Cowgirls Prepare for Wichita State, Oklahoma

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STILLWATER – The 13th-ranked Oklahoma State women's tennis team takes on a pair of familiar foes this weekend in Wichita State and Oklahoma in back-to-back matches.

The Cowgirls (12-2, 3-1 Big 12) will open the weekend on Friday at home against the 35th-ranked Shockers before traveling to Norman, Okla., for this year's Bedlam matchup on Saturday at noon.

Watch and Follow the Matches
Live scoring for both matches can be found at statbroadcast.com. Streaming for Friday's match is available at okstate.com/watchtennis.

Notable Streaks and Trends
- The Cowgirls have spent 69 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 three seasons.
- Since 2012, OSU has made six-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 44 of their last 45 matches at the Greenwood Tennis Center, dating back to March of 2015.
- OSU has had an ITA Central Region Champion in five-straight seasons. This fall, Vladica Babic swept the event, winning in singles and in doubles with teammate Sofia Blanco.

The Series: Wichita State
- Friday's matchup with the Shockers will mark the 28th meeting in the series between the two teams, which dates back to 1979.
- OSU has dominated the series, winning 23 of the previous 27 matches against the Shockers.
- The Cowgirls have never lost to Wichita State at home, going 12-0 against the Shockers in Stillwater.
- OSU took the last meeting between the two teams in 2016, winning, 6-1.
- Chris Young--the former Wichita State head coach--is 5-1 against his former team since coming to Oklahoma State.

The Series: Bedlam
- By the numbers, Oklahoma is the Cowgirls' most familiar opponent, with the two teams having met 56 times since 1979. The only other team OSU has met 50 or more times is Kansas (50).
- The Cowgirls hold a convincing series lead, going 37-19 against the Sooners.
- OSU has won five-straight, and seven of eight, over the Sooners.
- OSU took the last Bedlam match, 4-0, in Stillwater.
- Chris Young is 7-6 in Bedlam matches.

Last Time OutThe Oklahoma State women's tennis team dropped a 4-0 match to No. 8 Texas on Sunday afternoon, snapping an eight-match winning streak and a string of five consecutive wins over the Longhorns.

It was the first time OSU had been swept since 2015.

No. 8 Texas 4, No. 12 Oklahoma State 0
March 25, 2018 | Texas Tennis Center | Austin, Texas

Doubles | Order of finish: 3,1,2
1. #16 Vladica Babic/Sofia Blanco (OKST) def. #44 Petra Granic/Bojana Markovic (UT) 6-4
2. Marta Perez-Mur/Bianca Turati (UT) def. Marina Guinart/Katarina Stresnakova (OKST) 7-5
3. Katie Poluta/Anna Turati (UT) def. Shir Hornung/Megan McCray (OKST) 6-2

Singles | Order of finish: 1,3,6
1. #1 Bianca Turati (UT) def. #24 Vladica Babic (OKST) 6-1, 6-0
2. #33 Anna Turati (UT) vs. #42 Megan McCray (OKST) 6-4, 4-2, unfinished
3. #77 Petra Granic (UT) def. #87 Katarina Stresnakova (OKST) 6-4, 6-0
4. Bojana Markovic (UT) vs. #96 Marina Guinart (OKST) 6-3, 5-5, unfinished
5. Marta Perez-Mur (UT) vs. Sofia Blanco (OKST) 2-6, 4-3, unfinished
6. Katie Poluta (UT) def. Shir Hornung (OKST) 6-1, 6-2

Babic's Record Watch
- With her 100th career doubles win last week, OSU senior Vladica Babic became the eighth Cowgirl in school history to reach that mark.
- She currently sits in eighth on the all-time doubles wins list and second in the Big 12 era--just one win behind Linda Faltynkova.
- With 88 career singles wins, she currently sits in fourth in the Big 12 era record book in that category.
- Babic and Faltynkova are the only two Cowgirls since the inception of the Big 12 to win 100 doubles matches and 88 singles matches.

Money McCray
Senior Megan McCray has been outstanding for the Cowgirls in the second singles spot this season, winning 10 of her 11 matches. McCray has gone 4-0 against ranked opponents so far this season and 2-0 against players in the top 50. The Oceanside, Calif., native has clinched four wins for the Pokes so far this year, including key victories over Florida and Miami.

Junior Power
Cowgirl juniors Katarina Stresnakova and Marina Guinart have held down the Nos. 3 and 4 spots this season, and have been almost automatic, racking up a combined 19-1 dual mark.

Stresnakova has opened the 2018 dual season off hot, winning 10 of her first 11 matches--including 10 in straight sets. Additionally, she has won 25 of her last 28 dual matches dating back to January of last season.

Guinart is 8-0 in dual play and has won nine-straight. The Spanish native has been clutch, going 3-0 this spring in matches decided by a third set or tiebreaker.

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