The CU tennis team is working to recover after facing a grueling weekend marathon.
Sophomores Kristina Schleich and Carla Manzi Tenorio fell in the finals of the University of Colorado Invitational at the South Campus courts.�On Saturday, Schleich and Carla Manzi Tenorio won their morning doubles semifinal. The pair beat Arkansas� Stephanie Roy and Emily Carbone 8-5.
Later in the day, Schleich played in two back-to-back three-set singles matches. In both her singles matches, Schleich rallied back from a set down in each match to claim victory. She defeated two opponents from Wyoming, Jessica Parizher 6-7(6), 6-4, 6-3, and Simona Synkova 0-6, 6-3, 7-6(3).
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Sunday was a much more difficult day for the Buffs. Early in the day, Schleich and Manzi Tenorio fell 8-5 to Arkansas� Kate Lukomskaya and Claudine Paulson. This loss was Manzi Tenorio�s first out of her eight doubles matches this season.
Schleich later suffered a sunstroke in the first set of the Gold Singles Final. She defaulted her match to DU�s Madeleine Saari-Bystr�m, after trailing 4-1.
�Overall it was a great tournament with a lot of great showings,� said CU head coach Nicole Kenneally in a press release. �I think our players continued to progress and we�re seeing improvement with everyone.�
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