Cowgirls Fall at Tulsa
TULSA, Okla. – The No. 59 Oklahoma State women’s tennis team moved to 8-6 on the year Tuesday, falling to No. 38 Tulsa, 4-3, at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center.
“It was another close loss to a ranked team,” coach Chris Young said. “We’ve made a lot of improvement this season, but we need to finish these tight matches.”
The Cowgirls started the day by losing the doubles point with losses at the No. 2 and 3 lines, but got a decisive upset win from Alisa Buslaieva and Nataliya Shatkovskaya at the No. 1 spot, as the duo defeated Tulsa’s No. 21-ranked team of JoAnne Karaitiana and Alexandra Kichoutkin, 8-3.
In singles play, lost at the No. 6 spot in the first match finished to go down 2-0, but followed with a straight-set win from Sarah Meghoufel at No. 4 singles to make the score 2-1.
After a loss at No. 2 singles and a straight-set win from Sasha Belova over Tulsa’s JoAnne Karaitiana at No. 3 singles, Tulsa led, 3-2.
Tulsa then claimed the dual with a second-set tiebreaker win at No. 1 singles, but Malika Rose defeated Tulsa’s Rebecca Row in a third-set tiebreaker to make the final score 4-3, Golden Hurricane.
Oklahoma State returns to action April 11, facing Texas A&M at the DeBois Tennis Complex.
#38 Tulsa 4, #59 Oklahoma State 3
April 6, 2010 – Tulsa, Okla. – Michael D. Case Tennis Center
DOUBLES
No. 1 – Alisa Buslaieva/Nataliya Shatkovskaya () def. #21 JoAnne Karaitiana/Alexandra Kichoutkin (TU) 8-3
No. 2 – Anastasia Erofeeva/Ewa Szatkowska (TU) def. Sasha Belova/Malika Rose () 8-5
No. 3 – Rebecca Row/Michelle Farley (TU) def. Sarah Meghoufel/Leyla Simmons () 8-5
Order of finish: 3, 1, 2
SINGLES
No. 1 – #73 Alexandra Kichoutkin (TU) def. Alisa Buslaieva () 6-2, 7-6 (7-4)
No. 2 – Anastasia Erofeeva (TU) def. Nataliya Shatkovskaya () 6-2, 6-3
No. 3 – Sasha Belova () def. JoAnne Karaitiana (TU) 6-2, 6-4
No. 4 – Sarah Meghoufel () def. Ewa Szatkowska (TU) 6-1, 6-3
No. 5 – Malika Rose () def. Rebecca Row (TU) 5-7, 6-4, 7-6 (7-3)
No. 6 – Michelle Farley (TU) def. Alexandra Cristello () 6-0, 6-0
Order of finish: 6, 4, 2, 3, 1*, 5
Updated 04-07-2010
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