Feb. 26, 2012

Results

NEW YORK, N.Y. - The No. 50 Maryland women's tennis team pushed its winning streak to three with a 5-2 defeat of No. 70 Columbia Sunday at the Dick Savitt Tennis Center. The Terps (5-4, 0-1 ACC) have won four of their last five matches and have knocked off three Ivy League opponents in that span.

The Terrapins took the lead after winning at No. 1 and No. 2 doubles. Junior Ana Belzunce and sophomore Welma Luus , ranked 20th, dispatched of Bianca Sanon and Tiana Takenaga, 8-6, while junior Vroni Van Berlo and sophomore Cristina Stancu defeated Nicole Bartnik and Ioana Alecsiu by the same score.

Freshman Mikele Irazusta continued her good form with a 6-4, 6-2 victory at No. 6 singles. The Argentine has won five consecutive matches.

Stancu, ranked 46th, improved to 6-3 at the No. 1 position with a 6-4, 6-2 defeat of Bartnik, while 90th-ranked Belzunce moved to 7-2 at No. 2 with a straight-set win over Sanon.

Luus won her third match in a row with a straight set victory over Alecsiu.

The Terps return home Thursday, March 1 to face Richmond at 2 p.m. at the Tennis Center at College Park.

No. 50 Maryland 5, No. 70 Columbia 2

Singles
No. 1 - No. 46 Cristina Stancu (MD) def. Nicole Bartnik (COL) 6-4, 6-2
No. 2 - No. 90 Ana Belzunce (MD) def. Bianca Sanon (COL) 6-2, 6-2
No. 3 - Welma Luus (MD) def. Ioana Alecsiu (COL) 6-3, 6-1
No. 4 - Crystal Leung (COL) def. Vroni Van Berlo (MD) 6-2, 0-6, 7-6 (7)
No. 5 - Katarina Kovacevic (COL) def. Jordan Hansbrough (MD) 5-7, 7-6 (4), 1-0 (10-3)
No. 6 - Mikele Irazusta (MD) def. Tiana Takenaga (COL) 6-4, 6-2

Doubles
No. 1 - No. 20 Belzunce/Luus (MD) def. Sanon/Takenaga (COL) 8-6
No. 2 - Stancu/Van Berlo (MD) def. Bartnik/Alecsiu (COL) 8-6
No. 3 - Kovacevic/Leung (COL) def. Hansbrough/Irazusta (MD) 8-7 (5)