BOULDER, Colo. -- Playing in a hard fought duel match against a quality Pac-12 opponent, the USF Dons women's tennis team (2-1) came up short on the road against the Colorado Buffaloes (3-1) by a 4-3 margin at the Rocky Mountain Tennis Center. 

The Dons were competing in the altitude at the indoor facility in Boulder where the hometown Buffaloes picked up the initial doubles point by winning the two completed matches on Saturday afternoon. 

Chiho Mushika, Simran Chhabra and Arianna Capogrosso each led the way for USF on Saturday with each winning their singles match to account for the remaining three Dons' points against CU.

RESULTS:
Doubles:
(CU) Balzert/El Sayed def. (USF) Simran Chhabra/Maria Martinez Vaquero (6-3)
(CU) Stanojevic/Ventura vs. (USF) Arianna Capogrosso/Rita Colyer (5-3, DNF)
(CU) Puzak/Tokac def. (USF) Chiho Mushika/Qianer Qiu (6-1)

Order of Finish: (3,1, u)

Singles:
(CU) Balzert def. (USF) Maria Martinez Vaquero (6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-2)
(USF) Chiho Mushika def. (CU) Ventura (7-5, 7-6(2))
(USF) Simran Chhabra def. (CU) Stanojevic (7-6 (5), 1-6, 6-3)
(CU) El Sayed def. (USF) Caragh Courtney (7-6 (5), 1-6, 6-3)
(CU) Tokac def. (USF) Hana Gamracy (6-1, 6-2)
(USF) Arianna Capogrosso def. (CU) Hayes (7-6 (6), 6-4)

Order of Finish: (2, 3, 1, 5, 4, 6)

CATCHING UP WITH COACH BARTLETT:
"Today we were playing on fast courts in altitude that proved to be a bit challenging. We had some nice momentum in the first three singles matches and then lost a little momentum in the last three. It really came down to the doubles point which is typically the momentum breaker and we just couldn't pull out the fourth singles point. 

UP NEXT:
The Dons now continue their swing through the Rocky Mountains as they will face off with the Colorado State Rams (1-1) on Saturday, Feb. 4 at 1:00 p.m. PST.

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The University of San Francisco Athletics Department would like to acknowledge and thank our primary sponsor - Provident Credit Union - for their continued support of USF Athletics. Interested in sponsoring the Dons? Please contact Frank Allocco, the Executive Senior Associate Athletics Director of External Relations, at fallocco@usfca.edu or at (415) 422-4561.