Lady Raiders Dominate TCU to Open Big 12 Play

Saturday, February 27

Lubbock, TX

12 PM

Texas Tech Athletics

TCU

Lady Raiders Dominate TCU to Open Big 12 Play

February 27, 2021 | Women's Tennis

Box Score

By: Harry Endicott

LUBBOCK, Texas – The Texas Tech Lady Raider tennis team opened Big 12 play in dominant fashion on Saturday afternoon, handling TCU, 6-1, at the McLeod Tennis Center.

The Lady Raiders (7-1, 1-0 Big 12) have now won five-straight matches dating back to Feb. 7. That stretch includes three sweeps, a 4-3 win over No. 23 Arizona State and Saturday's 6-1 win over the Horned Frogs.

The match began with a tight doubles point that ended up going to the Lady Raiders after wins on courts one and three. Lisa Mays and Kaitlin Staines struck first, notching a 6-3 win over Isabel Pascual and Mercedes Aristegui. After the Horned Frogs came back for a 6-4 win on court two, Olivia Peet and Metka Komac snagged the win on three, holding off Margaret Polk and Stevie Kennedy, 7-5, to put the Lady Raiders up, 1-0.

Texas Tech would get straight-set wins from five of its six singles players to quickly dispatch of the Horned Frogs, and had the match clinched at 4-0 before TCU got on the board.

Lisa Mays earned the first Lady Raider singles victory of the day, tallying a dominant, 6-0, 6-1 victory over No. 68 Marie Norris on court one. It marked the first ranked win of the season for Mays, who moved to 7-1 overall and 5-0 in dual matches with the win.

Komac quickly followed with a win on six to put Tech up, 3-0. The freshman defeated Margaret Polk, 6-4, 6-0, for her fourth dual win in as many starts this season.

Margarita Skriabina also remained perfect in dual singles action this season, moving to 5-0 this spring with a 6-4, 6-1 win over Stevie Kennedy to clinch the match for the Lady Raiders.

After the match was clinched, TCU earned its first point of the match with a win on two; however, the Lady Raiders were quick to finish the win with wins from Nell Miller and Olivia Peet to finish off the victory. Miller moved to 5-2 on the dual season with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Isabel Pascual, and Olivia Peet moved to 5-0 on the dual season with a 7-5, 6-1 win over Addy Guevara.

The Lady Raiders will be back in action on Friday at 10 a.m. when they travel to Norman, Okla., to face the Sooners in a nonconference match.