila Stanojevic/Elys Ventura (CU) def. Claudia Martinez de Velasco/Taylor Melville (DU) 6-3
3.   Ellen Puzak/Betina Tokac (CU) def. Caroline Driscoll/Anastasia Simonov (DU) 6-4
Order of finish: (1, 3, 2)

Singles
1.   Taylor Melville (DU) def. Antonia Balzert (CU) 6-0, 7-6 (2)
2.   Andrea Burguete Beltran (DU) def. Elys Ventura (CU) 6-3, 6-4
3.   Britt Pursell (DU) def. Mila Stanojevic/ (CU) 6-3, 6-3
4.   Louise Wikander (DU) def. Aya El Sayed(CU) 6-4, 6-2
5.   Caroline Driscoll (DU) def. Betina Tokac (CU) 6-4, 7-6 (3)
6.   Claudia Martinez de Velasco (DU) def. Carri Hayes (CU) 6-2, 6-0
Order of Finish: (6, 3, 4, 1, 2, 5)

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Team Stats

Players Mentioned

Antonia Balzert

Aya El Sayed

Carri Hayes

Ellen Puzak

Mila Stanojevic

Betina Tokac

Elys Ventura