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Lady Raiders win Big 12 Tournament title
April 20, 2025 | Women's Tennis
WACO, Texas – Texas Tech is the undisputed Big 12 champions. After earning a three-way tie for first place in the Big 12 regular season with UCF and Oklahoma State, the Lady Raiders got an exciting 4-2 win over the Knights for the Big 12 Tournament trophy on Sunday afternoon at the Hurd Tennis Center. This is the team's second tournament title and first since 2017. Junior Yekaterina Dmitrichenko was named the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament after going 3-0 in doubles and 2-0 in singles.
Texas Tech (22-2) picked up the doubles point to start the match against UCF (22-3). At court one, No. 7 Mariia Hlahola and Aveline Sayfetdinova earned a ranked win over No. 41 Olivia Lincer and Hannah Rylatt, 6-2. UCF evened it up when Olivia Bergler and Jade Psonka defeated Jermine Sherif and Andreea Lila at court three, 6-3.
It would be Hailey Murphy and Yekaterina Dmitrichenko to clinch the doubles point after taking down Sophia Biolay and Aya El Aouni at court two. Tech led 3-0 before the Knights answered with three of the next four games to make it 4-3. However, the Lady Raiders stayed composed and earned a 6-4 win to give Tech the lead. They also snapped a 13-match win streak for the UCF doubles pairing.
Texas Tech took a 2-0 lead after Sherif beat Rylatt at court six. After going down 0-2 in the first set, Sherif rattled off the next six games for a 6-2 win. She then posted the same score in the following set, 6-2, to complete the victory. UCF was able to record back-to-back singles wins after Bergler defeated Murphy at court five, 6-4, 6-3, and No. 112 Biolay beat Hlahola at court three, 6-2, 6-2.
Lila put Tech back in the lead when she got a straight-set win over Psonka at court four. In the first set, Lila took a 3-2 lead after breaking Psonka's serve, then kept it to win the set, 6-2. Both players traded breaks in the next set until Lila broke and held serve at 5-3, then won the next game for the 6-3 victory.
The clinching point would come from court two where No. 96 Dmitrichenko was taking on El Aouni. In the first set, the Lady Raider went down 1-3 before winning four consecutive games to lead 4-3. She finished it off, getting the 6-4 win to take the lead. In set two, Dmitrichenko led 3-1 before El Aouni took a 4-3 advantage. The Lady Raiders wasn't fazed – winning the next three games for a 6-4 set to clinch the tournament title. Dmitrichenko also clinched the Big 12 regular-season championship against Arizona last weekend.
When the match was over, Sayfetdinova forced a third set against No. 98-ranked Lincer at the top court, 4-6, 7-5, 0-1.
Up next, Texas Tech will find out who it plays in the NCAA Tournament in the selection show, which will begin on Monday, April 28. Â
RESULTS
#15 Texas Tech 4, #22 UCF 4
Singles
1. Avelina Sayfetdinova (TTU) vs. #98 Olivia Lincer (UCF) 4-6, 7-5, 0-1, unfinished
2. #96 Yekaterina Dmitrichenko (TTU) def. Aya El Aouni (UCF) 6-4, 6-4
3. #112 Sophia Biolay (UCF) def. Mariia Hlahola (TTU) 6-2, 6-2
4. Andreea Lila (TTU) def. Jade Psonka (UCF) 6-2, 6-3
5. Olivia Bergler (UCF) def. Hailey Murphy (TTU) 6-4, 6-3
6. Jermine Sherif (TTU) def. Hannah Rylatt (UCF) 6-2, 6-2
Doubles
1. #7 Mariia Hlahola/Avelina Sayfetdinova (TTU) def. #41 Olivia Lincer/Hannah Rylatt (UCF) 6-2
2. Yekaterina Dmitrichenko/Hailey Murphy (TTU) def. Sophia Biolay/Aya El Aouni (UCF) 6-4
3. Olivia Bergler/Jade Psonka (UCF) def. Andreea Lila/Jermine Sherif (TTU) 6-3
Order of finish
Doubles (1, 3, 2); Singles (6, 5, 3, 4, 2)
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
1,3,2
#1 Singles Match
#2 Singles Match
#3 Singles Match
#4 Singles Match
#5 Singles Match
#6 Singles Match
Order of Finish:
6,5,3,4,2
Players Mentioned
