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2021/22 TENNIS regular season news, results and discussion (Team ends regular season @ #54 Utah, Saturday, 4/16, Noon)

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With tennis (CU only has a women's team at the D1 level) being one of those sports that has competitions in both the fall and spring semesters, I wanted to set up a thread that, as normal, we can use to cover anything that comes up on and off the court up until the post-regular season begins with the Pac 12 Championships.(I'll give the post-season its own thread(s). Looks like those are usually in late April.) I'm starting this now as some on the team are in San Francisco for a tournament.

I'm also posting below the spring schedule so far.

Best wishes to the team in their 2021/22 seasons!

DateTimeAtOpponentLocationTVRadioResult
September 16, 2021 (Thursday)All DayBattle of the Bay ClassicSan Francisco, Calif.
September 17, 2021 (Friday)All DayBattle of the Bay ClassicSan Francisco, Calif.
September 18, 2021 (Saturday)All DayBattle of the Bay ClassicSan Francisco, Calif.
September 19, 2021 (Sunday)All DayBattle of the Bay ClassicSan Francisco, Calif.
September 24, 2021 (Friday)All DayBedford CupColorado Springs, Colo.
September 25, 2021 (Saturday)All DayBedford CupColorado Springs, Colo.
September 26, 2021 (Sunday)All DayBedford CupColorado Springs, Colo.
October 1, 2021 (Friday)All DaySt. Mary's InviteMoraga, Calif.
October 2, 2021 (Saturday)All DaySt. Mary's InviteMoraga, Calif.
October 3, 2021 (Sunday)All DaySt. Mary's InviteMoraga, Calif.
October 13, 2021 (Wednesday)All DayITA Mountain Regional ChampionshipsLas Vegas, Nev.
October 14, 2021 (Thursday)All DayITA Mountain Regional ChampionshipsLas Vegas, Nev.
October 15, 2021 (Friday)All DayITA Mountain Regional ChampionshipsLas Vegas, Nev.
October 16, 2021 (Saturday)All DayITA Mountain Regional ChampionshipsLas Vegas, Nev.
October 17, 2021 (Sunday)All DayITA Mountain Regional ChampionshipsLas Vegas, Nev.
November 5, 2021 (Friday)All DayFGCU InviteFort Myers, Fla.
November 6, 2021 (Saturday)All DayFGCU InviteFort Myers, Fla.
November 7, 2021 (Sunday)All DayFGCU InviteFort Myers, Fla.
 
The preview for the "Battle of the Bay Classic", which begins today-



Direct link - https://cubuffs.com/news/2021/9/14/tennis-colorado-opens-season-at-the-battle-in-the-bay.aspx

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BOULDER – Colorado tennis will send four student-athletes to the Battle In The Bay Classic hosted by the University of San Francisco Thursday, Sept. 16, through Sunday, Sept. 19, at the California Tennis Club.

Teams attending include USC, Pepperdine, Georgia, San Diego, VCU, Pacific, Wisconsin, Kansas and USF. All players will compete in a singles and doubles tournament for NCAA Division I ranking status. The winner of the women's event will receive a main draw wild card to the Berkeley WTA singles main draw and the Rancho Santa Fe WTA challenger singles main draw. The doubles winner may earn wild cards to women's professional tournaments but are not guaranteed.

The singles tournament is made up of 32 players sorted by UTR rankings while the doubles will have 16 teams. Colorado will send Maria Campos, Sophia Derivan, Megan Forster and Caroline Pozo to compete with Forster and Pozo as one doubles team and Campos and Derivan forming the second.

The Buffs are coming off a 9-12 season that included an upset of No.12 Cal at home. After the departure of former head coach Danielle Steinberg, former associate head coach Anthony Pham was promoted to head coach in July. The team lost a pair of athletes but added three in Pozo, Betina Tokac and Mila Stanojevic.

Forster led the team last season with 12 wins in 17 matches. Campos was second on the team with 11 wins and became the first athlete in CU history to compete and win at all six singles positions in a season. Derivan has a strong campaign with an 8-3 record but was hindered by injuries. Pozo had a 12-5 individual record last season at Northwestern and went 9-1 in doubles.

The tournament will feature 16 ranked athletes in the ITA Preseason Polls. Georgia owns the only individual on the newcomer list while Pepperdine boasts five individuals. There are six ranked doubles pairs, including a pair from both Georgia and Pepperdine.
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Preview for this weekend's action-



Direct link - https://cubuffs.com/news/2021/9/22/tennis-colorado-heads-south-for-bedford-cup.aspx

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BOULDER – Colorado women's tennis program will stay instate this week as it competes at the Bedford Cup at Air Force Thursday through Sunday.

The team will send all but the three individuals that competed last weekend. It will include the Buff debut for freshmen Betina Tokac and Mila Stanojevic. Those two will be joined by Ky Ecton, Ellen Puzak, Antonia Balzert and possibly Sophia Derivan.

Last week saw Maria Campos, Caroline Pozo and Megan Forster compete at the Battle In The Bay Classic. The team picked up two individual wins from Pozo and Campos in seven total matches against tough competition. Campos picked up a doubles win as well with a player from San Francisco.

Action begins each day at 9 a.m. except for Thursday when the doubles matches begin at 5:30 p.m. Friday will feature two rounds of singles matches, Saturday will have doubles and singles, followed by the finals and extra matches on Sunday. The teams in competition include the host Air Force, Colorado State, Denver, Idaho State, Montana State, Northern Arizona and Wyoming.
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Preview as the team heads to the East Bay to play at a St. Marys' tournament that begins today.




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BOULDER – Colorado women's tennis will continue its fall season this Friday through Sunday at the SMC Fall Invite hosted by St. Mary's College in Moraga, Calif.

The team will send most of the squad in the third tournament of the fall under new head coach Anthony Pham.

Colorado recently competed at the Bedford Cup at Air Force, going 11-9 in singles and 4-5 in doubles. Prior to that, Maria Campos, Caroline Pozo and Megan Forster competed in the Battle In The Bay Classic where they went 2-5 in singles and 1-5 in doubles. Mila Stanojevic, Antonia Balzert and Betina Tokac all lead the team with three wins this season.

Veteran Megan Forster is set to play in her 66th match of her career with 35 wins, the most of all players on the team. Sophia Derivan will look to make her first appearance this weekend for her junior campaign.
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Article after this weekend's action.



Direct link - https://cubuffs.com/news/2021/10/4/tennis-balzert-finishes-runner-up-in-fall-invite.aspx

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MORAGA, Calif. – Colorado women's tennis junior Antonia Balzert picked up a key win here Sunday evening to advance to the finals of the St. Mary's College Fall Invite.

Balzert, who celebrated her birthday Sunday, defeated Erin Richardson of Cal to advance to the Flight A Singles Final Sunday afternoon. She took down the fellow conference member in straight sets with both scored 6-2.

The junior then faced Maria Martinez Vaquero of San Francisco in the finals where she lost 6-2, 6-1. Vaquero got the better of two Buffs as Megan Forster fell to her in the semifinals by a score of 6-4, 6-1.

Balzert finished the tournament with a 4-1 record to improve to a team-best 7-2 record in singles play. Colorado as a team finished the tournament with an even 6-6 record in doubles and 13-12 record in singles play.

The Buffs through three tournaments this season are one win shy of .500 in singles play at 26-27 and are 11-16 in doubles. The duo of Ellie Puzak and Betina Tokac lead the team with a 3-1 doubles record while Balzert and Tokac both have a winning singles record greater than .700.

Colorado has this weekend off in preparations for the ITA Mountain Regionals in Las Vegas October 13-17. They close out the fall season at the Florida Gulf Coast Invite November 5-7.
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Direct link to preview - https://cubuffs.com/news/2021/10/11/tennis-buffaloes-head-to-vegas-for-ita-mountain-regional.aspx


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BOULDER – Colorado women's tennis program heads to Las Vegas this week for the 2021 Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Mountain Regional Championships this Wednesday through Sunday.

The team has competed in three tournament this season with an overall singles record of 26-27 and an overall doubles record of 11-16. Antonia Balzert leads the team with seven wins in nine matches individually, while Ky Ecton and Mila Stanojevic have doubles records with various partners totaling to four wins each.

Colorado will travel everyone except Sophia Derivan for this tournament. Caroline Pozo, Maria Campos, Stanojevic, Balzert, and Betina Tokac all have singles win percentages at .500 or greater, while Ellie Puzak and Tokac have the best doubles record at 3-1.

Senior Megan Forster is seeking her 40th win in her CU individual career. She is just two wins away from the mark and five wins away from entering the top-40 in CU history in total singles wins.

Colorado finishes out the fall season at the Florida Gulf Coast Invite the first weekend of November.
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Wanted to start with a note re the below article- Frosh Mila Stanojevic had not even entered my radar as being a Buff, so must be a late addition to the roster. She seems to be off to a NICE start with the team!





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LAS VEGAS – Colorado women's tennis team competed in three rounds of action here on the second day of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Mountain Regional Championships Thursday, advancing one doubles team and two singles to various rounds of 16.

Megan Forster and Mila Stanojevic picked up a close win in the round of 32 of doubles play against Laura Duhl and Elinor Beazley of Northern Arizona. Forster and Stanojevic won 8-7 and won the tiebreaker by only allowing three points to advance to the round of 16 tomorrow.
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Moving to singles play, Caroline Pozo led the Buffs in the second round of play in the Flight A tournament. She got some revenge on BYU's Heimuli who she lost to in doubles, defeating the Cougar 6-4, 7-5 to advance to the round of 16. There she fell to the sixth-seeded Taylor Melville of Denver. Pozo took the first set 7-5, then dropped the next two by scores of 6-3.

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In the Flight B singles tournament, Stanojevic won her first singles match after earning a bye in the first round. She performed a comeback against Qianxin Kong of BYU. After dropping the first set 6-3, Stanojevic handled Kong with a pair of 6-2 sets. Stanojevic advanced to the round of 16 where she took on Gabriella Charalampidi of the University of Nevada Reno, defeating her to advance to the quarterfinals by a score of 6-1, 6-0.
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Congrats to one of the newest Buffs!



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LAS VEGAS – The Colorado women's tennis team freshman Mila Stanojevic captured the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Flight B Singles Tournament title here Saturday to conclude action at the ITA Mountain Regional Championship.

Stanojevic defeated Cindy Hu of host school UNLV in a three-set comeback in the semifinals. After getting swept in the first set 6-0, Stanojevic composed herself and took the second set 7-5 before capturing the win with a 6-4 third set victory. She was set to face Wing Ka Lin of BYU in the finals tomorrow but earns the title due to BYU athletes being unable to compete on Sundays.

The freshman celebrated her title with an added doubles match with partner Megan Forster. The duo took down a tandem from UNLV with ease 6-2, finishing the tournament with a 3-1 record as a pair.

The Buffs participated in four more added matches, two in singles and two in doubles. Antonia Balzert and Ky Ecton fell in a doubles match to a team from BYU 6-3, while Betina Tokac and Ellen Puzak dropped a match to a pair from Utah 6-4. Both Puzak and Balzert competed in singles matches as well, both dropping three set matches in very similar scores. Puzak fell to a player from BYU 6-3, 3-6, 10-7, while Balzert fell to an athlete from Wyoming 6-2, 3-6, 10-7.

With the finished final for Stanojevic, the Buffs packed up and are back in Boulder after foregoing the final day of competition. Colorado concludes the fall season Nov. 5-7 at the FGCU Invite in Florida.
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Direct link to preview - https://cubuffs.com/news/2021/11/3/tennis-colorado-concludes-fall-season-in-florida.aspx

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BOULDER- Colorado's women's tennis program will head to Bonita Bay, Fla., for its final fall tournament in the FGCU Invite this weekend.

The Buffs stand with an overall singles record of 39-38 this fall, with freshman Mila Stanojevic turning heads early after her Flight B Singles Championship at the ITA Mountain Regional Championship last month. Both Stanojevic and junior Antonia Balzert lead the way in singles play with 8-4 records followed by Megan Forster, Caroline Pozo, Maria Campos, and Betina Tokac all with records over .500.

In doubles play, the Buffs have an overall record of 16-23 while using 14 different doubles combos. Forster and Stanojevic have a team-best doubles record at 3-1, all coming from the ITA Mountain Regional Championship. Stanojevic has a team-best 7-4 doubles record as an individual and is the only member of the Buffs to play five or more matches in doubles play and maintain a record above .500.

The Buffs will travel near all its student-athletes to Bonita Bay this weekend. This is the final fall tournament before the team opens the dual season next year on Jan. 22 against Oral Roberts in Oklahoma. The team's first home dual is set for Feb. 4 against Houston at 1 p.m.
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Was wondering how the team did in its final weekend of competition for their fall schedule, and received the answer-



Direct link - https://cubuffs.com/news/2021/11/7/tennis-colorado-closes-out-fall-season.aspx

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BONITA SPRINGS, Fla. – Colorado women's tennis team concluded the 2021 fall season at the Bonita Bay Classic this weekend, defeating Notre Dame in an exhibition dual and picking up eight singles wins along the way.

The Buffaloes were led by Mila Stanojevic who extended her singles win streak to eight-straight matches after picking up a win in each of the three dual exhibitions. She defeated Notre Dame's Carrie Beckman 8-2 as the team had to rush to finish up with rain in the forecast and played a single prostyle set to determine the matches. She followed it up with a win against Ida Ferding of host school Florida Gulf Coast 6-4, 6-4. Her final match of the weekend came against Juana Larranaga of Purdue where she fell in the first set 6-2 but won a decisive second set 7-6(5) before winning the tiebreaker set 1-0(8).
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The Buffaloes finished the fall season 47-49 (.490) in singles play with six of nine players finishing with a singles record of .500 or better. The team finished 18-28 (.391) using 17 different player combinations in doubles play led by the duo of Puzak and Tokac with four wins.

Colorado opens the spring dual season Jan. 22 against Oral Roberts on the road. The first home dual comes Feb. 4 against Houston.
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The team announced it's main (spring) season schedule a few days ago.

Go Buffs!




Direct link - https://cubuffs.com/news/2021/12/15/tennis-colorado-spring-schedule-set.aspx

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BOULDER – Colorado women's tennis set their spring schedule, beginning at the end of January with a trip to Indiana.

The Buffs start the first dual season with head coach Anthony Pham with a trip to Indiana Jan. 21 and 22 before competing in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Kickoff in Malibu Jan. 29 and 30.

Following the brief two trips, Colorado is home for seven-straight matches throughout the entire month of February and into conference play. The team opens Pac-12 play at home against UCLA March 4 and USC March 6 before heading on the road to the Washington schools.

The Buffaloes put their undefeated record against CSU on the line for a return home March 15 before heading to the Bay Area for matches against Stanford and Cal. Colorado closes out the home schedule with three matches in a week against Oregon, Arizona State and Arizona. The team takes a final trip to Utah before competing in the Pac-12 Championships beginning April 20.

All CU matches scheduled for 10 a.m. are subject to change based on if the match will be played indoor or outdoors. Indoor matches are located at the Rocky Mountain Tennis Center and will begin at 10 a.m. while those changed to outdoors will begin at 11 a.m. at the CU South Tennis Complex. Check CU Tennis social media for updates morning of.

2022 Spring Schedule
Friday, Jan. 21IUPUIIndianapolis, IN11:30 AM
Saturday, Jan. 22Ball StateMuncie, IN9:30 AM
Saturday, Jan. 29*Notre DameMalibu, CATBA
Sunday, Jan. 30*Pepperdine or ColumbiaMalibu, CATBA
Friday, Feb. 4HOUSTONBOULDER1:00 PM
Tuesday, Feb. 8DENVERBOULDER12:00 PM
Friday, Feb. 11NEW MEXICOBOULDER1:00 PM
Sunday, Feb. 13GONZAGABOULDER10:00 AM
Sunday, Feb. 27IOWABOULDER10:00 AM
Friday, Mar. 4UCLABOULDER1:00 PM
Sunday, Mar. 6USCBOULDER10:00 AM
Friday, Mar. 11Washington StatePullman, WATBA
Sunday, Mar. 13WashingtonSeattle, WATBA
Tuesday, Mar. 15COLORADO STATEBOULDER12:00 PM
Friday, Mar. 18StanfordPalo Alto, CATBA
Sunday, Mar. 20CalBerkeley, CATBA
Sunday, Apr. 3OREGONBOULDER10:00 AM
Friday, Apr. 8ARIZONA STATEBOULDER1:00 PM
Sunday, Apr. 10ARIZONABOULDER10:00 AM
Saturday, Apr. 16UtahSalt Lake City, UTTBA
Wed-Sun Apr.20-24Pac-12 ChampionshipsOjai, CATBA
* ITA Kickoff
HOME MATCH
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Direct link - https://cubuffs.com/news/2022/1/26/tennis-colorado-opens-season-at-ita-kickoff.aspx

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BOULDER – Colorado women's tennis program will open the 2022 dual season this weekend at the 2022 ITA Kickoff Weekend, hosted by No.7-ranked Pepperdine in Malibu, Calif.

The team will take on Notre Dame Saturday at 2 p.m. MT during the opening round of the competition. If they win, Colorado will either take on the winner of Pepperdine/Columbia Sunday at 2 p.m., and if they lose they will take on the loser at 11 a.m. on Sunday.

The Buffs will open their season a week later than anticipated after having to cancel their trip to Indiana where they were scheduled to take on Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis and Ball State. The Buffs last competed at the Bonita Bay Classic where the team defeated Notre Dame in an exhibition dual, 4-3, before dropping its other two matches against Florida Gulf Coast and Purdue.
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The Buffaloes are 2-0 against Notre Dame but haven't faced them in a dual since seeing them twice in 1988. They have not faced off with Pepperdine since 1988 either and are 0-6 against the host school. CU has never played Columbia.

Notre Dame is 2-1 this season with a loss to Kentucky and wins against Michigan State and Bowling Green. Columbia won both matches last weekend against Long Island University and Sacred Heart with a combined score of 13-1, while Pepperdine lost its opening dual to No. 9 Cal 4-3 at home, dropping their ranking from second in the nation to seventh. The Waves have six individuals ranked in the top-100 and a pair of top-20 doubles teams that both feature Victoria Flores.
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Live video/ scoring - https://pepperdinewaves.com/sports/2018/8/7/playsight.aspx
 
Looks like the Buffs took an L yesterday, but have a chance to comeback, starting about now, against another CU.




 
Tomorrow's scheduled match against Houston has been cancelled, and next Tuesday's match scheduled match against Denver/ DU has been postponed. The new next scheduled match is now against Gonzaga, supposed to take place Sunday, Feb. 13th.

 
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