Tulsa Women’s Tennis Falls to In-State Rival No. 17 Oklahoma State, 4-0, Tuesday Night

Tuesday, March 29

Stillwater, OK

5:00 p.m.

Tulsa

OSU

Tulsa Women’s Tennis Falls to In-State Rival No. 17 Oklahoma State, 4-0, Tuesday Night

3/29/2016 9:53:00 PM | Women's Tennis

By: Drake Allen

STILLWATER, Okla. – The University of Tulsa women's tennis team lost to in-state rival No. 17 Oklahoma State in a 4-2 decision at the Greenwood Tennis Center on Tuesday night. The No. 21 Golden Hurricane falls to 16-3 overall, while Oklahoma State improves to 14-4 overall.

In doubles play, Oklahoma State's No. 45 doubles team Katarina Adamovic and Valdica Babic (No. 3) defeated Saana Saarteinen and Mahitha Dadireddy, 6-2, to take a 1-0 doubles point advantage. OSU clinched the doubles point as No. 38 Viktoriya Lushkova and Carla Tur Mari (No. 2) defeated Rongrong Leenabanchong and Martha Matoula, 6-3, to take a 1-0 match advantage going into singles play. TU's Ksenisa Laskutova and Renata Kuricova (No. 1) trailed 3-4 to No. 23 Marai Alvarez and Kelsey Laurente before play was stopped.

Oklahoma State continued the momentum in singles play as No. 62 Viktoriya Lushkova (No. 3) defeated Rongrong Leenabanchong, 6-0, 6-0, to extend the match lead to 2-0. Carla Tur Mari (No. 6) defeated Martha Matoula, 6-3, 6-3, to give the Cowboys a late 3-0 match lead. Kelsey Laurente (No. 4) defeated Marcelina Cichon, 6-1, 6-4, to clinch the Oklahoma State 4-0 match victory.

Tulsa returns to the Michael D. Case Tennis Center on Saturday, April 2, to take on conference foe Tulane at 12:00 noon.

No. 17 Oklahoma State 4, No. 21 Tulsa 0
SINGLES
1. Saana Saarteinen (Tulsa) vs. #33 Katarina Adamovic (OSU), DNF 4-6, 3-5
2. Ksenia Laskutova (Tulsa) vs #38 Valdica Babic (OSU), DNF 3-6, 3-4
3. #62 Viktoriya Lushkova (OSU) defeated Rongrong Leenabanchong (Tulsa), 6-0, 6-0
4. Kelsey Laurente (OSU) defeated Marcelina Cichon (Tulsa), 6-1, 6-4
5. Renata Kuricova (Tulsa) vs. Katarina Stresnakova (OSU), DNF 2-6, 6-5
6. Carla Tur Mari (OSU) def. Martha Matoula (Tulsa), 6-3, 6-3
Order of singles finish: 3, 6, 4

DOUBLES
1. Laskutova/Kuricova (Tulsa) vs. No. 23 Alvarez/Laurente (OSU), DNF 3-4
2. No. 38 Lushkova/Tur Mari (OSU) defeated Leenabanchong/Matoula (Tulsa), 6-3
3. No. 45 Adamovic/Babic (OSU) defeated Saarteinen/Dadireddy (Tulsa), 6-2
Order of doubles finish: 3, 2

Records: Tulsa 16-3, Oklahoma State 14-4

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The University of Tulsa's Michael D. Case Tennis Center is host site for the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Tennis Championships, May 19-30