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Women's Tennis vs Northern Arizona

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The Buffs were back in action today at 10am taking on Northern Arizona in Boulder. I'll post the results when I can get them. Here is a preview from NAU's website:

Women's Tennis Onto Colorado, Looks to Extend Win Streak
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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Coming off a historical weekend in Albuquerque, N.M. a week ago, the Northern Arizona women's tennis team will play another three matches in three days in the state of Colorado this weekend including the Lumberjacks' Big Sky opener. Bookending NAU's conference opener at Northern Colorado on Sunday, the Lumberjacks will duel with Air Force on Saturday and Pac-12 power Colorado on Monday.

"I have no doubt that we'll be able to play at that same level (from last weekend) or even higher this weekend," said director of tennis Kim Bruno. "We had a breakthrough weekend and the girls are confident. Being on the road playing on teams' home turf with no neutral matches is a little more difficult, but I think we'll be good to go."

The Lumberjacks turned their season around last weekend sweeping all three matches during their stay in Albuquerque after dropping their first four overall of the spring. Two of their wins were historically impressive – including only their third-ever win over New Mexico and the program's first victory over Pacific – in addition to NAU's gritty 4-3 defeat of UTEP to begin the weekend. The Lumberjacks, now sitting at 3-4 on the season, were led by sophomore Johanna Vang and senior Nicole Perez, each of whom recorded a perfect 3-0 mark in singles play. Seniors Malia Wahinepio and Alice Pacaut also chipped in two singles victories apiece helping the Lumberjacks nearly quadruple their singles win total as a team over their three matches.

Vang enters play on Saturday on a roll, riding a career-best four-match singles win streak including her win at UC Santa Barbara on Feb. 1. She is tied for the team-lead along with Pacaut with a 4-3 singles mark. But the Lumberjacks were even more dominant in doubles play in their three wins as they claimed the doubles point in each match and compiled a 7-1 record as a team.

Competition will be just as tough this weekend beginning with Air Force on Saturday. The Falcons are 4-4 this season, but has dropped their last four matches after starting the season 4-0. The Lumberjacks fell to the Falcons, 6-1, last season. In that match, NAU claimed victories at No. 2 and 3 doubles to take a 1-0 lead into singles play, but was shut out in singles by Air Force.

Following Air Force, the Lumberjacks will make the trip to Greeley, Colo. to face Northern Colorado in NAU's Big Sky conference opener. The Bears will look to avenge a 5-2 loss to the Lumberjacks a year ago in a match that NAU had to fight hard for. After dropping all three doubles matches and the resulting doubles point, the Lumberjacks won five of the six singles matches, but four of the six went the full distance in three sets. NAU is 9-2 all-time versus Northern Colorado, who is 1-2 on the season and was picked fourth in the Big Sky preseason poll. The Lumberjacks have won nine-straight in the series since losing the first two with the last NAU loss coming in 1993.

NAU will wrap up play for the week on Monday in Boulder, Colo. against Colorado of the Pac-12. The Buffaloes are 4-3 after splitting their matches last weekend, falling to UC Santa Barbara and defeating Loyola Marymount. The Lumberjacks are winless in four previous meetings with the Buffaloes and this will be the first meeting between the two schools since 1997.

"I think we're we need to be going into the beginning of conference," Bruno said. "Going 3-0 last weekend against teams that would finish at the top of the Big Sky, we're sitting in a good position. We just need to make sure we're rested and mentally ready for what's in front of us in another long weekend."

Match times for this weekend is 8:30 a.m. at Air Force, 1 p.m. at Northern Colorado and 10 a.m. at Colorado. Live stats will be available for Saturday's match at Air Force here.
 
Buffs win 5-2

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Winde Janssens has fallen just once this spring.

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Buffs Remain Perfect At Home With 5-2 Win Over NAU

Release: 02/25/2013 Courtesy: Marlee Horn, Graduate Assistant SID


BOULDER - The University of Colorado tennis team extended its home winning streak to three with Monday's 5-2 victory over Northern Arizona.

"We competed in nine positions," CU head coach Nicole Kenneally said. "We definitely need to make sure that we always have nine positions show up. I think today we did a great job. I'm not sure we were as sharp as we have been, but we had a lot of fight and a lot of determination. I'm really proud of how we came out and competed because you've always got to come out and compete in nine positions."

The Buffaloes started strong by winning the doubles point for the sixth time this season. Winde Janssens and Carla Manzi Tenorio refuse to lose, improving their spring record to a perfect 8-0 with their 8-4 win over Doballah/Perez. Julyette Steur and Erin Sanders also shined, defeating Stone/Vang 8-5 and extending their win streak to five.

Steur and Janssens also stood out in singles play. Steur leads the Buffs with a team-high 11 wins in the 2012-13 season (tied with Manzi Tenorio). All but one of her six wins this spring have been in straight sets. Janssens is riding a four-match winning streak, falling just once this spring. Her victory ended Johanna Vang's career-best six-match win streak.

Sanders and Manzi Tenorio also won in straight sets, battling through tiebreakers. Down 5-6 in the first set, Sanders fought back, and claimed the tiebreak and the win over Malia Wahinepio. Manzi Tenorio won her first set against Alice Pacaut 6-4. She fell behind 2-5 in the second, but forced an epic tiebreaker. Manzi Tenorio said her opponent wouldn't give up, but neither would she. Though she dropped three match point opportunities, she also fought off seven NAU set points. At 16-14, Manzi Tenorio earned the tiebreaker and the win.

Colorado concludes the week against Wyoming and Princeton. The Buffs end the month with a trip Laramie, Wyo. on Thursday, Feb. 28. First serve is at 10:30 a.m. They return to Boulder to begin a three-match home stand beginning with Princeton at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 2. Saturday's matches are scheduled to be held at the Millennium Hotel Harvest House, depending on weather conditions.

Colorado 5, Northern Arizona 2 CU (5-3), NAU (4-6) Monday, Feb. 25 Millennium Hotel Harvest House Boulder, Colo.

1d) Steur/Sanders (CU) def. Stone/Vang, 8-5 2d) Janssens/Manzi Tenorio (CU) def. Doballah/Perez, 8-4 3d) Pacaut/Wahinepio (NAU) def. Tiefel/Quevedo, 8-7 (3) Order of Finish: 1, 3, 2*

1s) Julyette Steur (CU) def. Ghizelene Doballah, 6-2, 6-2 2s) Hannah Stone (NAU) def. Dhany Quevedo, 6-3, 6-4 3s) Winde Janssens (CU) def. Johanna Vang, 6-2, 6-4 4s) Erin Sanders (CU) def. Malia Wahinepio, 7-6 (4), 6-1 5s) Carla Manzi Tenorio (CU) def. Alice Pacaut, 6-4, 7-6 (14) 6s) Nicole Perez (NAU) def. Mazy Watrous, 1-6, 6-2, 10-3 Order of Finish: 1, 3, 2, 4*, 6, 5
 
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