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No. 16 Oklahoma State Wins Its Second Match In Two Days Over The Golden Hurricane
February 01, 2020 | Cowgirl Tennis
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STILLWATER - The No. 16 Oklahoma State Cowgirls faced off against the Tulsa Golden Hurricane on Saturday afternoon in Stillwater, Okla. and picked up a 6-1 victory. This was the second match in two days for the Cowgirls after defeating Arkansas on Friday night.
Tulsa stole the doubles point from the Cowgirls to start the day off. Megan Hopton and Laia Conde Monfort won the first match of the day on court two over Bunyawi Thamchaiwat and Lenka Stara, 6-3. No. 17 Lisa Marie Rioux and Ayumi Miyamoto picked up a win over another ranked duo in No. 40 Martina Okalova and Vera Ploner, 6-4. Unfortunately for Oklahoma State, Tulsa would respond quickly with a 7-5 win on court three from Shura Poppe and Elodie Foster over Dariya Detkovskaya and Alana Wolfberg.
Oklahoma State's first point of the day came from No. 92 Ayumi Miyamoto when she defeated Vera Ploner in singles on court three, 6-2, 6-0. Dariya Detkovskaya would put OSU on top, 2-1, with a win over Lisa Benedejcic on court five, 6-3, 6-2.
"The most important thing for me was what was in my head," said Detkovskaya. "[Benedejcic] started to play so fast, so I changed my rhythm to confuse her. That's really why I won by so much."
The Cowgirls' third and fourth points of the match would happen nearly simultaneously. No. 16 Lisa Marie Rioux picked up a straight-set victory over Shura Poppe, 6-2, 6-2. The match would be clinched by the freshman Lenka Stara, as she would go on to defeat Marina Davtyan on court six, 6-3, 6-2.
Although it only took four singles victories, Tulsa and Oklahoma State opted to play out the remaining matches. No. 29 Bunyawi Thamchaiwat played on court one for the second consecutive day and needed a third set to take down No. 52 Martina Okalova, 6-0, 2-6, 12-10. Alana Wolfberg was the final Cowgirl to finish as she came back in her match to defeat Laia Conde Monfort, 4-6, 7-5, 10-3, to finalize the 6-1 victory for OSU.
"We have such a great group of kids," said assistant coach Jaime Sanchez. "It's not easy to play for a program like this. We have a lot of support and a lot of people behind us. When you're 17 or 18 years old, you take a lot of that responsibility, and you forget what you do well, which is playing tennis. When they focus on that, everything is good."
Saturday's victory moves the Cowgirls to 7-1 on the year, with their only loss coming at the hands of Ohio State last weekend in the ITA Kickoff. Ohio State, who came in at No. 12 in the latest ITA rankings, defeated No. 5 Duke in their match on Friday, 4-1. Saturday was only Tulsa's second loss of the season, and the Golden Hurricane now moves to 6-2 on the year.
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