#32-Ranked Tulsa Women’s Tennis Shuts Out #27- Wichita State 7-0

Saturday, March 17

Tulsa, Okla.

2 pm

Tulsa

Wichita State

#32-Ranked Tulsa Women’s Tennis Shuts Out #27- Wichita State 7-0

3/17/2018 4:44:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Box Score

TULSA, Okla. –– The 32^nd-ranked Tulsa women's tennis team claimed a 7-0 victory over the 27^th-ranked Wichita State Shockers Saturday afternoon at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center in the tennis version of Havoc in the Heartland rivalry series.

The Golden Hurricane improved to 14-3 on the season, while the Shockers fell to 13-5. Tulsa has now won nine of its last 10 matches.

Tulsa won the doubles point quickly against Wichita State with two 6-0 victories, and then won the match with the first three single decisions, all three in straight sets.

Martha Matoula put the Hurricane ahead 2-0 when she claimed a 6-1, 6-2 victory at the No. 4 position over Wichita State's Marta Bellucco, and improving her dual record to 9-2 and overall match record to 15-5.

After cruising to a 6-1 win in the first set, Tulsa's Vera Ploner found herself trailing 5-2 in the second, but won the next five games for a 7-5 victory over the Shockers' Gabriela Porubin to put the Hurricane ahead 3-0. Ploner is now 14-8 overall on the year and has a 9-4 record in dual matches.

Tulsa's 71^st-ranked Ksenia Laskutova clinched the Tulsa victory with a straight set win over the nation's No. 84-ranked Fatima Bizhukova. Laskutova took a 6-4 victory in the first set, and then finished off the match with a 6-2 win. The victory improved Laskutova's overall record to 19-6 and her dual record to 13-3.

Tamara Kupkova put the Hurricane ahead 5-0 when she claimed a three-set win over Giulia Guidetti at the No. 3 position. Kupkova improved to 13-7 overall on the season with a 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 victory.

At the No. 2 spot, Martina Okalova put the Hurricane ahead 6-0, but it wasn't without a fight. Okalova trailed in the first set 5-2 and battled back for a 7-5 victory. In the second set, she again trailed 3-1 before having to win the final two games for the 7-6 (7) win. Okalova took a 6-1 lead in the tiebreak, before WSU's Sandra Honigova closed it to 6-5.

Okalova moved to 18-5 on the season and 11-2 in dual match play.

The final match of the day between Tulsa's Shura Poppe and the Shockers' Sarvinoz Saidhujaeva at the No. 6 position came down to three sets. Poppe took the first set 6-4, before dropping the second set 6-1. In the final set, Poppe trailed 5-4 before winning the final three games to give the Hurricane a 2-0 win over Wichita State.

In doubles action, it took Tulsa less than 25 minutes to capture a 1-0 lead as the team at No. 2 of Okalova and Ploner and the No. 3 team of Kupkova and Rouxanne Janse van Rensburg defeated their opponents with 6-0 shutouts.

Tulsa will be on the road next Friday and Saturday, March 23-24, in New Orleans, Louisiana, as the Hurricane will face-off against two American Athletic Conference foes with a Friday matchup against SMU and a Saturday match against host Tulane.

#32 Tulsa 7, #27 Wichita State 0
SINGLES
#1       Ksenia Laskutova (Tulsa) def. Fatima Bizhukova (WSU) 6-4, 6-2
#2       Martina Okalova (Tulsa) def. Sandra Honigova (WSU) 7-5, 7-6 (7)
#3       Tamara Kupkova (Tulsa) def. Guilia Guidetti (WSU) 6-2, 3-6, 6-1
#4       Martha Matoula (Tulsa) def. Marta Bellucco (WSU) 6-2, 6-3
#5       Vera Ploner (Tulsa) def. Gabriela Porubin (WSU) 6-1, 7-5
#6       Shure Poppe (Tulsa) def. Sarvinoz Saidhujaeva (WSU) 6-4, 1-6, 7-5

DOUBLES
#1       Laskutova/Matoula (Tulsa) vs. Bizhukova/Bellucco (WSU) unfinished
#2       Okalova/Ploner (Tulsa) def. Ting-Ya Hsu/Guidetti (WSU) 6-0
#3       Kupkova/van Rensburg (Tulsa) def. Porubin/Saidhujaeva (WSU) 6-0

Order of Finish: Doubles (3, 2); Singles (4, 5, 1, 3, 2, 6)
Records: Tulsa 14-3, Wichita State 13-5