Carrington Helps Lead No. 1 Oklahoma State Past Texas Tech
(This story was originated through Oklahoma State University Athletic Media Relations and was written by Hayden Simmons.)
LUBBOCK, Texas – Oklahoma State’s top-ranked women’s tennis team collected its ninth win over a top-25 opponent, beating No. 24 Texas Tech, 6-1, Thursday night in Lubbock, Texas. The Cowgirls improve to 14-0 on the season and 3-0 in conference play with the win, marking the second-best start to a season in program history, behind only 1981 (18-0).
The match began with doubles, where OSU mounted a comeback to win the point. The fifth-ranked pairing of Anastasiya Komar and Ange Oby Kajuru secured their 10th-straight doubles win, defeating the No. 7 duo of Avelina Sayfetdinova and Metka Komac, 6-3.
The Red Raiders answered on court three as Jermine Sherif and Andreea Lila bested Safiya Carrington and Kristina Novak, 6-3.
Down 5-3 with both other courts finished, Raquel Gonzalez and Ayumi Miyamoto battled back to win court two in a breaker, 7-6 (7-5), to claim the doubles point for the Cowgirls.
Taking momentum into singles, Oklahoma State would need to win just three of six courts. Texas Tech struck first, however, as No. 85 Cristina Tiglea beat No. 7 Komar, 6-2, 6-4.
OSU would respond by winning all of the remaining courts. No. 89 Carrington won in straight sets on court four, beating Kate Dmitrichenko, 6-4, 6-3.
No. 84 Miyamoto then won on court five, besting Komac 6-3, 6-4. No. 4 Kajuru followed that by winning court with a dominant third set, beating Mariya Polishchuk, 6-1, 4-6, 6-0.
Lucia Peyre then wrapped up on court three with a win over Sayfetdinova, 7-5, 6-1. Kristina Novak would put the cherry on top on court six, defeating Lila 4-6, 6-3, 1-0 (10-6).
The Cowgirls will take their undefeated record to Provo, Utah, on Saturday for a meeting with No. 37 BYU looking for another weekend sweep.
No. 1 Oklahoma State 6 No. 24 Texas Tech 1
Singles competition
1. No. 85 Cristina Tiglea (TTU) def. No. 7 Anastasiya Komar (OSU) 6-2, 6-4
2. No. 4 Ange Oby Kajuru (OSU) def. Mariya Polishchuk (TTU) 6-1, 4-6, 6-0
3. No. 54 Lucia Peyre (OSU) def. Avelina Sayfetdinova (TTU) 7-5, 6-1
4. No. 89 Safiya Carrington (OSU) def. Kate Dmitrichenko (TTU) 6-4, 6-3
5. No. 84 Ayumi Miyamoto (OSU) def. Metka Komac (TTU) 6-3, 6-4
6. Kristina Novak (OSU) def. Andreea Lila (TTU) 4-6, 6-3, 1-0 (10-6)
Doubles competition
1. No. 5 Ange Oby Kajuru and Anastasiya Komar (OSU) def. No. 7 Avelina Sayfetdinova and Metka Komac (TTU) 6-3
2. Ayumi Miyamoto and Raquel Gonzalez (OSU) def. Cristina Tiglea and Mariya Polishchuk (TTU) 7-6 (7-5)
3. Jermine Sherif and Andreea Lila (TTU) def. Safiya Carrington and Kristina Novak (OSU) 6-3
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (1,4,5,2,3,6)