Colorado University Athletics
Tennis Hosts a Pair this Weekend
CU will play the Wildcats on Friday at 2 p.m., and the Jayhawks on Sunday at 11 a.m.
Live scoring on the front Colorado twitter web page will be available.
The Buffs ended a five-match skid defeating Missouri last Saturday at the Harvest House improving to 8-8 overall and picking up its first conference victory in five matches. K-State is 5-8 and 2-3 in the Big 12, brings a two-match winning streak into the match. KU is 9-8 and 1-4 in the conference.
The two home matches may feature history in the making as senior Monica Milewski looks to etch her name atop of two school records. With one more victory either on the singles or doubles court, Milewski will become the all-time leader of combined singles and doubles wins. She is currently tied with May 2009 graduate Franziska Jendrian, who accomplished the honor last year with 161 victories.
Milewski's next doubles win also breaks the school record held by Jendrian's 76 victories.
The Buffaloes also enter the weekend with a pair of ranked singles and doubles players in the latest Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) polls. Milewski and senior Melisa Esposito are ranked No. 95 and No. 124 (out of 125), respectively. Among the top-80 doubles teams, Esposito/Camila Belassi are No. 51, and Milewski/Ania Anuszkiewicz are No. 72.
Milewski has 20 singles victories for the year for the second time in her career, and has won eight of nine singles matches. She remains unbeaten in Big 12 play with a 3-0 mark. Esposito has won three of four matches, and seven of her last 10. In doubles, Belassi/Esposito won its last four in a row (13 overall) before Belassi sustained a season-ending ACL injury. Anuszkiewicz and Milewski have tallied 13 doubles triumphs and have won eight of their last nine matches.
COLORADO MATCH NOTES
- Melisa Esposito and Monica Milewski each have won a team-best 10 spring singles matches.
- Friday's match is the second of three-straight home matches, a school-first since the 2003 spring season when CU played three consecutive April matches against conference opponents.
- Melisa Esposito stands in third place with 26 Big 12 Conference doubles victories. In singles, she currently has 25 conference wins, good enough for fifth overall.
- Teaming with Melisa Esposito at No. 3 doubles in the doubles sweep over Mizzou last Saturday, sophomore Madie Kern recorded her first collegiate spring win.
- Monica Milewski has tied Franziska Jendrian for the most wins ever by a CU women's tennis player (161 victories). Melisa Esposito is No. 3 on the list with 152.
- Monica Milewski doubles win last Saturday against Mizzou ties her with Franziska Jendrian for the most doubles victories in school history (76). Melisa Esposito stands in third with 74.
- On the career singles wins list, Milewski is tied for fourth with 85 victories, while Esposito is ninth with 78.
- CU is 4-2 at home this season with five of those matches played indoors at the Harvest House.
- CU leads the all-time series with Kansas State, 22-10 and has won six of their last seven, including four straight. The series is tied 3-3 in Big 12 Conference matches played in Boulder.
KANSAS STATE MATCH NOTES
- K-State is 0-3 this season against ranked opponents, 2-4 on the road, and 3-2 when winning the doubles point.
- Antea Huljev and Nina Seric lead the team in wins with 13 and 12, respectively.
- For the year, the Wildcats are led by their underclassmen accumulating 46 wins by the freshmen (30) and sophomores (16). The upperclassmen have 19 wins (juniors, 12; seniors, 7).