Buffs Edged By Mizzou, 4-3

COLUMBIA, Mo. - The University of Colorado women's tennis team dropped its second straight Big 12 match on the season falling to No. 46 Missouri, 4-3, Saturday afternoon at the University of Missouri.

The Tigers took two of three doubles to clinch the doubles point, and then split the singles action at 3-3 to take the match. Colorado secured singles points at No. 4 through No. 6 as sophomore Kendra Strandemo, freshman Jessica Vanderdys and junior Morgan Sall won their respective matches in straight sets.

With Mizzou taking the doubles points and a 1-0 advantage, the home team would go on to win the No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 singles slots. Senior Dominique Lemperle went three sets against the No. 26th ranked singles player at No. 1 singles, however lost to Urska Juric, 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-1.

Colorado drops to 5-3 overall and 0-2 in the Big 12, while the Tigers improve to 7-1 and remain unbeaten in conference play (3-0).

#46 Mizzou def. #45 Colorado, 4-3

DOUBLES

1) #4 Juric/Sevcikova (MU) def. Lemperle/Dimingo (CU) 8-4; 2) Sall/Strandemo (CU) def. Olshanskaya/Ruskova (MU) 8-6; 3) Kraftova/Barry (MU) def. Vanderdys/Burrows (CU) 9-7.

SINGLES

1) #26 Urska Juric (MU) def. Dominique Lemperle (CU) 6-2, 6-7(5), 6-1; 2) Katka Sevcikova (MU) def. Lia Dimingo (CU) 6-7(5), 6-1, 6-3; 3) Hana Kraftova (MU) def. Katherine Anne Lutgert (CU) 6-3, 6-3; 4) Kendra Strandemo (CU) def. Lucie Ruskova (MU) 7-6(4), 6-4; 5) Jessica Vanderdys (CU) def. Mary Barry (MU) 7-5, 6-1; 6) Morgan Sall (CU) def. Kristina Olshanskaya (MU) 6-4, 6-3.