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CU netster Aiello wins 10 singles matches
Nov 9th
WOMEN’S TENNIS CONTINUES PLAY AT WESTERN MICHIGAN KALAMAZOO, Mich. – Sophomore Alex Aiello and senior Carla Manzi Tenorio each won a singles matches on Saturday on the second day of the Western Michigan Invitational featuring six other schools participating in the three-day fall event. The Western Michigan Invitational is the last fall tournament the Buffaloes will be participating in during the 2013 calendar year. “Today, we came up against some really good competition,” said CU head coach Nicole Kenneally. “We may not have fared as we would have liked, but the girls continue to fight and played hard, which is good to see in the last fall tournament of the semester.”
Alex Aiello
Aiello won her 10th singles match of the fall, a team high, defeating Katie Brozovich of Bowling Green, 6-0, 6-4. It was also Aiello’s seventh straight win. Manzi Tenorio bounced back with a pair of wins over the last two days at the WMU Invite after starting on the short-end during the month of September, where she dropped a few matches. The senior from Cali, Colombia, also defeated a Bowling Green opponent, Brittany Plaszewski in three sets, 6-4, 3-6, 1-0 (3). The singles field consists of 10 round robin draws of four players each, with each player playing a round of singles on each day.
The doubles field, however, will consist of a bracketed draw of 16, with two rounds of doubles over the last two days. All matches will be played at West Hills Athletic Club, a 10-court indoor facility operated by the University. The scoring at the WMU Super Challenge will be done using an experimental format. Singles matches will be played with tiebreakers at 5-5 and a third-set super tiebreaker if necessary, and doubles matches will be played to six games, also with a tiebreaker at 5-5. CU also won a doubles match on the day as junior Julyette Steur and freshman Nuria Ormeño Ruiz defeated Western Michigan’s team of Ashby/Sujashvili, 6-4. The final day of the WMU Invite will conclude Sunday with singles play.
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Steur and Aiello shine at Lobo Invitational
Nov 4th
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – University of Colorado junior Julyette Steur and sophomore Alex Aiello each won their respective singles bracket championships at the three-day University of New Mexico Invitational Sunday morning.
The weekend event also had teams from New Mexico, Northern Arizona, Grand Canyon, Texas-El Paso, and Texas Tech.
Julyette Steur won the singles Lobo Invitational championship
With the pair of title wins, the Buffaloes also tacked on another pair of victories to claim third place finishes by freshman Nuria Ormeño Ruiz and Winde Janssens, also played during the morning session.
The four wins on the day improved CU’s three-day Lobo Invite singles record to 13-5.
“I’m really happy of the level competition we played against on the third day,” said CU head coach Nicole Kenneally. “We had solid performances and it was a great effort by Alex and Julyette for winning their flights. Overall, it was a solid three days of competition and a good weekend in all CU sports. Congratulations to the cross country team’s success, as well as volleyball and soccer.”
Steur won her third straight match as she defeated Priscilla Annoual of Grand Canyon, 6-2, 7-5 to win the Cherry Singles Bracket. Steur improves to 5-1 this season.
In the third place match, freshman Nuria Ormeño Ruiz rallied from a set down to edge Davina Meza (Texas-El Paso) 2-6, 6-3, 6-2. Ormeño Ruiz won her eighth match of her initial season with the Buffs and for the second time, successfully won a match when pushed to three sets.
In the Silver Singles Bracket, Aiello was also pushed to three sets defeating New Mexico’s Emily Oliver, 7-5, 4-6, 6-4. Aiello won her fifth straight and now has won eight of 10 matches already this fall campaign. She remains perfect in three set matches at 3-0.
The Buffaloes also claimed another third place tally in the Silver Bracket as senior Winde Janssens defeated Texas Tech’s Sarah Toti, 6-3, 6-1. Janssens win was her 44th of her career moving into 34th overall on the all-time CU singles list.
CU came up short in the Turquoise Singles Bracket as junior Ashley Tiefel lost in the finals to Texas Tech’s Beatriz Santos, 6-2, 6-2, and senior Carla Manzi Tenorio lost to UNM’s Rachana Bhat for third place, 6-1, 6-1.
The Buffs looks to continue their strong fall play in the final tournament of the season next weekend at the Western Michigan Invitational in Kalamazoo, Nov. 8-10.
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CU women’s tennis moves into ITA quarterfinals
Oct 11th
LAS VEGAS – The University of Colorado women’s tennis team will be represented in the quarterfinal round of the singles and doubles main draw on Saturday at the 2013 USTA/Intercollegiate Tennis Association Mountain Region Championships on the UNLV campus.
The Buffaloes went 1-1 on Friday in the Round 16 doubles draw as the seventh seeded team of senior Winde Janssens and freshman Nuria Ormeño Ruiz remained unbeaten at 5-0 this fall season, defeating Idaho’s Galina Bykova/Beatriz Flores, 8-5. The win moves the CU pair into Saturday’s quarterfinal round against the No. 1 seed and the No. 18 nationally doubles team of Paige Miles and Michaela Berkova from Utah.
CU’s other Round of 16 pair, juniors Julyette Steur and Ashley Tiefel fell to the fourth seeded duo from UNLV, Lucia Batta and Aleskandra Josifoska, 8-1. It was Steur/Tiefel’s first loss this fall in three matches.
Ormeño Ruiz kept her momentum rolling along in her third round and Round of 16 singles matches, respectively with a pair of wins. Earlier in the day, she defeated Sandy Vo of Boise State, 6-2, 6-2, then upset three seed Tereza Bekerova from Utah, 6-3, 6-2. Ormeño Ruiz is now sporting a team-best 6-1 singles record.
“We’re excited to be playing in the quarterfinal round on Saturday in both the singles and doubles main draw,” said CU head coach Nicole Kenneally. “The women are continuing to work hard and are playing well together. Nuria and Winde played well today and we are looking forward to their quarterfinal match on Saturday.”
In CU’s other main draw third round match, Steur advanced after leading 5-2 against New Mexico’s Dominique Dulski, who later retired with an injury. However, in the Round of 16, Steur lost to Mayci Jones (BYU) 6-3, 6-4.
Outside the main draw, CU continued its stellar singles play at the ITA Regional winning three more additional singles matches, all in straight sets. Senior Carla Manzi Tenorio defeated Mackenzie Rozell of Montana, 6-3, 6-4; freshman Dhanielly Quevedo outlasted Sarah Richter of Utah, 6-4, 6-4; and sophomore Alex Aiello outlasted her Wyoming opponent, 6-1, 6-2.
Day four of the ITA Regional will consist of the semifinal doubles round with consolation doubles and the quarterfinal round in singles.
ITA Mountain Region Main Draw
Doubles: Third Round
Friday, Oct. 11
(7) Winde Janssens/Nuria Ormeño Ruiz (CU) def. Galina Bykova/Beatriz Flores (Idaho) 8-5
Lucia Batta/Aleskandra Josifoska (4) (UNLV) def. Julyette Steur/Ashley Tiefel (CU) 8-1
Singles: Third Round
Nuria Ormeño Ruiz (CU) def. Sandy Vo (Boise State) 6-2, 6-2
(7) Julyette Steur (CU) def. Dominique Dulski (New Mexico) 5-2 retired
Lizette Blankers (New Mexico) def. Winde Janssens (CU) 6-4, 6-2
(8) Veronica Popovici (Wyoming) def. Ashley Tiefel (CU) 6-1, 6-4
Round of 16
Nuria Ormeño Ruiz (CU) def. (3) Tereza Bekerova (Utah) 6-3, 6-2
Mayci Jones (BYU) def. (7) Julyette Steur (CU) 6-3, 6-4
Additional matches
Dhanielly Quevedo (CU) def. Sarah Richter (Utah) 6-4, 6-4
Carla Manzi Tenorio (CU) def. Mackenzie Rozell (Montana) 6-3, 6-4
Alex Aiello (CU) def. Alena Vasileva (Wyoming) 6-1, 6-2
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