Friday, October 10
Provo, Utah
Colorado
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Day 4
Buffs Finish Regional Competition
October 10, 2025 | Tennis
Colorado Closes Competition with seven singles victories
PROVO, Utah – The Colorado Buffalo women's tennis team will finish up its week of competition at the ITA Mountain Regional Championship this Friday, highlighting a dominant doubles team in the semifinals.
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With seven Buffaloes onto backside competition, Rixt van der Werff and Lera Alexin continued their play in the semifinals but fell short of reaching the first-place match. The pair faced Levelston and Kovick of BYU, falling short in two sets to the Cougars, 6-2, 6-1.
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Despite falling short in the semifinals, the Buffs came back in extra singles matches to dominate, winning seven of their nine singles matches; five of those matches were straight set victories, with the remaining two being tiebreakers.
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Heidi Crncan faced Jessica Matthews of Indiana, taking the first set, 6-4, and falling short in the second. In the tiebreaker, Crncan came back, 10-7, to capture the win. Yukiko Ikedo held a similar outcome, winning her first set against Nutsa Tsinsadze, 7-6, with a 9-7 tiebreaker. With Tsinsadze taking the second, 6-2, Ikedo came back to also take a 10-7 tiebreaker win.
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Up Next
The Buffs will continue the fall slate after another two week pause, returning October 24-26th for the Pioneer Hidden Duals in Denver.
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Results
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Doubles
SF
Levelston/Kovick (BYU) def. Van der Werff/Alexin (CU), 6-2, 6-1
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Singles
Extra Matches
Natalie Cincova (DU) def. Lera Alexin (CU), 6-1, 6-2
Rixt van der Werff (CU) def. Yunfei Cai (DU), 6-4, 6-4
Heidi Crncan (CU) def. Jessica Matthews (UI), 6-4, 4-6, 10-7
Hanna Koprowska (UI) def. Willow Gretsch (CU), 6-2, 6-2
Anya Nelson (CU) def. Mariana Zurita Berdecio (UT), 6-1, 6-3
Yukiko Ikedo (CU) def. Nutsa Tsinsadze (UT), 7-6 (9-7), 2-6, 10-7
Ema Bubalo (CU) def. Yu-Yun Chen, 6-4, 6-3
Pia Rebec (CU) def. Bella Lewis (BYU), 6-2, 6-3
Lani Brotman (CU) def. Karina Mohamed (BYU), 6-3, 6-2
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With seven Buffaloes onto backside competition, Rixt van der Werff and Lera Alexin continued their play in the semifinals but fell short of reaching the first-place match. The pair faced Levelston and Kovick of BYU, falling short in two sets to the Cougars, 6-2, 6-1.
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Despite falling short in the semifinals, the Buffs came back in extra singles matches to dominate, winning seven of their nine singles matches; five of those matches were straight set victories, with the remaining two being tiebreakers.
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Heidi Crncan faced Jessica Matthews of Indiana, taking the first set, 6-4, and falling short in the second. In the tiebreaker, Crncan came back, 10-7, to capture the win. Yukiko Ikedo held a similar outcome, winning her first set against Nutsa Tsinsadze, 7-6, with a 9-7 tiebreaker. With Tsinsadze taking the second, 6-2, Ikedo came back to also take a 10-7 tiebreaker win.
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Up Next
The Buffs will continue the fall slate after another two week pause, returning October 24-26th for the Pioneer Hidden Duals in Denver.
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Results
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Doubles
SF
Levelston/Kovick (BYU) def. Van der Werff/Alexin (CU), 6-2, 6-1
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Singles
Extra Matches
Natalie Cincova (DU) def. Lera Alexin (CU), 6-1, 6-2
Rixt van der Werff (CU) def. Yunfei Cai (DU), 6-4, 6-4
Heidi Crncan (CU) def. Jessica Matthews (UI), 6-4, 4-6, 10-7
Hanna Koprowska (UI) def. Willow Gretsch (CU), 6-2, 6-2
Anya Nelson (CU) def. Mariana Zurita Berdecio (UT), 6-1, 6-3
Yukiko Ikedo (CU) def. Nutsa Tsinsadze (UT), 7-6 (9-7), 2-6, 10-7
Ema Bubalo (CU) def. Yu-Yun Chen, 6-4, 6-3
Pia Rebec (CU) def. Bella Lewis (BYU), 6-2, 6-3
Lani Brotman (CU) def. Karina Mohamed (BYU), 6-3, 6-2
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