Thursday, March 6
Provo, UT
12 p.m.
Colorado
at
#73 BYU
Photo by: Lexi Hartmann
Buffs Look to Bounce Back in Utah
March 05, 2025 | Tennis
BOULDER – Colorado goes back on the road for two matches against BYU and Utah as the Buffaloes search for its first Big 12 win in almost 15 years.
After a tough weekend back in Boulder, where Colorado (6-4, 0-2 Big 12) lost its two opening matches, will look to bounce back in the second week of conference play. They will take on No. 73 BYU on Thursday at 12:00 p.m. and Utah at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday.
"We're looking to bounce back," head coach Anthony Pham expressed. "Both BYU and Utah are good teams, and at this point, we're going to continue to control what we can control. That's what we preach to the team. We're going to keep going out there, battling, and putting ourselves in the position to have success."
The Buffs were without graduate student Aya El Sayed against Kansas and were forced to experiment with new lineup combinations in both doubles and singles. Different lineups have been nothing new this season, as they have taken the doubles point in the last five matches, playing with five different pairings.
"The great thing about this group is, we know we have depth," Pham said. "We feel confident in everyone we put out there. We've been doing a good job in doubles executing and getting that point. Now it's just a matter of us finding ways to get to four points in singles."
With each loss this season, the Buffs have had opportunities to flip the script, and as Pham has said, it will come down to a few points that will decide the match. In the four losses, Colorado has dropped 10 individual matches in the third set and went 2-5 in sets that went to a tiebreaker.
Pham is confident his team is doing all the right things and will find a way to put it all together.
"It's just a matter of finding ways to get the job done on that particular day," Pham said. "We've seen that in our four losses, it comes down to a handful of points. It's just continuing to put ourselves in the right position and trusting ourselves. Keep trying to do the right things because when you do the right things over and over again, success follows you."
Colorado will look for success starting against No. 73 BYU. After beginning the matchup, historically losing 20 straight matches, the Buffs have won the last three. Including a 4-3 win back in 2023 with wins by El Sayed and Mila Stanojevic.
The Buffs will play former Pac-12 foe Utah on Saturday. The Utes lead the all-time series 23-14, including the last four matches. Colorado will look to win its first match in Salt Lake City since 2000.
Although they haven't played together since February 8, Ema Bubalo and Anya Nelson have moved up to No. 19 in this week's ITA doubles ranking. That is the highest in-season ranking for a doubles duo or singles player since Kathleen Cummings ranked ninth in the final ranking of 1982.
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After a tough weekend back in Boulder, where Colorado (6-4, 0-2 Big 12) lost its two opening matches, will look to bounce back in the second week of conference play. They will take on No. 73 BYU on Thursday at 12:00 p.m. and Utah at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday.
"We're looking to bounce back," head coach Anthony Pham expressed. "Both BYU and Utah are good teams, and at this point, we're going to continue to control what we can control. That's what we preach to the team. We're going to keep going out there, battling, and putting ourselves in the position to have success."
The Buffs were without graduate student Aya El Sayed against Kansas and were forced to experiment with new lineup combinations in both doubles and singles. Different lineups have been nothing new this season, as they have taken the doubles point in the last five matches, playing with five different pairings.
"The great thing about this group is, we know we have depth," Pham said. "We feel confident in everyone we put out there. We've been doing a good job in doubles executing and getting that point. Now it's just a matter of us finding ways to get to four points in singles."
With each loss this season, the Buffs have had opportunities to flip the script, and as Pham has said, it will come down to a few points that will decide the match. In the four losses, Colorado has dropped 10 individual matches in the third set and went 2-5 in sets that went to a tiebreaker.
Pham is confident his team is doing all the right things and will find a way to put it all together.
"It's just a matter of finding ways to get the job done on that particular day," Pham said. "We've seen that in our four losses, it comes down to a handful of points. It's just continuing to put ourselves in the right position and trusting ourselves. Keep trying to do the right things because when you do the right things over and over again, success follows you."
Colorado will look for success starting against No. 73 BYU. After beginning the matchup, historically losing 20 straight matches, the Buffs have won the last three. Including a 4-3 win back in 2023 with wins by El Sayed and Mila Stanojevic.
The Buffs will play former Pac-12 foe Utah on Saturday. The Utes lead the all-time series 23-14, including the last four matches. Colorado will look to win its first match in Salt Lake City since 2000.
Although they haven't played together since February 8, Ema Bubalo and Anya Nelson have moved up to No. 19 in this week's ITA doubles ranking. That is the highest in-season ranking for a doubles duo or singles player since Kathleen Cummings ranked ninth in the final ranking of 1982.
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