{"id":238410,"date":"2025-10-25T03:53:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T03:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/238410\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T03:53:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T03:53:16","slug":"buffs-nearly-perfect-against-cowgirls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/238410\/","title":{"rendered":"Buffs Nearly Perfect Against Cowgirls"},"content":{"rendered":"

DENVER \u2013 The Colorado Buffalo women’s tennis team dominated the first dual of the Pioneer Hidden Duals this Friday, going 9-3 in competition.
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\nThe day started with doubles competition, as\u00a0Colorado split\u00a0the outcome with two wins and two losses. The first win went to Pia Rebec<\/a> and Anya Nelson<\/a>, downing Silver Bijlsma and Dilnaz Mashabayeva at No. 2. The pair recorded a 6-1 victory for their first match as a team.
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\nFollowing at No. 1, Rixt van der Werff<\/a> and Lera Alexin<\/a> matched up against Anastasiia Kochelaevskaia and Madlena Orlova. The pair defeated the Cowgirls with a quick 6-2 finish, marking their fifth win as a duo.
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\nTo end doubles competition, the Buffs took two losses at No. 3 and 4. Willow Gretsch<\/a> and Heidi Crncan<\/a> switched it up facing two Denver foes Natalie Cinkova and Claudia Martinez de Velasco. The pair took three games but fell short, 6-3.
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\nEma Bubalo<\/a> and Yukiko Ikedo<\/a> finished on No. 4 with a tiebreaker, falling to Serina Abriola and Ruby Young. The match came to a 6-6 tie, and the Cowgirls took the lead back to win the tiebreaker, 7-2.
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\nIn singles competition, all but one of victories were held to straight sets. The first wins came from Alexin and Nelson on No. 2 and 4, due to opponent retirement. Alexin faced Orlova, taking the first set 7-6, with a 7-3 tiebreaker. Nelson began the second set against Mashabayeva after winning the first 6-3, and finishing the second set early in the lead, 4-1.
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\nBubalo finished next, taking her match on No. 5 over Abriola, 6-2, 6-1. “I felt really good on the court today,” Bubalo said, “We had a really good last two weeks of practice, the team is feeling really confident, so it was a great day of matches.”
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\nRebec following taking her match on No. 3 with matching 6-3 sets, defeating Bijlsma in quick fashion. Crncan recorded the largest win margin on No. 7, with a pair of 6-1 sets to defeat Ceinos.
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\nEnding the day was Ikedo and Gretsch on No. 6 and 8. \u00a0Ikedo took the first set over Young, with a near 7-5. After falling in the second 2-6, Ikedo brought back the fire to take the final set 6-3.
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\nGretsch ended the day on a victorious note for the Buffs, recording her third career tournament win and fifth career win overall. Gretsch faced Hanna Haber of Colorado State, taking the first set 6-3, and brining the second to a tiebreaker. With the set 6-6, Gretsch capped it off, taking the tiebreak 7-5.
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\nUp Next
\nCompetition will continue at the Denver Tennis Park on Saturday morning, with Colorado facing Weber State at 9 a.m. (MT).
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\nResults
\nDoubles
\nNo. 1 – Van der Werff\/Alexin (CU) def. Kochelaevskaia\/Orlova (UW), 6-2
\nNo. 2 \u2013 Rebec\/Nelson (CU) def. Bijlsma\/Mashabayeva (UW), 6-1
\nNo. 3 \u2013 Abriola\/Young (UW) def. Bubalo\/Ikedo (CU) vs 7-6 (7-2)
\nNo. 4 \u2013 Cinkova\/Martinez de Velasco (DU) def. Gretsch\/Crncan (CU), 6-3
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\nSingles
\nNo. 1 \u2013 Anastasiia Kochelaevskaia (UW) def. Rixt van der Werff<\/a> (CU), 7-5, 6-3
\nNo. 2 \u2013 Lera Alexin<\/a> (CU) def. Madlena Orlova (UW), 7-6 (3), inj.
\nNo. 3 \u2013 Pia Rebec<\/a> (CU) def. Silver Bijlsma (UW), 6-3, 6-3
\nNo. 4 \u2013 Anya Nelson<\/a> (CU) def. Dilnaz Mashabayeva (UW), 6-3, 4-1, inj.
\nNo. 5 \u2013 Ema Bubalo<\/a> (CU) def. Serina Abriola (UW), 6-2, 6-1
\nNo. 6 \u2013 Yukiko Ikedo<\/a> (CU) def. Ruby Young (UW), 7-5, 2-6, 6-3
\nNo. 7 \u2013 Heidi Crncan<\/a> (CU) def. Eugenia Ceinos (UW), 6-1, 6-1
\nNo. 8 \u2013 Willow Gretsch<\/a> (CU) def. Hanna Haber (CSU), 6-3, 7-6 (5)
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