Tulsa Women’s Tennis Falls to In-State Rival and 12th Ranked Oklahoma State, 4-0, in Second Round of NCAA Tennis Championships

Saturday, May 14

Stillwater, OK

3:00 p.m.

Tulsa

Oklahoma State University

Tulsa Women’s Tennis Falls to In-State Rival and 12th Ranked Oklahoma State, 4-0, in Second Round of NCAA Tennis Championships

5/14/2016 5:53:00 PM | Women's Tennis

By: Drake Allen

STILLWATER, Okla. – The University of Tulsa women's tennis team fell to in-state rival and 12^th ranked Oklahoma State in a 4-0 decision in the second round of the NCAA Tennis Championships Saturday afternoon at the Greenwood Tennis Center of the campus of Oklahoma State University. The 28^th ranked Golden Hurricane concluded the 2016 campaign with an impressive overall 22-5 record.

In doubles play, Oklahoma State clinched the doubles point with wins in the last two flights. The Cowboys 79^th ranked doubles team of Katarina Adamovic and Vladica Babic (No. 3) picked up the first doubles match victory with a 6-2 win over senior Saana Saarteinen and junior Mahitha Dadireddy. The nation's 54^th ranked doubles team of Viktoriya Lushkova and Carla Tur Mari (No. 2) registered a 6-3 win over freshman Martha Matoula and junior Rongrong Leenabanchong to clinch the doubles point giving Oklahoma State a 1-0 match lead going into singles play

The Cowboys carried the momentum into singles play as Kelsey Laurente (No. 4) topped junior Marcelina Cichon, 6-0, 6-1, to extend the match lead to 2-0. Oklahoma State won back-to-back singles matches to clinch the match victory as 66^th ranked Viktoriya Lushkova (No. 3) defeated Rongrong Leenabanchong, 6-0, 6-4, before 47^th ranked Katarina Adamovic (No. 1) outlasted TU's 86^th ranked singles player senior Saana Saarteinen, 7-5, 6-3.

Tulsa's Saana Saarteinen will compete at the NCAA Singles Championships on her home court as Tulsa hosts the NCAA Division I Men's & Women's Tennis Championships, May 19-30, at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center.

No. 12 Oklahoma State 4, No. 28 Tulsa 0
SINGLES
1. Katarina Adamovic (OSU) defeated #86 Saana Saarteinen (Tulsa), 7-5, 6-3
2. Ksenia Laskutova (Tulsa) vs. #44 Vladia Babic (OSU)
3. #66 Viktoriya Lushkova (OSU) defeated Rongrong Leenabanchong (Tulsa), 6-0, 6-4
4. Kelsey Laurente (OSU) defeated Marcelina Cichon (Tulsa), 6-0, 6-1
5. Renata Kuricova (Tulsa) vs. Katarina Stresnakova (OSU)
6. Martha Matoula (Tulsa) vs. Carla Tur Mari (OSU)
Order of singles finish: 4, 3, 1

DOUBLES
1. Laskutova/Kuricova (Tulsa) vs. #43 Alvarez/Laurente (OSU), DNF
2. #54 Lushkova/Tur Mari (OSU) defeated Matoula/Leenabanchong (Tulsa), 6-3
3. #79 Adamovic/Babic (OSU) defeated Saarteinen/Dadireddy (Tulsa), 6-2
Order of doubles finish: 3, 2

Records: Tulsa 22-5, Oklahoma State 26-4

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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