The Buffalo Tennis Team Returns From Stanford

by Jon Woods on Feb 2, 2009 2:39 PM MST

As I was sitting in the San Francisco airport last night waiting for a flight that was coming way too quickly and starting to get very worried that my beloved Steelers were going to let our 6th Super Bowl title fall to the upstart Arizona Cardinals I happened to run into some Buff athletes who were about to board the same flight back to Colorado. Hopefully some strange guy approaching them with claims of a Buffalo website, asking for a photo with the team wasn't too stalker-esqe. After the girls agreed to a pic I had to sheepishly admit that there hasn't been a whole lot (none...) of CU tennis coverage on The Ralphie Report, something that we decided I needed to rectify as soon as I returned home.

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Coach Nicole Kenneally and the Buffs were returning from Palo Alto after playing two hard fought matches on Friday and Saturday in near perfect sixty degree weather. On Friday afternoon Colorado (ranked 51st in the country) dropped a 6-1 decision to the #5 Stanford Cardinal. Freshman Ania Anuszkiewicz’s singles victory scored the team’s solo point over Veronica Li. Saturday the Buffaloes scored an upset over #38 UNLV 4-3. After trailing 3-0 after the first three matches the Buffs were able to rally and notch the score at 3-3. Junior Camila Belassi put CU over the top by rallying to take the final match in a tiebreaker.

The girls have a match against Boise State in Boulder on Valentine's Day and will take on DU in Denver on February 28 before the start of Big 12 play. Check out the full schedule here and get out and support CU!

Ladies, good luck to you the rest of the season!

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No CU tennis coverage?!?!?

Here’s a start: Preview of last weekend’s match. They got a win over a top-40 team, which is very good, too.

by Doug-e-Fresh on Feb 2, 2009 3:07 PM MST reply actions

Very true

I meant from us of course. They will be out in Eugene this coming weekend to take on New Mexico and your Ducks! Where are your allegiances going to lie for that one? :)

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by Jon Woods on Feb 2, 2009 3:16 PM MST up reply actions

A good match :)

by Doug-e-Fresh on Feb 2, 2009 3:48 PM MST up reply actions

Awesome...

you’ve taken covering Colorado athletics to a whole new level…you should have busted out your digital recorder and gotten a couple of live interviews.

Some people are like Slinkies...not really good for anything but they make you smile when pushed down the stairs.

by Owen on Feb 2, 2009 3:09 PM MST reply actions

Haha

One step at a time. I even pulled up the site on my phone for them so they could see it.

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by Jon Woods on Feb 2, 2009 3:14 PM MST up reply actions

That really is a pretty cool deal...

I’m sure they will appreciate the coverage, it’s always nice to give the lesser publicized student athletes some props

Some people are like Slinkies...not really good for anything but they make you smile when pushed down the stairs.

by Owen on Feb 2, 2009 3:18 PM MST up reply actions

Thanks

They were all super cool as well. I also made sure to make a visit to the CU bar in San Fran while I was there. Looks like a sweet place to watch the Buffs.

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by Jon Woods on Feb 2, 2009 3:20 PM MST reply actions

I didn't know...

that CU even had a tennis team – good stuff!

by IowaBuffFan on Feb 2, 2009 11:42 PM MST reply actions

Thanks for the

Well this is my first time writing a comment on one of these!! Thanks for the publicity and it was fate running into you…..it is cool reading the comments and hope we can get on your site more…… for all the readers feel free to check out my play by play of the matches at Buff Volleys at www.cubuffs.com GO BUFFS! Coach K

by CU Tennis on Feb 4, 2009 1:15 PM MST reply actions