Cowgirl Tennis Nabs Two Wins Over the Weekend

Saturday, February 21

Tulsa, Okla.

Oklahoma State University

Indiana State

February 25, 2009 | Cowgirl Tennis

TULSA, Okla. Â– The Oklahoma State women's tennis team picked up two wins over the weekend at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center. OSU defeated Indiana State 7-0 on Saturday and Pacific (Calif.) 4-2 on Sunday.

Indiana State

Freshmen Iryna Khatsko and Alisa Buslaieva picked up an 8-0 win at No. 1 doubles. It was the second win for the Cowgirl duo since moving to No. 1 doubles. Indiana State won its only match at No. 2 doubles with an 8-6 win. The Sycamores forfeited at No. 3 doubles, giving the Cowgirls the doubles point.

OSU rolled through five singles matches and Indiana State forfeited at No. 6 singles. JoAnne Karaitiana won at No. 1 singles 6-1, 2-6, 10-8. Her second set was the only set the Cowgirls lost, Nataliya Shatkovsksaya won at No. 2 singles, Maryna Tkachenko won at No. 3 singles, Sasha Belova won at No. 4 singles and Iryna Khatsko won at No. 5 singles.

Pacific (Calif.)

Pacific won the doubles point to start the match with wins at No. 1 and No. 3 doubles. Karaitiana and Shatkovskaya won at No. 2 doubles for the Cowgirls.

OSU won four singles matches though, with wins by Karaitiana at No. 2 singles, Belova at No. 4 singles, Khatsko at No. 5 singles and Buslaieva at No. 6 singles. Shatkovskaya fell at No. 1 singles, her first appearance at the position on the year. Maryna Tkachenko's No. 4 singles match was not completed.

The Cowgirls improved to 4-3 with the wins Saturday and Sunday. OSU will be back in action twice again this weekend. OSU goes on the road to Wichita State on Feb. 28 and against Abilene Christian in Stillwater on March 1.

Match Results

OSU 7, Indiana State 0

Doubles
1. Iryna Khatsko/Alisa Buslaieva (OSU) def. Sarah Meghoufel/Elmine Botes 8-0
2. Anna Morgina/Sofya Lifanova (ISU) def. JoAnne Karaitiana/Nataliya Shatkovskaya 8-6
3. Sasha Belova/Maryna Tkachenko (OSU) forfeit

Singles
1. Karaitiana (OSU) def. Morgina 6-1, 2-6, 10-8
2. Shatkovskaya (OSU) def. Meghoufel 7-5, 6-3
3. Tkachenko (OSU) def. Lifanova 6-3, 7-5
4. Belova (OSU) def. Aleksandra Dzakula 6-1, 6-1
5. Khatsko (OSU) def. Botes 6-3, 6-0
6. Buslaieva (OSU) forfeit

OSU 4, Pacific 2

Doubles
1. Jenifer Widjaja/Olga Gumenyuk (Pac) def. Khatsko/Buslaieva 8-2
2. Karaitiana/Shatkovskaya (OSU) def. Jolanta Twarowska/Sasha Fisher 8-4
3. Svenja Arens/Kateryna Nezhura (Pac) def. Belova/Tkachenko 9-7

Singles
1. Widjaja (Pac) def. Shatkovskaya 6-4, 7-5
2. Karaitiana (OSU) def. Twarowska 6-2, 6-3
3. Arens (Pac) led Tkachenko 3-6, 6-3, 4-3
4. Belova (OSU) def. Nezhura 6-1, 6-3
5. Khatsko (OSU) def. Clara Schuhmacher 6-3, 6-4
6. Buslaieva (OSU) def. Gumenyuk 2-6, 6-2, 6-3