Thursday Women's tennis results
UIC 4, Toledo 3
Buffalo 4, Colorado State 3
Northern Illinois 4, South Dakota 3
Indiana 4, Western Michigan 1
Northern Illinois 7, Sioux Falls 0
Nebraska 6, Miami 1
Recaps courtesy of Athletic Communications Departments
Buffalo 4, Colorado State 3
TUSCON, AZ – The University at Buffalo women's tennis team made a statement as they battled to a massive 4-3 win over Colorado State, on the campus of the University of Arizona, on Friday afternoon.
With the win, the Bulls remain perfect on the season, improving to 12-0 overall.
After the Rams took the first point of the match with wins at first and second doubles, the comeback began as Buffalo got on the board as
Julia Laspro was up 3-1 in the first set before her opponent retired at fourth singles. Freshman
Maria Glowacka won 6-4, 6-2 at second singles before
Esmee Andresen tied the match with a 6-4, 7-6 victory at the first position to set up freshman
Blanca Berges who clinched the match with a 4-6, 6-2, 7-5 win at fifth singles.
"So proud of the way this team competed under pressure," said head coach
Kristen Maines. "This team has done the work and the results are showing. Absolutely solid win."
Up next, Buffalo will close the trip against Arizona on Saturday at 4pm (EST).
Northern Illinois 4, South Dakota 3
Northern Illinois 7, Sioux Falls 0?
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The Northern Illinois University women's tennis team won a pair of matches in South Dakota Friday to extend its winning streak to five matches and improve to 10-2 on the 2025 dual match season. The Huskies defeated South Dakota, 4-3, in the first match of the day at the Huether Family Match Pointe before blanking Sioux Falls, 7-0, Friday afternoon.
NIU was forced to win four of the six singles matches versus South Dakota after dropping the doubles point. Freshman
Lucia Yecora started the Huskies' rally with a 6-3, 6-2 win at No. 4 singles over South Dakota's Selena Bird. The teams then split the matches at No. 1 and No. 2 singles with the Coyotes taking the win at No. 1 and NIU's
Maria Dzemeshkevich tying the score at 2-2 with a 6-4, 6-1 win.
USD took a 3-2 lead with a win at No. 5 singles before
Isabella Righi won a second-set tiebreaker, 7-2, to earn a straight set win, leaving it to NIU junior
Nataly Ninova to give the Huskies the win. Ninova eked out a 7-5 tiebreaker win to take the first set over USD's Sorcha Caves at No. 3 singles, then earned the lone service break in the match at 5-3 in the second set en route to a 6-4 win.
The Huskies had a much easier time with Sioux Falls, sweeping both the singles and doubles and not allowing the Cougars to win more than two games in a single set. Dzemeshkevich and Ninova both picked up their second singles wins of the day.
NIU next returns home to the Nelson Tennis Center at Chick Evans Field House for a pair of matches next Saturday, March 1. The Huskies will take on Bradley at 10 a.m. and face Cornell at 3 p.m. Admission is free and the general public is invited.
