Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowgirl Tennis Opens Up Play At ITA Central Regional Championships
October 18, 2019 | Cowgirl Tennis
NORMAN, Okla. – Six members of the Oklahoma State Cowgirl tennis team are competing in the main draw of the ITA Central Regional Championships in Norman, Okla. this week in both singles and doubles play. The first round of the tournament began on Friday.
In doubles, the Cowgirls went a perfect three for three on the day. Bunyawi Thamchaiwat and Dariya Detkovskaya set the tone with the first win of the day as they defeated Jana Lazarevic and Emma Tranberg of South Dakota, 8-2. No. 27 Catherine Gulihur and Alana Wolfberg took down the Arkansas State duo of Jill Morse and Amelia Guevremont, 8-4. Finally, Lisa Rioux and Ayumi Miyamoto came out of their match victorious over Missouri State's Alyson Piskulic and Anna Alons, 8-2.
All six Cowgirls received a first-round bye in singles play of the tournament. No. 67 Bunyawi Thamchaiwat won her first singles match of the tournament by defeating Central Arkansas' Mei Ishimura, 6-0, 6-1. Freshman Cowgirl Alana Wolfberg won her match over Marta Bellucco of Wichita State, 6-2, 6-0.
No. 43 Lisa Rioux defeated Minnesota's Tina Kreinis, 6-2, 6-1. The final win for the Cowgirls came from Catherine Gulihur as she defeated Laura Rijkers of Arkansas, 7-5, 2-6, 6-4. The only loss for OSU came when Minnesota's Tiffany Huber defeated Ayumi Miyamoto, 6-3, 6-3.
The ITA Central Regional Championships will be played through Oct. 22. As the Cowgirls' opponents for Saturday become available, updates can be found @CowgirlTennis or on the Oklahoma State website.
