On Saturday, (sorry for my late post about this) The Oklahoma Sooner Women's Tennis Team defeated Texas Texas in a battle for 3rd place in the Big 12 Women's Tennis standings. The Noon match on Seniors Day at Headington Family Tennis Center was won by OU 4-3 over the Red Raiders.
Prior to the match, the Sooners honored their two seniors. Dana Guzman and Florencia Urrutia were recognized for all of their accomplishments while at the University of Oklahoma.
The Double Point was won by Oklahoma by winning the final two matches at the #2 and #3 spots. The match between two #1 doubles team (both ranked in the Top 20) was won by Texas Tech quickly 6-2. It was the first loss of the season for the #19 team of Guzman and Gilheany. But at the #2 spot, Garcia Ruiz/Safarova won their match soon after at 6-3 to even the doubles. At #3, Noel/Catanzarite for OU earned the Doubles point with a 2-point tie breaker win at 7-6 (7-5).
With one point in hand, the Sooners and Red Raiders lined up for the six singles matches. At the #3 spot, Shcherbinina dropped her match to Tech in 2 sets. The Tech win evened the score at 1-1. At the #5 spot, Noel for OU won her match in 3 sets to give OU the one point lead at 2-1. At the #6 spot, Tech's player rallied from one set down to defeat OU's Straker to even the score at 2-2. In the #2 spot, OU's Guzman rallied from 1 set down to win two straight sets and win the Sooners 3rd point of the match. At #1, Garcia Ruiz then won in 3 sets to win the overall match for the Sooners 4-2. The remaining match was played to conclusion as Urrutia playing in the 4th spot, dropped her match in 2 sets to make the final score 4-3.
Here is the Sooner staff wrtiers article about the important win over the Red Raiders.
https://soonersports.com/news/2024/4/6/ ... senior-day
The Sooners close out the regular season on the road next week, starting with a match on Friday, April 12, at Noon against No. 35 Baylor before taking on No. 62 TCU on Sunday, April 14, at 1 p.m. CT. Next week is the final week of the Big 12 regular season play before the Big 12 tourney.
Current Standing for the Top 6 Big 12 Teams:
1st - Oklahoma State = 12-0 and 23-0 overall. (hosts K-State)
2nd - Texas = 10-1 and 17-4 overall. (at TCU and Baylor)
3rd - Oklahoma = 9-2 and 14-5 overall. (at Baylor and TCU)
4th - Texas Tech = 8-3 and 15-7 overall. (hosts West Virginia and Cincinnati)
T5th - TCU = 7-4 and 12-6 overall.
T5th - Baylor = 7-4 and 15-9 overall.
Here are the complete results of the Texas Tech match:
#23 Oklahoma 4, #26 Texas Tech 3
Doubles
1. #6 Avelina Sayfetdinova/Metka Komac (TTU) def.
#19 Dana Guzman/Roisin Gilheany (OU) 6-2
2.
#71 Julia Garcia Ruiz/Zdena Safarova (OU) def. Cristina Tiglea/Mariya Polishchuk (TTU) 6-3
3.
Chloe Noel/Ava Catanzarite (OU) def. Kate Dmitrichenko/Camryn Stepp (TTU) 7-6 (7-5)
Singles
1.
#29 Julia Garcia Ruiz (OU) def. #39 Cristina Tiglea (TTU) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
2.
#40 Dana Guzman (OU) def. Mariya Polishchuk (TTU) 5-7, 6-1, 6-2
3. Avelina Sayfetdinova (TTU) def.
#97 Alina Shcherbinina (OU) 7-6 (7-5), 6-1
4. Kate Dmitrichenko (TTU) def.
#55 Florencia Urrutia (OU) 5-7, 6-4, 7-5
5.
Chloe Noel (OU) def. Metka Komac (TTU) 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
6. Andreea Lila (TTU) def.
Emma Staker (OU) 1-6, 6-2, 6-3
Match Notes:
Texas Tech 15-6; National ranking #26
Oklahoma 13-5; National ranking #23
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (3,5,6,2,1,4)