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Cowgirls Host No. 10 Baylor in Big 12 Opener
March 08, 2017 | Cowgirl Tennis
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STILLWATER – The seventh-ranked Oklahoma State women's tennis team opens its Big 12 schedule this week as it hosts No. 10 Baylor Thursday at the Greenwood Tennis Center at 5 p.m. Admission is free, and free pizza will be provided for fans in attendance.
Watch and Follow the Match
Fans can catch all home matches online at okstate.com/watchtennis. Live scoring is available on okstate.statbroadcast.com.
Notable Streaks and Trends
?The Cowgirls have spent 49 consecutive weeks in the ITA top 25. The last time OSU was outside the top 25 was March 18, 2014.
?The Cowgirls have won 20 or more matches in each of the last two seasons.
?Oklahoma State has won 14-straight regular season conference matches dating back to March 29, 2015, when the Cowgirls came up short, 4-3, at Texas Tech.
?Since 2012, OSU has made five-straight NCAA Tournament appearances. That streak is the second-longest in program history behind a 10-year streak that saw the Cowgirls earn NCAA Tournament berths from 1982-91.
?OSU has won 27-straight matches at the Greenwood Tennis Center, dating back to March of 2015.
?The Cowgirls were impressive during the fall, racking up a 65-16 (.802) overall singles record and a 28-14 (.667) overall mark in doubles.
?That success has continued this spring, as OSU opened the 2017 dual season with six sweeps in its first 13 matches.
Last Time Out
The Oklahoma State women's tennis team bounced back from dropping only its second doubles point of the season Saturday afternoon, winning five of six singles matches to pick up a 5-2 win over Northwestern in a neutral-site contest at the Nordstrom Tennis Complex.
No. 11 Oklahoma State 5, No. 38 Northwestern 2
March 4, 2017 | Nordstrom Tennis Center | Seattle, Wash.
Doubles
No. 1: No. 9 Lipp/Chatt (NU) def. No. 6 Babic/Tur Mari (OSU) 6-2
No. 2: Larner/Rischbieth (NU) def. No. 31 Blanco/Bolsova (OSU) 6-3
No. 3: No. 34 Lushkova/Tur Mari (OSU) def. Or/Doshi (NU) 6-1
Singles
No. 1: No. 9 Viktoriya Lushkova (OSU) def. Erin Larner (NU) 6-4, 6-2
No. 2: No. 56 Katarina Adamovic (OSU) def. Maddie Lipp (NU) 7-6, 6-2
No. 3: No. 54 Aliona Bolsova (OSU) def. Rheeya Doshi (NU) 6-2, 6-2
No. 4: Lee Or (NU) def. No. 50 Vladica Babic (OSU) 2-6, 6-4, 6-2
No. 5: Lena Ruppert (OSU) def. Alex Chatt (NU) 6-3, 6-2
No. 6: No. 101 Sofia Blanco (OSU) def. No. 121 Brooke Rischbieth (NU) 6-1, 6-4
Breaking Down the Bears
Baylor enters Thursday's Big 12 showdown with the Cowgirls ranked No. 10 in the lastest ITA rankings and boasting a 10-3 overall record.
The Bears have won three of their last four matches, including a 4-3 win over No. 21 UCLA in Waco last weekend; however, Baylor fell, 4-3, at Tulsa on Monday.
Baylor is led by Blair Shankle, who is ranked No. 11 in the ITA singles ranking with a 16-3 overall record and a 6-1 dual mark. Shankle and Elizabeth Profit lead the Bears in doubles with an 8-4 record, which is good for a national ranking of No. 22.
Head coach Joey Scrivano is in his 15th season at the helm of the Baylor women's tennis program.
Dominating the Big 12
The Cowgirls have arisen as a force in the Big 12 Conference over the last several seasons. Since 2013, OSU has won 28 conference matches, which ranks second only to Baylor's 31.
The Cowgirls have made three of the last four Big 12 Championship matches, finally breaking through to win their first since 2003 last year with a 4-0 win over Texas Tech.
OSU has won 14-straight regular season conference matches, dating back to March of 2015. That mark ranks third among Power Five schools, behind North Carolina and Florida. A look:
School Consecutive Conf. Wins
North Carolina (ACC) 28
Florida (SEC) 15
Oklahoma State (Big 12) 14
Miami (ACC) 13
Ohio State (Big Ten) 12
Top-10 Teams Clash at the GTC
When the 10th-ranked Bears come into the Greenwood Tennis Center on Thursday evening to face off with No. 7 Oklahoma State, it will mark the second top-10 clash between women's teams in the facility's history.
The first top-10 match came in 2015 when the 10th-ranked Cowgirls hosted No. 8 Baylor. In that contest, Baylor was victorious, 4-0.
Home Court Advantage
Since it opened for the 2013-14 season, the Michael and Anne Greenwood Tennis Center has proven a tough place to play for Cowgirl opponents. After an undefeated 18-0 mark at home last year, OSU has racked up a 42-2 overall record in the facility over the last three seasons. A look at the numbers:
Season OSU Record at GTC
2013-14 6-1
2014-15 13-1
2015-16 18-0
2016-17 5-0
Total 42-2
Series Notes: Baylor
?Thursday will mark the 27th all-time meeting between the Bears and the Cowgirls.
?The series dates back to 1997, when Baylor took down OSU, 7-2, in Stillwater.
?Baylor has taken 20 of the previous 26 matches in the series.
?OSU won the last matchup between the two teams, 4-1, in Stillwater last season.
Super Seniors
The experienced Cowgirl roster includes three seniors this season, all of which have been major contributors to the growth of the OSU women's tennis program. Katarina Adamovic, Carla Tur Mari and Viktoriya Lushkova have combined for 242 singles wins, 256 doubles wins, three All-America honors and 10 All-Big 12 accolades while helping the Cowgirls to a 78-23 dual record.
Record Watch
?Viktoriya Lushkova's .810 career win percentage in singles ranks second all-time in program history. She is the first player since Kate Vasylyeva in 2003 to break onto that list.
?With 90 career singles wins, Viktoriya Lushkova is currently second on the Big 12 era career list, and only four wins away from sealing the No. 1 spot. She is fifth on the doubles Big 12 era list with 84 career wins.
?With 84 career doubles wins, Katarina Adamovic sits in fifth on the program Big 12 era career doubles wins list. With a .798 win percentage in doubles, Adamovic's doubles win percentage leads the Big 12 era list in that category as well, along with Vladica Babic.
?With 88 career doubles wins, Carla Tur Mari is currently the program's active leader in that category, while also sitting in third in the Big 12 era program record book. She is also fourth in singles with 87 career wins.
Cowgirls in the Rankings
The Oklahoma State women's tennis team rose four spots to No. 7 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association team rankings this week. The Cowgirls also have six players ranked in singles and four ranked doubles teams.
The Cowgirls are also slotted at No. 5 in the USTA Top 25.
Senior Viktoriya Lushkova remains in the top 10 of the ITA singles rankings this week, coming in at No. 10. Lushkova has turned in a spectacular senior season thus far, compiling a 17-7 overall mark in singles to reach 90 wins for her career and counting.
Freshman Aliona Bolsova made an 11-point rise up the poll to No. 43 this week after splitting matches at the No. 3 singles spot last weekend. Bolsova has had an impressive opening to her collegiate career thus far, racking up a team-leading 18 wins on the year.
Seniors Carla Tur Mari and Katarina Adamovic come in at Nos. 68 and 76, respectively, while junior Vladica Babic finds herself at No. 92 and sophomore Sofia Blanco is ranked No. 122.
In doubles, four Cowgirl tandems are ranked in the top 40, led by Babic and Tur Mari at No. 6. Lushkova and Adamovic moved up two spots to No. 32 after picking up a pair of wins last weekend to move to 10-2 on the season. Bolsova and Blanco are slotted at No. 37 this week.
Young Guns
While the 2016-17 Cowgirl roster boasts plenty of experience, the young talent that head Coach Chris Young has brought on board over the last couple of seasons is evident as well, especially with a pair of newcomers.
Freshman Aliona Bolsova (Spain) joined the Cowgirls this fall after finishing one of the most decorated junior careers of any signee in Cowgirl history, having been been ranked as high as No. 4 in the ITF world junior rankings with a number of impressive wins under her belt.
Freshman Lena Ruppert (Germany) has been ranked as high as the No. 70 player in Germany, while recording five wins against players in the top-50. Ruppert came to OSU this fall rated as one of the top-10 players under the age of 18.
Impressively, the Cowgirl underclassmen (Bolsova, Ruppert, and sophomores Sofia Blanco and Katarina Stresnakova) have combined for a 64-19 record (.771 win pct.) so far this season.
Viki the Clincher
Senior Viktoriya has been a force early on in the Cowgirls' 2017 campaign, going 7-3 in the No. 1 singles spot.
Lushkova has clinched five of OSU's last seven wins, including a three-set thriller over Cal standout Maegan Manasse to lock up the Cowgirls' 4-2 win over No. 8 California at the ITA National Team Indoor Championships.
The Cowgirl senior also clinched OSU wins over Washington, Ole Miss, Tulsa and Cornell.
Light it Up, Lena
Freshman Lena Ruppert impressed in her first dual matches as a Cowgirl, winning eight of her first 10 matches.
A deeper look into the numbers, however, shows an even more remarkable start for the German newcomer. In her opening four dual matches, Ruppert played a full 46 games before dropping one.
Ruppert figures to be a contributor in the Cowgirl lineup throughout the remainder of her freshman season, having posted a 17-4 overall singles record so far with an 8-2 mark in duals.
No Trouble in Doubles
Over the last two seasons, Oklahoma State has made a name for itself around the country for its strong doubles play. This year, the Cowgirls have won 11 of 13 doubles points. Over the last two seasons total, OSU has taken 44 of 47 doubles points.
Among the Elite
As if the Oklahoma State women's tennis program needed further proof of its arrival on the national stage after last season's NCAA Runner-Up finish, the numbers back up the Cowgirls as well. OSU is one of only 12 NCAA Division I teams to win 20 or more matches in both of the last two seasons.
Adding to that stat, OSU has won 60 matches over the last two-plus seasons, making it the third-winningest program in the country over that span behind only North Carolina and Ohio State. A look at the full list:
Team Win Total (2015-17)
North Carolina 76
Ohio State 64
Oklahoma State 62
Florida 58
Wichita State 56
Michigan 56
Baylor 56
Vanderbilt 55
Texas Tech 55
Georgia 53
**through matches on March 8
Cowgirls Go International
The 2017 Oklahoma State women's tennis roster includes a variety of international flavors, with athletes hailing from eight different countries and three different continents. The Cowgirl roster boasts players from Serbia, Montenegro, Argentina, Spain, Ukraine, Germany, Slovakia and the United States.
STILLWATER – The seventh-ranked Oklahoma State women's tennis team opens its Big 12 schedule this week as it hosts No. 10 Baylor Thursday at the Greenwood Tennis Center at 5 p.m. Admission is free, and free pizza will be provided for fans in attendance.
Watch and Follow the Match
Fans can catch all home matches online at okstate.com/watchtennis. Live scoring is available on okstate.statbroadcast.com.
Notable Streaks and Trends
?The Cowgirls have spent 49 consecutive weeks in the ITA top 25. The last time OSU was outside the top 25 was March 18, 2014.
?The Cowgirls have won 20 or more matches in each of the last two seasons.
?Oklahoma State has won 14-straight regular season conference matches dating back to March 29, 2015, when the Cowgirls came up short, 4-3, at Texas Tech.
?Since 2012, OSU has made five-straight NCAA Tournament appearances. That streak is the second-longest in program history behind a 10-year streak that saw the Cowgirls earn NCAA Tournament berths from 1982-91.
?OSU has won 27-straight matches at the Greenwood Tennis Center, dating back to March of 2015.
?The Cowgirls were impressive during the fall, racking up a 65-16 (.802) overall singles record and a 28-14 (.667) overall mark in doubles.
?That success has continued this spring, as OSU opened the 2017 dual season with six sweeps in its first 13 matches.
Last Time Out
The Oklahoma State women's tennis team bounced back from dropping only its second doubles point of the season Saturday afternoon, winning five of six singles matches to pick up a 5-2 win over Northwestern in a neutral-site contest at the Nordstrom Tennis Complex.
No. 11 Oklahoma State 5, No. 38 Northwestern 2
March 4, 2017 | Nordstrom Tennis Center | Seattle, Wash.
Doubles
No. 1: No. 9 Lipp/Chatt (NU) def. No. 6 Babic/Tur Mari (OSU) 6-2
No. 2: Larner/Rischbieth (NU) def. No. 31 Blanco/Bolsova (OSU) 6-3
No. 3: No. 34 Lushkova/Tur Mari (OSU) def. Or/Doshi (NU) 6-1
Singles
No. 1: No. 9 Viktoriya Lushkova (OSU) def. Erin Larner (NU) 6-4, 6-2
No. 2: No. 56 Katarina Adamovic (OSU) def. Maddie Lipp (NU) 7-6, 6-2
No. 3: No. 54 Aliona Bolsova (OSU) def. Rheeya Doshi (NU) 6-2, 6-2
No. 4: Lee Or (NU) def. No. 50 Vladica Babic (OSU) 2-6, 6-4, 6-2
No. 5: Lena Ruppert (OSU) def. Alex Chatt (NU) 6-3, 6-2
No. 6: No. 101 Sofia Blanco (OSU) def. No. 121 Brooke Rischbieth (NU) 6-1, 6-4
Breaking Down the Bears
Baylor enters Thursday's Big 12 showdown with the Cowgirls ranked No. 10 in the lastest ITA rankings and boasting a 10-3 overall record.
The Bears have won three of their last four matches, including a 4-3 win over No. 21 UCLA in Waco last weekend; however, Baylor fell, 4-3, at Tulsa on Monday.
Baylor is led by Blair Shankle, who is ranked No. 11 in the ITA singles ranking with a 16-3 overall record and a 6-1 dual mark. Shankle and Elizabeth Profit lead the Bears in doubles with an 8-4 record, which is good for a national ranking of No. 22.
Head coach Joey Scrivano is in his 15th season at the helm of the Baylor women's tennis program.
Dominating the Big 12
The Cowgirls have arisen as a force in the Big 12 Conference over the last several seasons. Since 2013, OSU has won 28 conference matches, which ranks second only to Baylor's 31.
The Cowgirls have made three of the last four Big 12 Championship matches, finally breaking through to win their first since 2003 last year with a 4-0 win over Texas Tech.
OSU has won 14-straight regular season conference matches, dating back to March of 2015. That mark ranks third among Power Five schools, behind North Carolina and Florida. A look:
School Consecutive Conf. Wins
North Carolina (ACC) 28
Florida (SEC) 15
Oklahoma State (Big 12) 14
Miami (ACC) 13
Ohio State (Big Ten) 12
Top-10 Teams Clash at the GTC
When the 10th-ranked Bears come into the Greenwood Tennis Center on Thursday evening to face off with No. 7 Oklahoma State, it will mark the second top-10 clash between women's teams in the facility's history.
The first top-10 match came in 2015 when the 10th-ranked Cowgirls hosted No. 8 Baylor. In that contest, Baylor was victorious, 4-0.
Home Court Advantage
Since it opened for the 2013-14 season, the Michael and Anne Greenwood Tennis Center has proven a tough place to play for Cowgirl opponents. After an undefeated 18-0 mark at home last year, OSU has racked up a 42-2 overall record in the facility over the last three seasons. A look at the numbers:
Season OSU Record at GTC
2013-14 6-1
2014-15 13-1
2015-16 18-0
2016-17 5-0
Total 42-2
Series Notes: Baylor
?Thursday will mark the 27th all-time meeting between the Bears and the Cowgirls.
?The series dates back to 1997, when Baylor took down OSU, 7-2, in Stillwater.
?Baylor has taken 20 of the previous 26 matches in the series.
?OSU won the last matchup between the two teams, 4-1, in Stillwater last season.
Super Seniors
The experienced Cowgirl roster includes three seniors this season, all of which have been major contributors to the growth of the OSU women's tennis program. Katarina Adamovic, Carla Tur Mari and Viktoriya Lushkova have combined for 242 singles wins, 256 doubles wins, three All-America honors and 10 All-Big 12 accolades while helping the Cowgirls to a 78-23 dual record.
Record Watch
?Viktoriya Lushkova's .810 career win percentage in singles ranks second all-time in program history. She is the first player since Kate Vasylyeva in 2003 to break onto that list.
?With 90 career singles wins, Viktoriya Lushkova is currently second on the Big 12 era career list, and only four wins away from sealing the No. 1 spot. She is fifth on the doubles Big 12 era list with 84 career wins.
?With 84 career doubles wins, Katarina Adamovic sits in fifth on the program Big 12 era career doubles wins list. With a .798 win percentage in doubles, Adamovic's doubles win percentage leads the Big 12 era list in that category as well, along with Vladica Babic.
?With 88 career doubles wins, Carla Tur Mari is currently the program's active leader in that category, while also sitting in third in the Big 12 era program record book. She is also fourth in singles with 87 career wins.
Cowgirls in the Rankings
The Oklahoma State women's tennis team rose four spots to No. 7 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association team rankings this week. The Cowgirls also have six players ranked in singles and four ranked doubles teams.
The Cowgirls are also slotted at No. 5 in the USTA Top 25.
Senior Viktoriya Lushkova remains in the top 10 of the ITA singles rankings this week, coming in at No. 10. Lushkova has turned in a spectacular senior season thus far, compiling a 17-7 overall mark in singles to reach 90 wins for her career and counting.
Freshman Aliona Bolsova made an 11-point rise up the poll to No. 43 this week after splitting matches at the No. 3 singles spot last weekend. Bolsova has had an impressive opening to her collegiate career thus far, racking up a team-leading 18 wins on the year.
Seniors Carla Tur Mari and Katarina Adamovic come in at Nos. 68 and 76, respectively, while junior Vladica Babic finds herself at No. 92 and sophomore Sofia Blanco is ranked No. 122.
In doubles, four Cowgirl tandems are ranked in the top 40, led by Babic and Tur Mari at No. 6. Lushkova and Adamovic moved up two spots to No. 32 after picking up a pair of wins last weekend to move to 10-2 on the season. Bolsova and Blanco are slotted at No. 37 this week.
Young Guns
While the 2016-17 Cowgirl roster boasts plenty of experience, the young talent that head Coach Chris Young has brought on board over the last couple of seasons is evident as well, especially with a pair of newcomers.
Freshman Aliona Bolsova (Spain) joined the Cowgirls this fall after finishing one of the most decorated junior careers of any signee in Cowgirl history, having been been ranked as high as No. 4 in the ITF world junior rankings with a number of impressive wins under her belt.
Freshman Lena Ruppert (Germany) has been ranked as high as the No. 70 player in Germany, while recording five wins against players in the top-50. Ruppert came to OSU this fall rated as one of the top-10 players under the age of 18.
Impressively, the Cowgirl underclassmen (Bolsova, Ruppert, and sophomores Sofia Blanco and Katarina Stresnakova) have combined for a 64-19 record (.771 win pct.) so far this season.
Viki the Clincher
Senior Viktoriya has been a force early on in the Cowgirls' 2017 campaign, going 7-3 in the No. 1 singles spot.
Lushkova has clinched five of OSU's last seven wins, including a three-set thriller over Cal standout Maegan Manasse to lock up the Cowgirls' 4-2 win over No. 8 California at the ITA National Team Indoor Championships.
The Cowgirl senior also clinched OSU wins over Washington, Ole Miss, Tulsa and Cornell.
Light it Up, Lena
Freshman Lena Ruppert impressed in her first dual matches as a Cowgirl, winning eight of her first 10 matches.
A deeper look into the numbers, however, shows an even more remarkable start for the German newcomer. In her opening four dual matches, Ruppert played a full 46 games before dropping one.
Ruppert figures to be a contributor in the Cowgirl lineup throughout the remainder of her freshman season, having posted a 17-4 overall singles record so far with an 8-2 mark in duals.
No Trouble in Doubles
Over the last two seasons, Oklahoma State has made a name for itself around the country for its strong doubles play. This year, the Cowgirls have won 11 of 13 doubles points. Over the last two seasons total, OSU has taken 44 of 47 doubles points.
Among the Elite
As if the Oklahoma State women's tennis program needed further proof of its arrival on the national stage after last season's NCAA Runner-Up finish, the numbers back up the Cowgirls as well. OSU is one of only 12 NCAA Division I teams to win 20 or more matches in both of the last two seasons.
Adding to that stat, OSU has won 60 matches over the last two-plus seasons, making it the third-winningest program in the country over that span behind only North Carolina and Ohio State. A look at the full list:
Team Win Total (2015-17)
North Carolina 76
Ohio State 64
Oklahoma State 62
Florida 58
Wichita State 56
Michigan 56
Baylor 56
Vanderbilt 55
Texas Tech 55
Georgia 53
**through matches on March 8
Cowgirls Go International
The 2017 Oklahoma State women's tennis roster includes a variety of international flavors, with athletes hailing from eight different countries and three different continents. The Cowgirl roster boasts players from Serbia, Montenegro, Argentina, Spain, Ukraine, Germany, Slovakia and the United States.
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