Buffs Take Another Step

SALT LAKE CITY, UT – The Colorado Buffaloes tennis team were in the fourth day at the ITA Mountain region championships at the George S. Eccles Tennis Center on Saturday. Each athlete played one extra match in doubles and singles for additional competition.

Although there were no longer any Buffs in contention for a tournament title, they were still able to use today as an opportunity to improve against quality competition. As a whole the team went a combined 6-7 in extra singles and doubles matches.

In doubles play the day did not go as expected in the win column finishing the day 0-3.

Singles action brought the wins for the Buffs going 6-4 on the day. One of the wins came from senior Elys Ventura who bounced back from her quarterfinal loss yesterday to win 6-3, 7-6(4) over Anastasia Simonov from Denver.

A milestone win today came from freshman Pia Rebec winning her first career singles win at Colorado. Nothing would come easy for her, facing a tiebreaker in every set. Rebec would take the initial set 7-6(1) to put pressure on Karen Ana Guadiana from Northern Arizona. Rebec would end up dropping the second set 7-6(3) to force a ten-point third set tiebreaker. Once again it would not end as scheduled needing a few extra points to clinch the set, winning 14-12 to clinch her first singles win.

On the day five other Buffs won their singles match: Mila Stanojevic, Aya El Sayed, Carri Hayes, and Anya Nelson who all clinched in straight sets.

Up Next
The Buffs will finish up at the last day of the ITA Mountain Region Championship tomorrow with extra singles and doubles matches starting at 8:30 a.m. at the George S. Eccles Tennis Center.

Results
ITA Mountain Region Championships

Doubles
Round of 64
Aya El Sayed/Pia Rebec (CU) def. Marlene Foerster/ Lou Anne Guerbert (NEV) 8-7(2)
Annabel Davis/Ida Johansson (ID) def. Mila Stanojevic/Elys Ventura (CU) 8-7(1)
Zara Lennon/Sarah Weekley (CSU) def. Ellen Puzak/Betina Tokac (CU) 8-4
Samantha Horwood/Emma Kamper (UT) def. Carri Hayes/Anya Nelson (CU) 8-4
Round of 32
Aya El Sayed/Pia Rebec (CU) def. Bente Vandeputte/Maud Vandeputte (NM) 8-4
Round of 16
Aya El Sayed/Pia Rebec (CU) def. Otis Alice/Claudia Martinez de Velasco (DU) 8-3
Quarterfinals
Jacque Dunyon/Yujia Huang (BYU) def. Aya El Sayed/Pia Rebec (CU) 8-7(3)
Extra Matches
Adel Ismagulova/Serina Abriola (WYO) def. Carri Hayes/Anya Nelson (CU) 6-4
Ellen Puzak/Betina Tokac (CU) def. Ariadna Briones Ginesta/Ella Piron (BSU) 6-0
Mila Stanojevic/Elys Ventura (CU) def. Hana Cho/Stefanya Shalakhova (IDS) 6-1
Sophie Zehender/Violetta Borodina (WYO) def Carri Hayes/Anya Nelson (CU) 6-4
Asem Shoybek/Stefanya Shalakhova (IDS) def. Ellen Puzak/Betina Tokac (CU) 6-4
Cindy Hu/Coco Zhao (UNLV) def. Mila Stanojevic/Elys Ventura (CU) 6-1

Singles
Flight A
Round of 64
Mila Stanojevic (CU) def. Alexis Odom (UAFA) 6-0, 6-2
Elys Ventura (CU) def. Anna Pinaieva (NM) 6-4, 6-3
Noesjka Brink (WYO) def. Pia Rebec (CU) 6-2, 6-4
Tina Li (BYU) def. Betina Tokac (CU) 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
Aya El Sayed (CU) def. Carlotta Mencaglia (UTEP) 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(2)
Round of 32
Yujia Huang (BYU) def. Mila Stanojevic (CU) 6-1, 6-3
Megan Davies (WSU) def. Aya El Sayed (CU) 6-1, 6-3
Elys Ventura (CU) def. Sophie Zehender (WYO) 7-5, 6-4
Round of 16
Elys Ventura (CU) def. Maud Vandeputte (NM) 6-4, 7-5
Quarterfinals
Marcela Lopez (UT) def. Elys Ventura (CU) 6-3, 6-0
Extra Matches
Betina Tokac (CU) def. Sarah Weekly (CSU) 6-3, 6-3
Zeynep Ozturk (USU) def. Pia Rebec (CU) 7-5, 3-6, 10-8
Aya El Sayed (CU) def. Jacque Dunyon (BYU) 3-6, 6-2, 10-8
Mila Stanojevic (CU) def. Petrycja Niewiadomska (NAU) 6-2, 6-3
Elys Ventura (CU) def. Anastasia Simonov (DU) 6-3, 7-6(4)
Yuhan Liu (UT) def. Betina Tokac (CU) 7-5, 7-5
Mila Stanojevic (CU) def. Zeynep Ozturk (USU) 7-6(3), 6-4
Aya El Sayed (CU) def. Kendall Kovick (BYU) 7-6(2), 6-3
Pia Rebec (CU) def. Karen Ana Guadiana (NAU) 7-6(1), 6-7(3), 14-12
Serina Abriola (WYO) def. Anya Nelson (CU) 6-3, 4-6, 10-6
Carri Hayes (CU) def. Niyati Kukreti (USU) 6-4, 7-6(4)

Flight B
Round of 64
Ellen Puzak (CU) def. Dylan Lolotie (WSU) 6-4, 7-5
Anya Nelson (CU) def. Natsuki Nishimura (NMS) 6-0, 7-5
Carri Hayes (CU) def. Kylie Kezos (DSU) 6-3, 6-2
Round of 32
Ellen Puzak (CU) def. Isabella Pitchford (UT) 6-2, 6-3
Anya Nelson (CU) def. Sarka Richterova (CSU) 6-4, 7-6(4)
Hailey Murphy (MT) def. Carri Hayes (CU) 7-6(5), 6-4
Round of 16
Claudia Martinez de Velasco (DU) def. Ellen Puzak (CU) 6-3, 6-1
Indya Nespor (USU) def. Anya Nelson (CU) 6-2, 6-2
Extra Matches
Kenadee Semenik (WSU) def. Ellen Puzak (CU) 6-2, 7-5
Anya Nelson (CU) def. Sydney Schnell (WSU) 6-4, 4-6, 10-6

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Players Mentioned

Aya El Sayed

Carri Hayes

Anya Nelson

Ellen Puzak

Pia Rebec

Mila Stanojevic

Betina Tokac

Elys Ventura