MUNCIE, Ind. - The Ball State University women's tennis team (5-7, 0-1 MAC) dropped a 6-1 decision to Buffalo in its Mid-American Conference opener Friday evening at the Muncie YMCA Tennis Center.
The Cardinals dropped the doubles point to give Buffalo a 1-0 edge at the start of the match. Emma Retter alongside teammate Katherine Rist tallied an 8-7 (7-4) victory over Tina Jacob and Smaranda Stan at the No. 3 spot.
Christine Stromberg won the lone singles match for Ball State at the No. 4 flight. The freshman posted a 4-6, 6-3, (12-10) victory over Natalie Dean.
Ball State continues league action at home when it hosts Akron on Saturday, March 24. The match will begin at 1 pm at the Cardinal Creek Tennis Center or the YMCA Tennis Center weather permitting.
BUFFALO 6 , BSU 1
Doubles
No. 1 Harijanto/Novaceanu def. Calderwood/Quist, 8-2
No. 2 Nenova/Dean def. Pollack/Stromberg, 8-4
No. 3 Retter/Rist def. Jacob/Stan, 8-7 (7-4)
Singles
No. 1 Nenova def. Quist, 6-1, 6-3
No. 2 Harijanto def. Calderwood, 6-1, 6-2 No. 3 Novaceanu def. Pollack, 6-3, 6-0
No. 4 Stromberg def. Dean, 4-6, 6-3, (12-10)
No. 5 Stan def. Retter, 6-1, 7-6 (7-5)
No. 6 Fischer def. Rist, 6-2, 6-2