The Youngstown State women's tennis team used a strong all-around effort to beat Buffalo on Friday afternoon at the YSU Indoor Tennis Center.

The Penguins (2-3) claimed the doubles point with wins at No. 1 and No. 3 and picked up straight-set singles wins at No. 2, No. 3, No. 4 and No. 5 to hand the Bulls (5-1) their first defeat of the season.

YSU won the first completed doubles match at No. 1 as Elisa Rigazio and Eliska Masarikova won 6-4. After the Bulls drew even, the Guins claimed the point with a 6-4 victory by Lili Minich and Line Greyling.

In singles play, Moka Ito won 6-3, 6-3 at No. 3, Cecilia Rosas picked up a 6-2, 6-3 win at No. 4, Jessica Stanmore had a 6-2, 6-3 triumph at No. 5 and Masarikova rounded out the victory parade with a 6-1, 7-6 (5) win at No. 2.

The Penguins return to action on Saturday when they play host to Ball State. First serve for the match against the Cardinals is 2 p.m.

YSU 5, Buffalo 2

Doubles

No. 1 - Rigazio/Masarikova (YSU) def. Comlek/Choo (UB) – 6-4
No. 2 -. Amat/Schwart (UB) def. Rosas/Ito (YSU) – 6-4
No. 3 - Minich/Greyling (YSU) def. Akopyan/Akbas (UB) – 6-4

Singles

No. 1 – Schwarz (UB) def. Minich (YSU) – 6-1, 6-2
No. 2 – Masarikova (YSU) def. Akbas (UB) – 6-1, 7-6 (5)
No. 3 – Ito (YSU) def. Comlek (UB) – 6-3, 6-3
No. 4 – Rosas (YSU) def. Akopyan (UB) – 6-2, 6-3
No. 5 – Stanmore (YSU) def. Choo (UB) – 6-2, 6-3
No. 6 – Amat (UB) def. Oliveira (YSU) – 6-1, 6-1

Order of Finish:

Doubles – 1, 2, 3
Singles – 6, 5, 1, 3, 4, 2