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Cowgirl Tennis Drops Match to Brigham Young
March 08, 2009 | Cowgirl Tennis
STILLWATER, Okla. – The Oklahoma State women's tennis team fell to Brigham Young 6-1 on Saturday at the DeBois Tennis Complex.
The Cowgirls fell to 6-5 in their last nonconference match of the season.
BYU improved to 7-5 and completed a three-match sweep of Big 12 opponents. The Cougars downed Kansas State on Thursday and Kansas on Friday.
OSU got its only win at No. 5 singles with Iryna Khatsko beating Romina Nedakovic 6-1, 6-3.
“I told the girls we could only beat them if we played a good match,” OSU coach Julius Lubicz-Majewski said.
The Cowgirls will be back on the court March 13 to open Big 12 conference play against Missouri. It is the start of the a four-match road trip to begin conference play.
Match Results
DOUBLES
No. 1 – Kristina Doerr/McCall Jones (BYU) def. Alisa Buslaieva/Iryna Khatsko 8-4
No. 2 – Elle Carney/Megan Price (BYU) def. JoAnne Karaitiana/Sasha Belova 8-3
No. 3 – Elizaveta Ezhova/Romina Nedakovic (BYU) def. Maryna Tkachenko/Nataliya Shatkovskaya 8-7 (5)
SINGLES
No. 1 – McCall Jones (BYU) def. JoAnne Karaitiana 6-2, 6-3
No. 2 – Kristina Doerr (BYU) def. Nataliya Shatkovskaya 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
No. 3 – Chie Hayasaka (BYU) def. Maryna Tkachenko 6-3, 6-2
No. 4 – Megan Price (BYU) def. Sasha Belova 7-5, 6-1
No. 5 – Iryna Khatsko (OSU) def. Romina Nedakovic 6-1, 6-3
No. 6 – Elle Carney (BYU) def. Alisa Buslaieva 2-6, 6-2, 7-5
