March 9, 2010

SAN JUAN, P.R. - Trailing by one, the Boston University women's tennis team rallied to capture the next four points and pull out the 5-2 victory on Tuesday afternoon. With their third straight win, the Terriers improve to 5-7 on the season, while Buffalo drops to 4-3. 

BU swept through doubles action to earn the first point, but the Bulls quickly tied the contest when Vivien Laszloffy had to retire early in the first set due to injury.

Diana Popescu then defeated Francine Whu, 6-2, 6-4 at No. 2 to put Buffalo up by one. Monika Mical responded with a 6-3, 6-0 win at No. 5 over Tamara Markovic, and Jessi Linero put the Terriers within one after defeating Anna Subenkova, 7-6(5), 6-2 at No. 6.

The final two matches went to three sets with BU coming out the victor. Petra Santini dropped just one point in the third-set tie breaker for a 6-2, 2-6, 7-6(1) win over Kira Golenko. Stefanie Nunic added the final point in the top singles spot with a 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-3 victory over Denise Harjanto.

BU will next conclude the Spring Break trip with James Madison on Thursday.

Boston University 5, Buffalo 2

Singles
1. Stefanie Nunic (BU) def. Denise Harijanto (UB), 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-3
2. Diana Popescu (UB) def. Francine Whu (BU), 6-2, 6-4
3. Aleksandra Petrova (UB) def. Vivien Laszloffy (BU), 2-1, ret.
4. Petra Santini (BU) def. Kira Golenko (UB), 6-2, 2-6, 7-6 (1)
5. Monika Mical (BU) def. Tamara Markovic (UB), 6-3, 6-0
6. Jessi Linero (BU) def. Anna Subenkova (UB), 7-6 (5), 6-2

Doubles
1. Stefanie Nunic/Vivien Laszloffy (BU) def. Denise Harijanto/Aleksandra Petrova (UB), 8-7 (2)
2. Francine Whu/Monika Mical (BU) def. Tamara Markovic and Kira Golenko (UB), 8-3
3. Jessi Linero/Petra Santini (BU) def. Diana Popescu/Diana Toia (UB), 8-4

Other Singles
Inayat Khosla (BU) def. Diana Toia (UB), 6-7 (4), 6-2, 10-4