Buffs Swept by No. 23 Arizona State, 4-0

TEMPE, Ariz. – The Colorado Buffaloes Tennis team fell to No. 23 Arizona State 4-0 here on Friday afternoon at Whiteman Tennis Center.

The Buffs fall to 11-9 and 2-6 in conference play after being swept in both doubles and singles action by the Sun Devils.

How it Happened 

• Arizona State got off to a hot start in doubles action behind m and m winning 6-0 at No. 2 doubles over Mila Stanojevic and Elys Ventura.
• M and m clinched the doubles point the Sun Devils again defeated the Buffs at No. 3 doubles 6-0 against Ellen Puzak and Betina Tokac.
• At No. 1 doubles between Colorado’s Antonia Balzert and Aya El Sayed and Arizona State’s M and M remained unfinished at a score of 5-0 in favor of the Sun Devils.
• Much like doubles Arizona State got off to a hot start in singles winning at No. 6 singles behind a 6-0, 6-1 victory from Rachel Hanford over Carri Hayes.
• Domenika Turkovic extended the lead for the Sun Devils at No. 3 singles with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Mila Stanojevic.
• To close out the match at No. 2 singles Chelsea Fontenel No. 98 in the country defeated Elys Ventura 6-0, 6-3.
• No. 1 singles between Colorado’s Antonia Balzert and Arizona State’s Giulia Morlet remained unfinished in the second set with a score of 6-1, 3-2 in favor of the Sun Devils.
• Aya El Sayed was closing in on her 11th consecutive winat No. 4 singles when the match was called. El Sayed was leading Marianna Argyrokastriti in the second set 6-3, 4-1.
• At No. 5 singles Betina Tokac and Sedona Gallagher were in a battle in the second set when the match was called. Tokac won the first set 6-4, but was down 3-2 in the second set.

Up Next
The Buffs are back in action Saturday against No. 51 Arizona at 1:00 p.m. in Tuscon looking to reach 12 wins for the first time since 2009.

Quotes

CU Coach Anthony Pham

“Credit to ASU for taking it to us today. We have a resilient group who is looking forward to another opportunity tomorrow against a strong Arizona squad”

Results

No. 23 Arizona State 4, No. 54 Colorado 0

April 14, 2023

Tempe, Ariz. (Whiteman Tennis Center)

Doubles

1. Antonia Balzert/Aya El Sayed (CU) vs. #20 Patricija Spaka/Domenika Turkovic (ASU) 0-5, unfinished

2. Sedona Gallagher/Giulia Morlet (ASU) def. Elys Ventura/Mila Stanojevic (CU) 6-0

3. Marianna Argyrokastriti /Chelsea Fontenel (ASU) def. Betina Tokac/Ellen Puzak (CU)…