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Cowgirls Complete Day One at ITA Central Regional Championships
October 13, 2023 | Cowgirl Tennis
STILLWATER – Four members of the Oklahoma State women's tennis team began play at the ITA Central Regional Championships in Lawrence, Kansas, on Friday.
The day began with doubles as two Cowgirl tandems competed in the main draw. The third-seeded pair of Anastasiya Komar and Ange Oby Kajuru collected two wins on Friday, first defeated the Kansas pair of Silvia Maria Costache and Tamari Gagoshidze, 8-2, before knocking off Maja Bajorek and Valeeva Lera from Southeast Missouri State, 8-2.
Kristina Novak and Raquel Gonzalez also earned a first-round victory, besting South Illinois' Jordan Schifano and Jill Lambrechts, 8-4. They would fall in the next round, however, losing to Sofia Pinto and Mia Liepert from Minnesota, 8-3.
In singles, the Cowgirls posted a 4-0 record after each received a first-round bye. Komar, the top overall seed, defeated Grace O'Donnell from Arkansas, 6-1, 6-4. Gonzalez followed that with a win over Missouri State's Cristina Flaquer, 6-4, 6-2, while Novak knocked off Pia Kranholdt from Iowa, 6-1, 6-1. Kajuru closed the day by cruising past Wichita State's Natsumi Kurahashi, 6-1, 6-3.
Komar and Kajuru will be the first Cowgirls in action tomorrow in the Round of 16 of the doubles main draw at 9 a.m. CT. All four Cowgirls will play in the Round of 32 in the singles main draw with match times still to be determined.
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