Buffaloes End Singles Play at the ITA All-American Championships

WACO, TEXAS & CARY, N.C. – Two Colorado Buffaloes, Aya El Sayed and Mila Stanojevic, fell in the prequalifying round of 32 at the ITA All-American Championships this Sunday in Cary, North Carolina.
An early start to the day was kind to the Buffs, culminating in two wins to start the day. El Sayed got the action going with her straight set win over Stetson's Katsiaryna Tuliakova, 6-3, 6-4. To keep the wins going, Stanojevic downed Sophia Webster of Vanderbilt, taking the first set with ease, 6-0. Webster captured the second round to continue the competition, but Stanojevic finished it with a 6-1 win in the last set to clinch the match.

El Sayed and Stanojevic are the first student-athletes for the Buffs to earn first and second round victories at the ITA All-American Championships since 2016.

After a short break the duo retook the courts, this time to less favorable outcomes. Stanojevic fell to UCLA's Olivia Center 6-4, 7-5. In the second set she had an opportunity to force a third and final set up 5-4, before Center rattled off three games to advance.

For El Sayed, she took the first set 6-4 against N.C. State's Gabia Paskauskas, but couldn't finish another set. Paskauskas took the next two set's 6-2, 6-4 to knock El Sayed out of the singles tournament.

At Baylor, five student athletes fell in their last matches at the invitational. Rebec, Alexin, Gretsch, Tokac, and Nelson finished their weekend of competition, with three of the five earning a victory on the weekend.

Up Next
The Buffs will stay in Cary, North Carolina at the ITA All-American Championships, but the focus will shift to doubles. El Sayed and Rebec will begin the doubles tornament on September 25.

RESULTS
WACO
Singles
Nithesa Selvaraj (Rice) def. Pia Rebec (CU) 6-1, 6-2
Saara Orav (Rice) def. Lera Alexin (CU) 3-6, 6-4 (10-8)
Nanaka Sato (BU) def. Willow Gretsch (CU) 6-1, 6-1
Danielle Tuhten (UA) def. Betina Tokac (CU) 6-3, 1-6, 6-4
Gabriela Cortes (UH) def. Anya Nelson (CU) 6-4, 7-5

CARY
Singles
Mila Stanojevic (CU) def. Sophia Webster (VB) 6-0, 4-6, 6-1
Aya El Sayed (CU) def. Katsia Tuliakova (ST) 6-3, 6-4
Olivia Center (UCLA) def. Mila Stanojevic (CU) 6-4, 7-5
Gabia Paskauskas (NCST) def. Aya El Sayed (CU) 4-6, 6-2, 6-4

Buffaloes End Singles Play at the ITA All-American Championships

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Players Mentioned

Lera Alexin

Aya El Sayed

Willow Gretsch

Anya Nelson

Pia Rebec

Mila Stanojevic

Betina Tokac