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Match Recap: Women's Tennis | | Dennis Jezek, Jr.

FIVE-PEAT! Women's Tennis Captures Fifth Straight National Championship

NCAA Record 5th title; 7th overall

ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. -- It wasn't easy, but the top-ranked Barry Buccaneers set an NCAA Division II record with their fifth straight women's tennis championship, by rallying back to beat the fourth-ranked Central Oklahoma Bronchos 4-1 at Sanlando Park on Saturday.

Barry has now won seven overall women's tennis championships, with the last five straight titles.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: #1 Barry 4, #4 Central Oklahoma 1
Records: Barry 28-0, Central Oklahoma 24-2
Series: Barry leads 3-0

WHAT THEY'RE SAYING:

SUMMARY:

Doubles

  1. #1 Christine Canete/Mae Canete (UCO) def #3 Deniz Khazan/Madeline Bosnjak (BU) 6-4
  2. Adel-Byanu Abidullin/Tizia Brocks (UCO) def Jil Engelmann/Xiyao Wang (BU) 6-2
  3. #4 Daniela Farfan/Kim Moosbacher (BU) def Nikki Boyar/Blythe Buntrock (UCO) 6-4

Singles

  1. #1 Deniz Khazan (BU) vs #3 Mae Canete (UCO) 6-7 (3), 1-2, unfinished
  2. #26 Jil Engelmann (BU) def #8 Christine Canete (UCO) 6-4, 6-1
  3. #36 Xiyao Wang (BU) vs. #27 Adel-Byanu Abidullin (UCO) 5-7, 1-4, unfinished
  4. Madeline Bosnjak (BU) def. #21 Grace Chadick (UCO) 6-2, 6-2
  5. Daniela Farfan (BU) def. Tizia Brocks (UCO) 6-0, 6-2
  6. #28 Kim Moosbacher (BU) def Blythe Buntrock (UCO) 6-2, 6-1

HOW IT HAPPENED

  • The Bucs lost the doubles point for just the second time this season.
  • Abidullin and Brocks rolled over Engelmann and Wang 6-2 at number two. Engelmann was playing without regular partner Helene Scholsen, who was unable to compete in the match.
  • Moosbacher and Farfan, ranked fourth, battled back from an early 3-1 deficit to beat Boyar and Buntrock 6-4 at number three.
  • It all came down to number one, where the top-ranked pair of Mae and Christine Canete eked out a 6-4 win over 3rd-ranked Khazan and Bosnjak, giving the Bronchos a 1-0 lead.
  • But the Bucs depth in singles proved too much for the Bronchos as Barry was able to win all four of the finished singles matches.
  • It started at number six where #28 Moosbacher, who stepped into the lineup with Scholsen out, steam rolled Buntrock 6-1, 6-1 to even the match.
  • Farfan, who moved up from six to five, made equally short work of Brocks 6-0, 6-2 to give Barry its first lead.
  • Engelmann, ranked #26, made a big statement that she deserves All-America honor again this year with a dominant 6-4, 6-1 win over eighth-ranked Christine Canete at number two.
  • Bosnjak clinched the match with an easy 6-2, 6-2 win over Chadick at number four.
  • The remaining matches went unfinished.

NOTEWORTHY

  • The Bucs won their seventh overall national championship and fifth in a row. 
  • For Barry's overall athletic program, it is their 25th national championship and 20th since 2004.
  • Barry moved past SIU-Edwardsville (1986-89) as the only team to win five straight titles in Division II women's tennis (2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022). The 2020 tournament was canceled due to the pandemic. 
  • Barry's seven titles tie BYU-Hawai'i for the second-most championships in Division II history, behind only Armstrong (8). Both Armstrong and BYU-Hawai'i have eliminated their athletic programs.
  • The doubles results were the exact opposite of the match in the ITA Indoor championships, as the Bucs won at #1 and #2, but lost at #3 in Oklahoma.
  • Engelman (2019, 2021-22) joins a select few Bucs to win three national championships in her career, along with Verena Schmid (2107-19),  Zuza Maciejewska (2017-19),  and Julie  Razafindranaly (2018-19, 2021).
  • Bosnjak, who has two with Barry, also won a pair of NAIA titles with Georgia Gwinnet. 
  • Barry has now beaten the Bronchos in all three meetings.

ON THE HORIZON

The Bucs return to campus this weekend.

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