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Buffs Finish At Northwestern Tournament
January 12, 2025 | Tennis
EVANSTON, Ill. -The Colorado Buffaloes tennis team wrapped up the first weekend of the 2025 season at the Northwestern Tournament Sunday morning at the Combe Tennis Center.
Colorado didn't waste any time seeing how its team stacked up against the best in the country. The final two days of the Northwestern Tournament the Buffs took the court against host Northwestern yesterday, and Notre Dame today. Both teams made the NCAA Tournament a year ago.
Against the Fighting Irish in the tournament's conclusion, the Buffs won five of the nine matches.
Starting the day in doubles the Buffs came out strong winning two of three which would have clinched the doubles point in a live match. The first to win was No. 21 ranked Ema Bubalo and Anya Nelson, taking down Notre Dame's Carrie Beckman and Bojana Pozder 6-4. The duo won all three doubles matches this weekend, the Buff doubles team to do so.
Aya El Sayed and Mila Stanojevic would have clinched the doubles point against Akari Matsuno and Bianca Molnar. A tightly contested match ended 7-5 in the Buff's favor.
In singles for the second consecutive day, the Buffs split winning three matches, the first of which came from Betina Tokac. After losing her match a day prior, Tokac came out and stamped a 6-4, 6-4 against Nibi Ghosh.
After a few matches went to the Fighting Irish, the Buffs claimed the final two matches of the day starting with Bubalo who had to fight for every point against Carrie Beckman. Despite a straight set win it came down to a tiebreaker in each set. The first set tiebreaker ended in a 7-6 (8) for Bubalo. With the second set in the same situation, Bubalo again came out on top with a 7-6 (1) victory.
The final match of the weekend was capped off by freshman Lera Alexin in what would have been the clinching point in a live match. After taking the first set 6-4, Nibi Ghosh tied it up with a 6-3 second set win. All coming down to the third set, another tiebreaker was needed to settle the score. After going back and forth, Alexin scored the final point to win 7-6 (7) in what would have clinched the match for the Buffs.
"I thought our team continued to take some positive steps forward this weekend," head coach Anthony Pham said on the weekend. "Playing 3 good matches, this early will pay dividends for our squad down the road. Our focus will continue to improve each day and prepare for Air Force and Denver next weekend."
Up Next
The Buffs will return to Colorado and take a quick trip to Colorado Springs to take on Air Force on Jan. 17 at 5 p.m. at the AFA Tennis Courts.
Results
Doubles
Aya El Sayed/Mila Stanojevic (CU) def. Akari Matsuno/Bianca Molnar (ND) 7-5
Ema Bubalo/Anya Nelson (CU) def. Carrie Beckman/Bojana Pozder (ND) 6-4
Nibi Ghosh/Rylie Hanford (ND) def. Lera Alexin/Pia Rebec (CU) 6-4
Singles
Lera Alexin (CU) def. Bianca Molnar (ND) 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7)
Ema Bubalo (CU) def. Carrie Beckman (ND) 7-6 (8), 7-6 (1)
Bojana Pozder (ND) def. Mila Stanojevic (CU) 6-4, 6-3
Akari Matsuno (ND) def. Aya El Sayed (CU) 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
Betina Tokac (CU) def. Nibi Ghosh (ND) 6-4, 6-4
Rylie Hanford (ND) def. Pia Rebec (CU) 7-5, 6-4
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Colorado didn't waste any time seeing how its team stacked up against the best in the country. The final two days of the Northwestern Tournament the Buffs took the court against host Northwestern yesterday, and Notre Dame today. Both teams made the NCAA Tournament a year ago.
Against the Fighting Irish in the tournament's conclusion, the Buffs won five of the nine matches.
Starting the day in doubles the Buffs came out strong winning two of three which would have clinched the doubles point in a live match. The first to win was No. 21 ranked Ema Bubalo and Anya Nelson, taking down Notre Dame's Carrie Beckman and Bojana Pozder 6-4. The duo won all three doubles matches this weekend, the Buff doubles team to do so.
Aya El Sayed and Mila Stanojevic would have clinched the doubles point against Akari Matsuno and Bianca Molnar. A tightly contested match ended 7-5 in the Buff's favor.
In singles for the second consecutive day, the Buffs split winning three matches, the first of which came from Betina Tokac. After losing her match a day prior, Tokac came out and stamped a 6-4, 6-4 against Nibi Ghosh.
After a few matches went to the Fighting Irish, the Buffs claimed the final two matches of the day starting with Bubalo who had to fight for every point against Carrie Beckman. Despite a straight set win it came down to a tiebreaker in each set. The first set tiebreaker ended in a 7-6 (8) for Bubalo. With the second set in the same situation, Bubalo again came out on top with a 7-6 (1) victory.
The final match of the weekend was capped off by freshman Lera Alexin in what would have been the clinching point in a live match. After taking the first set 6-4, Nibi Ghosh tied it up with a 6-3 second set win. All coming down to the third set, another tiebreaker was needed to settle the score. After going back and forth, Alexin scored the final point to win 7-6 (7) in what would have clinched the match for the Buffs.
"I thought our team continued to take some positive steps forward this weekend," head coach Anthony Pham said on the weekend. "Playing 3 good matches, this early will pay dividends for our squad down the road. Our focus will continue to improve each day and prepare for Air Force and Denver next weekend."
Up Next
The Buffs will return to Colorado and take a quick trip to Colorado Springs to take on Air Force on Jan. 17 at 5 p.m. at the AFA Tennis Courts.
Results
Doubles
Aya El Sayed/Mila Stanojevic (CU) def. Akari Matsuno/Bianca Molnar (ND) 7-5
Ema Bubalo/Anya Nelson (CU) def. Carrie Beckman/Bojana Pozder (ND) 6-4
Nibi Ghosh/Rylie Hanford (ND) def. Lera Alexin/Pia Rebec (CU) 6-4
Singles
Lera Alexin (CU) def. Bianca Molnar (ND) 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7)
Ema Bubalo (CU) def. Carrie Beckman (ND) 7-6 (8), 7-6 (1)
Bojana Pozder (ND) def. Mila Stanojevic (CU) 6-4, 6-3
Akari Matsuno (ND) def. Aya El Sayed (CU) 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
Betina Tokac (CU) def. Nibi Ghosh (ND) 6-4, 6-4
Rylie Hanford (ND) def. Pia Rebec (CU) 7-5, 6-4
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