BOULDER, Colo. – The Colorado Buffaloes Women’s Tennis team has a quick turnaround between the
first and second matches of the Spring season and will be in action Sunday, traveling down to Colorado
Springs for a 5:00 p.m. match against Air Force.
The Buffaloes are coming off of a dominating 6-1 victory in their first action of the spring season Friday
against Weber State. Head Coach Anthony Pham was pleased with how his team came out and battled
against nerves and some rust from the break since the fall season. Pham and the team will spent
Saturday cleaning up a few things to make sure they are ready for Sunday.
On Friday the team was led by Senior Antonia Balzert and Junior Aya El Sayed in the No. 1 doubles
positions as well as the No. 1 Singles and No. 4 singles respectively. The duo got off to a fast start in
doubles with a 6-2 victory. They followed that up with two very impressive wins in singles, though they
looked a little different. Balzert after losing the first set came back and won the next two sets in an
emotional fashion. With three points already secured El Sayed dominated her match winning in two sets
clinching a victory for the Buffaloes.
Last season the Buffaloes took on Air Force in Boulder towards the end of the spring season and came
away with a 4-2 victory against the Falcons. Colorado returns three athletes who scored points in the win
last season, Antonia Balzert in No. 2 singles, Mila Stanojevic in No. 3 Singles, and Betina Tokac in No. 5
singles.
Balzert is excited to travel and continue growing the team chemistry on the road, as well as getting a
chance to compete against one of the in state rivals in Air Force.
“Playing Air Force is always interesting because they are so close to us, they’re our rivals. Balzert said.
“We beat them last time, so we better do that again. I’m excited, it’s going to be fun.”
Air Force had their first dual of the spring season on Saturday, also against Weber State. Air Force lost to
Weber State 4-3.
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