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Colorado Sweeps Opening Round of ITA Regional Championship
October 23, 2019 | Tennis
LAS VEGAS – Colorado tennis kicked off the 2019 Intercollegiate Mountain Regional Championships Wednesday with a clean sweep of five singles wins and a doubles win to advance everyone to the next round.
Freshmen Antonia Balzert and Maria Campos started things off in strong fashion, sweeping the duo of Sachica and Daniels from UTEP by a score of 8-0. Sara Nayar and Monica Malinen earned the No.1 seed for the women's doubles tournament and were the only team to earn a bye in the first round, giving CU two teams in the round of 32 Thursday.
In the singles first round, No.65 Nayar earned the fourth seed while teammate Malinen earned the seventh seed in the tournament. All five Buffaloes picked up first-round wins with four taking their win in two sets. Nayar took down Nadeen Lieberman of Air Force with a 6-4 opening set victory then surrendered a close 7-5 second set. In the third, Nayar was in command with a 6-3 win to advance to the next round.
The other four matches went CU's way in consecutive sets and only one needing a tiebreaker. Undefeated freshman Campos continued on her hot streak with a 6-2 opening set against Kate Cusick of BYU and then had a close 7-6(3) victory in the second. Malinen picked up her first singles win of the season against Emily Luetschwager of CSU with a 6-4, 6-3 match. Balzert had a dominating performance against Erandi Martinez of UTEP with a 6-3 opening set and a 6-1 closing set.
The lone Buff on the bottom half of the 128-person tournament is Sophia Derivan who destroyed the competition in the first round winning 6-2, 6-0 against Sanna Chhabra of Northern Colorado.
All of the Buffs are back in action Thursday in the round of 64 for singles and round of 32 in doubles.
RESULTS
DOUBLES
Round of 64 Balzert/Campos (COLO) def. Sachica/Daniels (UTEP) 8-0
Round of 64 #53 Malinen/Nayar, BYE (Number 1 seed)
SINGLES
Round One #65 Sara Nayar (COLO) def. Nadeen Lieberman (AFA) 6-4, 5-7, 6-3
Round One Monica Malinen (COLO) def. Emily Luetschwager (CSU)6-4, 6-3
Round One Antonia Balzert (COLO) def. Erandi Martinez (UTEP) 6-3, 6-1
Round One Maria Campos (COLO) def. Kate Cusick (BYU) 6-2, 7-6(3)
Round One Sophia Derivan (COLO) def. Sanna Chhabra (UNC) 6-2, 6-0
Freshmen Antonia Balzert and Maria Campos started things off in strong fashion, sweeping the duo of Sachica and Daniels from UTEP by a score of 8-0. Sara Nayar and Monica Malinen earned the No.1 seed for the women's doubles tournament and were the only team to earn a bye in the first round, giving CU two teams in the round of 32 Thursday.
In the singles first round, No.65 Nayar earned the fourth seed while teammate Malinen earned the seventh seed in the tournament. All five Buffaloes picked up first-round wins with four taking their win in two sets. Nayar took down Nadeen Lieberman of Air Force with a 6-4 opening set victory then surrendered a close 7-5 second set. In the third, Nayar was in command with a 6-3 win to advance to the next round.
The other four matches went CU's way in consecutive sets and only one needing a tiebreaker. Undefeated freshman Campos continued on her hot streak with a 6-2 opening set against Kate Cusick of BYU and then had a close 7-6(3) victory in the second. Malinen picked up her first singles win of the season against Emily Luetschwager of CSU with a 6-4, 6-3 match. Balzert had a dominating performance against Erandi Martinez of UTEP with a 6-3 opening set and a 6-1 closing set.
The lone Buff on the bottom half of the 128-person tournament is Sophia Derivan who destroyed the competition in the first round winning 6-2, 6-0 against Sanna Chhabra of Northern Colorado.
All of the Buffs are back in action Thursday in the round of 64 for singles and round of 32 in doubles.
RESULTS
DOUBLES
Round of 64 Balzert/Campos (COLO) def. Sachica/Daniels (UTEP) 8-0
Round of 64 #53 Malinen/Nayar, BYE (Number 1 seed)
SINGLES
Round One #65 Sara Nayar (COLO) def. Nadeen Lieberman (AFA) 6-4, 5-7, 6-3
Round One Monica Malinen (COLO) def. Emily Luetschwager (CSU)6-4, 6-3
Round One Antonia Balzert (COLO) def. Erandi Martinez (UTEP) 6-3, 6-1
Round One Maria Campos (COLO) def. Kate Cusick (BYU) 6-2, 7-6(3)
Round One Sophia Derivan (COLO) def. Sanna Chhabra (UNC) 6-2, 6-0
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