Colorado Takes Down No. 71 Northern Arizona

Flagstaff, Ariz. – The Colorado Buffaloes Tennis team improved to 9-6 with the dominating 4-1 victory over No. 71 Northern Arizona on the road in Flagstaff on a rare Monday afternoon match. The Buffs started strong winning the doubles point quickly with wins at No. 1 and No. 2 doubles. After dropping the first singles match of the day the Buffs won three straight matches to clinch the match for Colorado.

How it Happened

• Mila Stanojevic and Elys Ventura got the Buffs started early with a 6-2 win at No. 2 doubles over Laura Duhl and Pat Niewiadomska from Northern Arizona.
• Antonia Balzert and Aya El Sayed wasted no time clinching the doubles point for the Buffs minutes later at No. 1 doubles with a 6-2 victory over Elinor Beazley and Ana Guadiana.
• No. 3 doubles between Colorado’s Ellen Puzak and Betina Tokac and Northern Arizona’s Ava Neyestani and Daryna Shoshyna was unfinished with a score of 3-4.
• Pat Niewiadomska tied it up at No. 2 singles with a win 6-3, 6-1 victory over Elys Ventura.
• Carri Hayes got her third win of the season 6-3, 6-4 over the Lumberjack’s Elinor Beazley at No. 6 singles.
• The Buffs extended the lead at No. 3 singles with a 6-3, 6-4 win from Mila Stanojevic over Ava Neyestani.
• To close the match in usual fashion Aya El Sayed clinched for the Buffs at No. 4 singles with a 7-5, 6-4 win over Daryna Shoshyna.
• No. 1 singles between Antonia Balzert and Ana Guadiana remained unfinished in the second set with a score of 6-4, 4-5.
• No. 5 singles between Betina Tokac and Laura Duhl remained unfinished in the third set with a score of 6-2, 4-6, 0-3.

Notes

• The victory gives Colorado their first ranked win of the season, and first since No. 49 Arizona in 2022.
• With this victory also gives the Buffs their first non-conference ranked win since defeating No. 67 Denver in 2022.
• Aya El Sayed has an eight-match winning streak at No. 4 singles.
• This was the fifth match of the year clinched by El Sayed.
• Head coach Anthony Pham has surpassed his win total of eight from his first season as the head coach at Colorado.

Up Next
The Buffs will travel to Los Angeles for two matches beginning on Friday against No. 30 UCLA at 2:30 p.m. MST. The following day the Buffs will take on No. 38 USC at 1:30 p.m. MST. Colorado will then travel home for their next home match…