Recaps courtesy of Athletic Communications Departments

Buffalo Bulls
BINGHAMTON, NY – The University at Buffalo women's tennis team opened the 2026-27 season at the Carousel Classic, hosted by Binghamton University, this weekend.

In Friday's doubles action, Sofia Zagumennova and Annabelle Ganescu cruised to a 6-0 victory over Binghamton's Popescu/Jaros 6-0 and before beating another Bearcat duo in Wilson/Walia 6-2. The duo of Sarah Hartel and Julia Laspro also picked up a pair of wins on day one, defeating Binghamton's Walia/Jaros 6-1 before taking down Colgate's Bohan/Rothwell 6-1. Blanca Berges and Liv Roestel split a pair of matches, defeating Colgate's Cristobal/Mastre 6-4 before falling to Binghamton's Khandare/McLean, and Maria Glowacka and Aleksandra Kachuskina did the same, defeating the Montero sisters of Colgate 7-5 before dropping a contest to Binghamton.

On Saturday, Berges and Roestel continued their strong play, defeating the Montero sisters of Colgate 7-5 while Hartel and Laspro also picked up a win over Colgate.

The Bulls then swept singles action to close the weekend as they went 8-0 as a team. Laspro defeated Binghamton's Michelle Rosenblit 6-2, 6-2, Kachuskina defeated Binghamton's Sophie Popescu 6-2, 6-1, Glowacka beat Colgate's Rothwell 6-1, 6-4 and Hartel earned a hard-fought win over Colgate's Sophia Kurinets 7-6(3), 6-1. Roestel defeated Colgate's Jolie Mastre 6-2, 6-4, Berges cruised to a 6-2, 6-0 win over Colgate's Vivian Hall, Ganescu defeated Colgate's Avery Isaac and Zagumennova rounded out the scoring for UB with a win of her own over Colgate's Gigi Bohan.

Up next, Buffalo will return to action at the WNY Invite, hosted by St. Bonaventure, on Friday, October 9.    


Western Michigan Broncos
HOLLAND, Mich. -- The Western Michigan women's tennis team racked up the wins at the Hope College Invitational over the weekend. 

SINGLES
Freshman Pei Chi Ho picked up an 8-1 win over Shannon Dudy from St. Marys and then defeated Gabriela Rocker from Hope, 8-4, to advance of the Singles A Draw Finals. Ho met fellow freshman Mahika Khanna in the Finals. Khanna advanced after an 8-5 win over Ryan Morrey from Calvin and an 8-3 win over Victoria Herrington from Spring Arbor. Ho got the best of her classmate 6-2, 6-2, in the finals. 

Two Broncos more Broncos met in finals of the Singles B Draw. Ella Fitcher picked up wins (8-2) over SMC's Anna Gardner and CC's Sabrina Lopez (8-1). Julia Hostakova earned wins over SAU's Dayra Novella (8-1) and HC's Sophia Grzesiak (8-2) to earn her showdown with Fitcher. Fitcher prevailed in the finals 7-6 (7-4), 6-3).

Singles Draw C saw Daniela Richardson win in the finals over Hope's Anna Kolb 6-2, 6-1. To get there, she defeated Addy Wilkinson from St. Marys (8-0) and Ana Ornellas from Calvin (8-2). Nearly making the finals was Xintong Jiang, who earned an 8-5 win over Liliana Salas Bejarano before falling in the semifinals to Hope's Ana Kolb.

DOUBLES
It was an all-Bronco final in the Doubles A Draw. Ho and Fitcher worked their way to the finals with wins over the duo of Dudy and Pischalko from St. Marys (6-0), and Rocker and Grzesiak from Hope (6-1). Khanna and Hostokova teamed up and made it to the finals after victories against Herrington and Dean from Spring Arber (6-1) and Morrey and Grissom from Calvin (6-0). Ho and Fitcher got the best of Khanna and Hostokova, 8-3.

The duo of Richardson and Jiang made it to the finals of the Doubles B Draw, falling to Novella and Salas Bejarana from SAU, 8-2. 

The Broncos are back in action on Friday and Saturday, hosting the annual Betsy Kuhle Invitational at Sorensen Courts. Admission is free.