UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO ATHLETICS
HILTON HEAD, SC – The University at Buffalo women’s tennis team had little trouble getting past South Carolina State on Monday afternoon as the Bulls swept their contest 7-0 in Hilton Head, SC. UB improves to 7-3 with the win.
The Bulls won all three doubles matches, dropping just three games collectively. At first doubles, Chantal Martinez Blanco and Lolade Ogungbesan won 6-1, while Tanja Stojanovska and Anna Savchenko won at second doubles, 6-2. The Bulls then shutout their opponent at third doubles as Emel Abibula and Arianna Paules Aldrey won, 6-0.
Buffalo then went on to win all six singles matches in straight sets. Martinez Blanco won at first singles, 6-1, 7-5, while Ogungbesan swept her match at two, 6-0, 6-0. Abibula also swept her match at three, 6-0, 6-0, while junior Sanjana Sudhir won at four, 6-2, 6-4. Aldrey picked up a 6-1, 6-1 decision at five and Savchenko won at six, 6-1, 6-2.
The Bulls have now won four straight matches as they return home this Friday to begin Mid-American Conference action. The Bulls will open with Toledo on Friday afternoon at 1:00 pm at the Miller Tennis Center.
Doubles
- Chantal Martinez-Blanco/Lolade Ogungbesan (UB) def. Andjela Mihajlovic/A. Sredojevic (SCST), 6-1
- Tanja Stojanovska/Anna Savchenko (UB) def. Andjela Vasic/Z. Bondahhou (SCST), 6-2
- Emel Abibula/Arianna Paules Aldrey (UB) def. Claudia Roca/Smaranda Petreanu (SCST), 6-0
Singles
- Chantal Martinez Blanco (UB) def. Andjela Mihajlovic (SCST), 6-1, 7-5
- Lolade Ogungbesan (UB) def. Andjela Vasic (SCST), 6-0, 6-0
- Emel Abibula (UB) def. A. Sredojevic (SCST), 6-0, 6-0
- Sanjana Sudhir (UB) def. Z. Bondahhou (SCST), 6-2, 6-4
- Arianna Paules Aldrey (UB) def. Claudia Roca (SCST), 6-1, 6-1
- Anna Savchenko (UB) def. Smaranda Petreanu (SCST), 6-1, 6-2
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