Toledo Falls to Buffalo 6-1

April 9, 2006

Buffalo, NY - The Toledo women's tennis team lost 6-1 to Buffalo on Saturday at Village Glen Tennis Center. The loss was just the second of the year in the Mid-American Conference for the Rockets (3-2) and their first MAC loss on the road. The Rockets scored their only point by winning the doubles competition.

The Rockets got off to a good start by winning the doubles point, but were unable to take any of the singles matches. Myriam Cueva and Eunice Paravicini remained unbeaten in MAC play with an 8-3 win at first doubles, while Jenny Belsky and Viviana Rivero picked up an 8-5 victory at the second flight.

Two singles matches went the distance of three sets, but the Rockets could not capture any. Jenny Belsky lost at fourth singles (7-6 (4), 4-6, 1-0 (10-6)) and after winning the first set, Sarah Horning lost 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 at fifth singles.

Toledo will play its first match at the newly renovated UT Varsity Courts on Friday when it hosts Bowling Green at 1 p.m.

Buffalo 6, Toledo 1

Singles

1 Andreea Novaceanu (UB) d. Myriam Cueva (UT), 6-4, 7-5

2 Miglena Nenova (UB) d. Eunice Paravicini (UT), 6-3, 7-5

3 Natalie Dean (UB) d. Viviana Rivero (UT), 6-3, 6-1

4 Katrin Fischer (UB) d. Jenny Belsky (UT), 7-6 (4), 6-4, 1-0 (10-6)

5 Smaranda Stan (UB) d. Sarah Horning (UT), 4-6, 6-4, 6-2

6 Tina Jacob (UB) d. Sarah VanderMolen (UT), 7-6 (3), 6-0

Order of finish: 3 1 2 6 5 4

Doubles

1. Cueva/Paravicini d. Novaceanu/Jacob 8-3

2 Belsky/Rivero (UT) d. Kristen Ortman/Nenova (UB),8-5

3 Dean/Fischer (UB) d. Horning/VanderMolen (UT), 8-5

Order of finish: 3 2 1

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