Women’s Tennis Falls To Colorado

USAF ACADEMY, Colo. - Air Force women's tennis (5-2) dropped a 6-1 contest to Colorado Friday night at the indoor tennis courts. Sophomore Sydney Fitch remained unbeaten in singles play with her win for the Falcons.

The Falcons opened by dropped a pair of doubles matches to Colorado to trail early. Alex Kuo and Mebeli Becerra fell at No. 2 doubles to Maria Campos and Fleur Eggink 6-1. Fitch and Hailey Stelse fell at No. 3 to Megan Forster and Ky Ecton 6-2.

The Buffaloes went on to win five of six singles matches. Fitch won at No. 3 for the Falcons over Antonia Balzert 6-3, 7-6.

Meredith Jones fell at No. 1 singles to Sophia Nayar 1-6, 6-2, 7-6. Kuo fell at No. 2 to Sophia Derivan 6-1, 6-1. Hailey Stelse fell at No. 4 to Forster 6-3, 6-0. Becerra fell at No. 5 to Campos 6-1, 6-0. Ksenia Vasilyev fell at No. 6 to Eggink 6-0, 6-1.

"Colorado served big today and came out on fire," head coach Kim Gidley said. "For the second year, Sydney Fitch won her singles match in straight sets. When Sydney got challenged, she stepped up her game. Meredith Jones had match points at no. 1 singles - but fell short in an epic tie-breaker for the third set. It was a battle the entire way and I was so proud of her for coming back after losing the first set 6-1. We are making progress - but still can make some huge strides."

Air Force returns to action March 6, hosting Army.

Colorado vs. Air Force
Doubles
Meredith Jones/Ksenia Vasilyev (AF) vs. Sara Nayar/Sophia Derivan (CU) DNF
Maria Campos/Fleur Eggink (CU) def. Alex Kuo/Mebeli Becerra (AF) 6-1
Megan Forster/Ky Ecton (CU) def. Sydney Fitch/Hailey Stelse (AF) 6-2
Order of finish: 2, 3

Singles
Sara Nayar (CU) def. Meredith Jones (AF) 1-6, 6-2, 7-6
Sophia Derivan (CU) def. Alex Kuo (AF) 6-1, 6-1
Sydney Fitch (AF) def. Antonia Balzert (CU) 6-3, 7-6
Megan Forster (CU) def. Hailey Stelse (AF) 6-3, 6-0
Maria Campos (CU) def. Mebeli Becerra (AF) 6-1, 6-0
Fleur Eggink (CU) def. Ksenia Vasilyev (AF) 6-0, 6-1
Order of finish: 2, 4, 3, 5, 6, 1

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Players Mentioned

Mebeli Becerra

Sydney Fitch

Meredith Jones

Alex Kuo

Hailey Stelse

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