Buffs Fall to Indiana 4-2

BOULDER – The Colorado Buffaloes Tennis team falls to 6-2 after losing to Indiana 4-2 on Sunday at the Meadows Tennis Club.

How It Happened

The Match started with a dominating 6-0 victory from Mila Stanojevic and Elys Ventura over Lauren Lemonds and Mila Mejic.
Indiana soon after got their first win of the match at No. 3 doubles from Rose Hu and Alexandra Staiculescu over Ellen Puzak and Betina Tokac 6-3.
In a tough clinching match at No. 1 doubles Lara Schneider and Saby Nihalani defeated Antonia Balzert and Aya El Sayed in a tiebreaker 7-6(1).
Going into singles Colorado tied up the match at No. 5 singles behind a 6-4, 6-3 win by Betina Tokac over Nicole Teodosescu.
Almost immediately Indiana retook the lead from a win by Saby Nihalani 6-2, 6-3 over Elys Ventura.
Indiana extended their lead to 3-1 with a straight set win at No. 3 singles by Alexandra Staiculescu over Mila Stanojevic 7-5, 6-4.
The Buffs closed the gap to 3-2 with a roller-coaster three set match at No. 4 singles with a win by Aya El Sayed over Mila Mejic 6-0, 1-6, 6-2.
To clinch the match at No. 1 singles after a thrilling second set tiebreaker Indiana's Lara Schneider defeated Antonia Balzert 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-2 to win the match for the Hoosiers.
No. 6 singles between Carri Hayes and Rose Hu was unfinished.

Notes

This was the first ever match against Indiana, series stands 1-0 Indiana.
Aya El Sayed has a four-match win streak at No. 4 singles.
Mila Stanojevic and Elys Ventura has a six-match winning streak at No. 2 doubles.

Quotes
CU Coach Anthony Pham
"Disappointed in the results, congratulations to Indiana they earned the victory today. But I thought we didn't do a very good job today of controlling the controllables. We didn't play with very good energy, and I think that was probably the most disappointing part of it. We competed in patches, but as a whole we didn't do a very good job of pushing through tense and tight moments. It's something obviously we all have to address and make sure we don't allow to happen again. Especially as we go forward and get ready for Nebraska and South Dakota."

Up Next
Next week the Buffs head to Nebraska for two matches starting with the Cornhuskers on Friday at 12:00 p.m. MST, followed by a neutral site match against South Dakota on Saturday at 10:00 a.m. MST.

Results
Indiana 4, Colorado 2
February 19, 2023
Boulder, Colo. (Meadows Tennis Club)

Doubles
1.   Saby Nihalani/Lara Schneider (IU) def. Antonia Balzert/Aya El Sayed (CU) 7-6(1)
2.   Mila Stanojevic/Elys Ventura (CU) def. Lauren Lemonds/Mila Mejic (IU) 6-0
3.   Rose Hu/Alexandra Staiculescu (IU) def. Ellen Puzak/Betina Tokac (CU) 6-3
Order of Finish: (2,3,1)

Singles
1.   Lara Schneider (IU) def. Antonia Balzert (CU) 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-2
2.   Saby Nihalani (IU) def. Elys Ventura (CU) 6-2, 6-3
3.   Alexandra Staiculescu (IU) def. Mila Stanojevic (CU) 7-5, 6-4
4.   Aya El Sayed (CU) def. Mila Mejic (IU) 6-0, 1-6, 6-1
5.   Betina Tokac (CU) def. Nicole Teodosescu (IU) 6-4, 6-3
6.   Carri Hayes (CU) vs Rose Hu (IU) 6-3, 1-0 unfinished
Order of Finish: (5,2,3,4,1)

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Team Stats

Players Mentioned

Antonia Balzert

Aya El Sayed

Carri Hayes

Ellen Puzak

Mila Stanojevic

Betina Tokac

Elys Ventura