Cowgirl Tennis Beats Arizona State for Fourth Consecutive Win

Friday, March 21

Stillwater, OK

5 p.m.

Oklahoma State University

Arizona State

Cowgirl Tennis Beats Arizona State for Fourth Consecutive Win

March 21, 2025 | Cowgirl Tennis

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STILLWATER – Oklahoma State's No. 34 ranked women's tennis team defeated No. 36 Arizona State, 4-1, on Friday at the Greenwood Tennis Center in Stillwater.

With the win, OSU improved to 11-6 overall and 5-1 in Big 12 play while extending its win streak to four. The Cowgirls also picked up their first ranked win of the year and are now 8-1 at home this season.

OSU opened the match by taking the doubles point for the 12^th time this season. The No. 39 pairing of Anastasiya Komar and Rose Marie Nijkamp defeated Arizona State's No. 36 duo of Lily Taylor and Patricija Spaka, 6-1, for the first win toward the doubles point.

Kylie Collins and Marcela Lopez followed that with a win over Karin Altori and Sara Svetac, 6-4, to clinch the doubles point for OSU. Gracie Epps and Melissa Ercan had their match go unfinished while trailing Aiya Nupbay and Emilija Tverijonaite, 4-5.

Arizona State put the first point on the board in singles as Nupbay defeated No. 104 Lopez, 6-4, 6-2. OSU answered on the back of a big comeback from No. 81 Komar as she took down No. 33 Tverijonaite, 0-6, 6-1, 6-2. Nijkamp followed that immediately with a 6-4, 6-2 win against Taylor to improve to 10-1 on the season.

No. 58 Epps used a dominant third set to beat Altori, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, and clinch the win for the Cowgirls. Two singles matchups went unfinished, with Ercan trailing No. 49 Svetac, 3-6, 6-4, 0-1, while Collins was ahead Spaka, 6-3, 1-6, 4-3, before it went unfinished.

Oklahoma State will look for the weekend sweep on Sunday as it hosts No. 35 Arizona at 2 p.m., who will take on No. 48 Tulsa at 10 a.m. at the Greenwood Tennis Center.

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Singles competition
1. Melisa Ercan (OSU) vs. No. 49 Sara Svetac (ASU) 3-6, 6-4, 0-1, unfinished.
2. No. 81 Anastasiya Komar (OSU) def. No. 33 Emilija Tverijonaite (ASU) 0-6, 6-1, 6-2.
3. Kylie Collins (OSU) vs. Patricija Spaka (ASU) 6-3, 1-6, 4-3, unfinished.
4. Rose Marie Nijkamp (OSU) def. Lily Taylor (ASU) 6-4, 6-2.
5. No. 58 Gracie Epps (OSU) def. Karin Altori (ASU) 6-2, 3-6, 6-1.
6. Aiya Nupbay (ASU) def. No. 104 Marcela Lopez (OSU) 6-4, 6-2.

Doubles competition
1. No. 39 Anastasiya Komar and Rose Marie Nijkamp (OSU) def. No. 36 Lily Taylor and Patricija Spaka (ASU) 6-1.
2. Kylie Collins and Marcela Lopez (OSU) def. Karin Altori and Sara Svetac (ASU) 6-4.
3. Gracie Epps and Melisa Ercan (OSU) vs. Aiya Nupbay and Emilija Tverijonaite (ASU) 4-5, unfinished.

Order of finish: Doubles (1,2); Singles (6,2,4,5)