Friday, February 25
Montgomery, Ala.
11:30 a.m.
Texas Tech Athletics
vs
No. 66 Arizona
Tech heads to Alabama for Blue Grey Tennis Classic
February 24, 2022 | Women's Tennis
Tech will open play vs. Arizona Friday at 11:30
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Texas Tech women's tennis program hits the road for the Blue Grey Tennis Classic on Friday and Saturday in Montgomery.
The Lady Raiders (5-1) check-in at No. 24 overall in this week's ITA rankings, and will open play against Arizona at 11:30 a.m. on Friday. The winner between Tech and Arizona will advance to face the winner of No. 7 Troy and No. 2 Wake Forest in the semifinals at 4:30 on Friday.
No. 1 overall seed and 10th-ranked Oklahoma State opens play Friday at 8:30 a.m. against Yale, while Alabama clashes with Furman in the 4/5 matchup at the same time.
THE FIELD (Tournament Seeding):
No. 10 Oklahoma State (No. 1)
No. 18 Wake Forest (No. 2)
No. 24 Texas Tech (No. 3)
No. 26 Alabama (No. 4)
No. 42 Furman (No. 5)
No. 66 Arizona (No. 6)
Troy (No. 7)
Yale (No. 8)
LAST TIME OUT:
The Lady Raiders returned to action for the first time in 19 days last weekend, hosting both Houston and Ole Miss. Last Friday, the Lady Raiders rolled to a 7-0 sweep over the Cougars, before closing the weekend with a tidy 4-0 sweep over the Lady Rebels.
As she has the entire spring season, Margarita Skriabina shined, rolling to a pair 6-0 sets in singles action, and a quick 6-2 doubles victory. Other Tech highlights from Friday included freshman Bojana Marinkov cruising to a 6-0, 6-0 victory on court six and Olivia Peet contributing a one and three victory on court two.
On Saturday, the Lady Raiders closed the perfect weekend, earning a 4-0 sweep of Ole Miss. In the victory, Skriabina earned earned a 6-2, 6-4 win over No. 96 Sabina Machalova. With the win in singles action, the Russian improved to 7-1 overall and 5-0 against ranked opponents. Other highlights included Peet and Metka Komac earning a 7-4 tiebreaker victory to seal the doubles point, and Peete cruising to a four and one victory.
IN THE RANKINGS:
For the first time in nearly three years, Tech women's tennis is ranked inside the ITA Top-25. Tech clocks in at No. 24 in this week's rankings, the first time the program is ranked inside the top-25 since Mar. 26 of 2019. In the individual rankings, a pair of
Lady Raiders are ranked inside the top-70. Skriabina checks-in at No. 16 in this week's rankings, up a spot from the last rankings. Freshman Avelina Sayfetdinova is the other Texas Tech player in the ITA rankings. Sayfetdinova is ranked 62 in the ITA rankings.
SCOUTING THE 'CATS:
Arizona enters the weekend with a record of 6-1 overall. Winners of three straight matches, the Wildcats lone loss was at Michigan State back on Feb. 9. The Cats dropped a tough 4-3 match against the Spartans. Arizona is 29-10 this season in dual singles action and 12-6 in doubles play. Parker Fry and Salma Ziouti have combined for 11 of UofA's 29 victories. Fry is 6-0 at the No. 5 spot while Ziouti is 4-0 at No. 2 and 1-2 at No. 1.
UP NEXT:
Following the Blue Gray National Classic, the Lady Raiders will return to action next Friday (Mar. 4) against UC Santa Barbara. First serve is set for 5 p.m. from TCU's Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center.
The Lady Raiders (5-1) check-in at No. 24 overall in this week's ITA rankings, and will open play against Arizona at 11:30 a.m. on Friday. The winner between Tech and Arizona will advance to face the winner of No. 7 Troy and No. 2 Wake Forest in the semifinals at 4:30 on Friday.
No. 1 overall seed and 10th-ranked Oklahoma State opens play Friday at 8:30 a.m. against Yale, while Alabama clashes with Furman in the 4/5 matchup at the same time.
THE FIELD (Tournament Seeding):
No. 10 Oklahoma State (No. 1)
No. 18 Wake Forest (No. 2)
No. 24 Texas Tech (No. 3)
No. 26 Alabama (No. 4)
No. 42 Furman (No. 5)
No. 66 Arizona (No. 6)
Troy (No. 7)
Yale (No. 8)
LAST TIME OUT:
The Lady Raiders returned to action for the first time in 19 days last weekend, hosting both Houston and Ole Miss. Last Friday, the Lady Raiders rolled to a 7-0 sweep over the Cougars, before closing the weekend with a tidy 4-0 sweep over the Lady Rebels.
As she has the entire spring season, Margarita Skriabina shined, rolling to a pair 6-0 sets in singles action, and a quick 6-2 doubles victory. Other Tech highlights from Friday included freshman Bojana Marinkov cruising to a 6-0, 6-0 victory on court six and Olivia Peet contributing a one and three victory on court two.
On Saturday, the Lady Raiders closed the perfect weekend, earning a 4-0 sweep of Ole Miss. In the victory, Skriabina earned earned a 6-2, 6-4 win over No. 96 Sabina Machalova. With the win in singles action, the Russian improved to 7-1 overall and 5-0 against ranked opponents. Other highlights included Peet and Metka Komac earning a 7-4 tiebreaker victory to seal the doubles point, and Peete cruising to a four and one victory.
IN THE RANKINGS:
For the first time in nearly three years, Tech women's tennis is ranked inside the ITA Top-25. Tech clocks in at No. 24 in this week's rankings, the first time the program is ranked inside the top-25 since Mar. 26 of 2019. In the individual rankings, a pair of
Lady Raiders are ranked inside the top-70. Skriabina checks-in at No. 16 in this week's rankings, up a spot from the last rankings. Freshman Avelina Sayfetdinova is the other Texas Tech player in the ITA rankings. Sayfetdinova is ranked 62 in the ITA rankings.
SCOUTING THE 'CATS:
Arizona enters the weekend with a record of 6-1 overall. Winners of three straight matches, the Wildcats lone loss was at Michigan State back on Feb. 9. The Cats dropped a tough 4-3 match against the Spartans. Arizona is 29-10 this season in dual singles action and 12-6 in doubles play. Parker Fry and Salma Ziouti have combined for 11 of UofA's 29 victories. Fry is 6-0 at the No. 5 spot while Ziouti is 4-0 at No. 2 and 1-2 at No. 1.
UP NEXT:
Following the Blue Gray National Classic, the Lady Raiders will return to action next Friday (Mar. 4) against UC Santa Barbara. First serve is set for 5 p.m. from TCU's Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center.
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