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Tennis Tops No. 38 UNLV, 4-3
January 31, 2009 | Tennis
PALO ALTO, Calif. ? Junior Camila Belassi clinched the University of Colorado tennis team's 4-3 come-from-behind victory over the UNLV Rebels, Saturday afternoon.
More than a few occasions in her match, Belassi rallied from a set down, then rallied in the final set from a 5-2 deficit, then subsequently won her final match in a tie-breaker, 7-4.
The exciting team victory improves CU's record to 3-2, while UNLV drops to 3-2.
“I think it was an incredible effort, we were down 3-0 and we got back to three-all,” said CU head coach Nicole Kenneally. “A tremendous effort all around, it is tough to come back against a good team like UNLV but the effort and fight that the girls put out was great, I was very pleased with how the girls fought.”
The Buffs couldn't secure the doubles point as UNLV's Kristina Nedeltcheva and Katy Williams took an 8-5 victory over Belassi and Melisa Esposito. UNLV followed with Alisa Razina and Anna Maskaljun's win over Franziska Jendrian and Ania Anuszkiewicz, 8-6 at No. 2.
In singles play, the Buffs found themselves trailing 3-0 after falling at the No.1 and No. 5 singles positions.
Sophomore Abbie Probert started the winning momentum with her victory over Maskaljun, while Jendrian took a 6-4, 6-2 winner against Katy Williams for her 77th career singles victory. Jendrian's victory moves her into a seventh place tie with Karen Myers (1985-89).
Freshman Michala Hedelund Jensen evened the match at 3-3 after defeating Rumyana Terzieva, 6-4, 6-4 at the No. 6 slot setting up Belassi's heroics at No. 2 defeating Nikol Dimitrova for her 47th career singles victory.
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1d) Nedeltcheva/Williams (UNLV) d. Esposito/Belassi, 8-5
2d) Alisa Razina/Maskaljun (UNLV) d. Jendrian/Anuszkiewicz 8-6
3d) Hidvegi/Dimitrova (UNLV) vs. Probert/Hedelund-Jensen (match stopped at 6-5 UNLV)
Order of Finish: 1, 2
1s) Kristina Nedeltcheva (UNLV) def. Melisa Esposito 6-1, 6-4
2s) Camila Belassi (CU) def. Nikol Dimitrova 5-7, 6-2, 7-6(4)
3s) Franziska Jendrian (CU) def. Katy Williams 6-4, 6-2
4s) Abbie Probert (CU) def. Anna Maskaljun 6-4, 6-3
5s) Adrienn Hidvegi (UNLV) def. Ania Anuszkiewicz 6-4, 6-4
6s) Michala Hedelund Jensen (CU) def. Rumyana Terzieva 6-4, 6-4
Order of Finish: 5, 1, 4, 3, 6, 2*
* denotes clinching match
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