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Tech blows past No. 20 Kansas
March 24, 2023 | Women's Tennis
LUBBOCK, Texas – After picking up a ranked doubles win and five singles victories, the No. 43 Texas Tech Lady Raiders dominated the No. 20 Kansas Jayhawks with a 6-1 victory at the McLeod Tennis Center on Friday afternoon.
The Lady Raiders (11-6, 1-2 Big 12) started off the windy afternoon by capturing the doubles point against the Jayhawks (11-4, 2-3 Big 12) in 2-0 fashion.
No. 50 duo Metka Komac and Avelina Sayfetdinova won their second-consecutive and third-overall ranked doubles win at court one over No. 61 Malkia Ngounoue and Heike Janse Van Vuuren, 6-4.
At court three, Texas Tech clinched the doubles point with Yekaterina Dmitrichenko and Camryn Stepp's 6-4 win over Carmen Roxana Manu and Jocelyn Massey. When the point was secured, the Lady Raiders' tandem of Olivia Peet and Cristina Tiglea were up 5-4 at court two over Tamari Gagoshidze and Maria Titova.
Dmitrichenko then added to Tech's advantage by capturing the Lady Raider's second point against Kansas at court four against Van Vuuren, 6-3, 6-3.
Not long after, the Jayhawks scored their first point of the contest with Peet losing at court one to No. 56 Ngounoue 3-6, 1-6.
Texas Tech's third point of the match came from court five when Komac posted a victory over Kansas' Gagoshidze, 6-2, 6-3.
Down 30-0 in the third and final set, freshman Arina Oreshchenkova overcame the deficit by winning four-straight points to clinch her first match of the season and collect her first Big 12 singles win on the year against Mariana Manyoma-Velasquez at court six, 6-3, 0-6, 6-1.
After the clinching point was scored, Texas Tech's Sayfetdinova added to the lead at court two with a win over Titova, 7-6 (3), 6-3.
To finish off the day, Tiglea added the final point to the Lady Raiders' dominant win over Kansas by beating Manu at court three, 7-5, 3-6, 1-0 (7).
With the win, the Lady Raiders have won their first Big 12 contest and have their third ranked win of the year, with this being the first over a top-20 program. Texas Tech has also recorded their 11th doubles point of the season and are 10-1 when winning the doubles point.
Up next, Texas Tech is back home on Sunday, March 26 at 10 a.m. against Kansas State for another Big 12 conference match.
SINGLES RESULTS
1. #56 Ngounoue, Malkia (KU23) def. Olivia Peet (TTU) 6-3, 6-1
2. Avelina Sayfetdinova (TTU) def. Titova, Maria (KU23) 7-6 (7-3), 6-3
3. Cristina Tiglea (TTU) def. Manu, Carmen Roxana (KU23) 7-5, 3-6, 1-0 (10-7)
4. Yekaterina Dmitrichenko (TTU) def. Janse Van Vuuren, H (KU23) 6-3, 6-3
5. Metka Komac (TTU) def. Gagoshidze, Tamari (KU23) 6-2, 6-3
6. Arina Oreshchenkova (TTU) def. Manyoma-Velasquez, M (KU23) 6-3, 0-6, 6-1
DOUBLES RESULTS
1. #50 Metka Komac/Avelina Sayfetdinova (TTU) def. #61 Janse Van Vuuren, H/Ngounoue, Malkia (KU23) 6-4
2. Olivia Peet/Cristina Tiglea (TTU) vs. Gagoshidze, Tamari/Titova, Maria (KU23) 5-4, unfinished
3. Yekaterina Dmitrichenko/Camryn Stepp (TTU) def. Manu, Carmen Roxana/Massey, Jocelyn (KU23) 6-4
Order of Finish: Doubles (1, 3); Singles (4, 1, 5, 6, 2, 3)
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
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#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
1,3
#1 Singles Match
#2 Singles Match
#3 Singles Match
#4 Singles Match
#5 Singles Match
#6 Singles Match
Order of Finish:
4,1,5,6,2,3
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