Oklahoma State Takes First Step in NCAA Championships Beating Fairfield, SMU Next

(This story was originated with Oklahoma State University Athlete Media Relations and was written by Hayden Simmons.)

STILLWATER – Oklahoma State’s top-ranked women’s tennis team defeated Fairfield, 4-0, Saturday night to advance to the second round of the NCAA Championships at the Greenwood Tennis Center. The Cowgirls improved to 28-0 on the season and advance past the first round for the 10th time in their last 11 appearances.

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Komar (far) and Carrington serving in doubles matches vs. Fairfield.

Play opened with the doubles point going the way of the Cowgirls, as the third-ranked pairing of Anastasiya Komar and Ange Oby Kajuru made quick work of Maeve Cassidy and Sarah Liu, 6-0. Court two claimed the point for the Cowgirls, as Ayumi Miyamoto and Raquel Gonzalez defeated Francesca Karman and Lily Malinowski, 6-0.

Kristina Novak and Safiya Carrington had their match left unfinished leading Laina Campos and Nicolette Loeffler, 4-2.

Singles play opened with No. 18 Komar defeating Liu 6-0, 6-0, and No. 84 Miyamoto besting Karman 6-0, 6-0 to push the match to the brink.

Needing one point to clinch the match, Gonzalez defeated Cassidy 6-2, 6-0 to advance the Cowgirls to the Round of 32.

Three courts went unfinished due to the Cowgirl victory. Novak led Malinowski 6-1, 5-1, No. 46 Peyre was leading Plumtree 6-0, 3-2 and No. 72 Carrington was up on Loeffleer 6-1, 5-4 before being left unfinished.

The Cowgirls will face SMU tomorrow at 2 p.m. with a trip to the Sweet 16 on the line.

NCAA 1^st Round Regional Competition 

No. 1 seed  Oklahoma State 4  No. 12 seed Fairfield 0

Singles competition 

No. 8 Anastasiya Komar (OSU) def. Sarah Liu (FFD), 6-0, 6-0

No. 46 Lucia Peyre (OSU) vs. Katerina Plumtree (FFD), 6-0, 3-2, unfinished

No. 72 Safiya Carrington (OSU) vs. Nicolette Loeffler (FFD), 6-1, 5-4, unfinished

No. 84 Ayumi Miyamoto (OSU) def. Francesca Karman (FFD), 6-0, 6-0

Kristina Novak (OSU) vs. Lily Malinowski (FFD), 6-1, 5-1, unfinished

Raquel Gonzalez (OSU) def. Maeve Cassidy (FFD), 6-2, 6-0

Doubles competition 

No. 3 Anastasiya Komar and Ange Oby Kajuru (OSU) def. Maeve Cassidy and Sarah Liu (FFD), 6-0

Ayumi Miyamoto and Raquel Gonzalez (OSU) def. Francesca Karman and Lily Malinowski (FFD), 6-0

Kristina Novak and Safiya Carrington (OSU) vs. Laina Campos and Nicolette Loeffler (FFD), 4-2, unfinished

Order of finish:

Doubles (1,2); Singles (1,4,6)