Cowgirl Tennis Sweeps No. 23 Kansas

Sunday, April 9

Stillwater, OK

1 p.m.

Oklahoma State University

Kansas

April 09, 2017 | Cowgirl Tennis

STILLWATER – The ninth-ranked Oklahoma State women's tennis team closed out a perfect home weekend Sunday afternoon with its second-straight sweep, dropping No. 23 Kansas, 4-0, at the Greenwood Tennis Center. The win marked the Cowgirls' 10th sweep of the season and sixth-straight shutout of the Jayhawks.

The Cowgirls (17-4, 5-1 Big 12) handled the shorthanded Jayhawks in an hour and 45 minutes, taking doubles with a win on court one after Kansas was unable to field a team at No. 3. In singles, with another Jayhawk forfeit on court six, OSU used straight-set wins from Aliona Bolsova and Vladica Babic to quickly clinch the match.

OSU overwhelmed the Jayhawks in doubles, with both Cowgirl tandems jumping out to 5-2 leads on their respective courts. It was Vladica Babic and Carla Tur Mari that would seal up the point, besting No. 35 Tess Bernard Feigenbaum and Nina Khmelnitckaia, 6-2 in the top spot for their second win of the weekend to move to 20-5 overall this season.

The Cowgirls came out hot in singles, taking four of five first sets to put the Jayhawks on their heels early.

After sitting out in singles for Friday's match against Kansas State, OSU freshman Aliona Bolsova didn't miss a beat Sunday, dropping Janet Koch easily, 6-2, 6-2 on three. With the win, Bolsova extended her impressive team-leading win total to 23.

"I think I needed rest (Friday), because my body was pretty tired," Bolsova said. "I got my body ready to go and it worked because I played a really good match today."

For the second time this weekend, Vladica Babic clinched the Cowgirl win with a 6-3, 6-2 triumph over Nina Khmelnitckaia at No. 4. Babic posted an impressive weekend to rebound from a two-match skid last week, picking up two straight-set wins to move to 16-8 overall on the year.

The Cowgirls now look ahead to next weekend, which will bring No. 41 Oklahoma to the Greenwood Tennis Center for a Bedlam contest Friday at 5 p.m.

"You want to finish the season on a high note, and you want to finish the season undefeated at home," head coach Chris Young said. "All of the goals we have are right there playing at home. You get to play your rival, and on top of that it's Senior Day. I know the girls will want to play well. We had a good week of practice this week, and I think it showed with how we played this weekend."

The match will also serve as Senior Day, where Katarina Adamovic, Viktoriya Lushkova and Carla Tur Mari will each be recognized for their outstanding contributions to the Oklahoma State tennis program. During their time in Stillwater, the senior trio has combined for 250 singles wins, 266 doubles wins, three All-America honors and 10 All-Big 12 accolades while helping the Cowgirls to an 85-24 dual record.

"I'm looking forward to Friday," Young said. "I'm hoping we get a really good crowd out here to send these seniors off in a positive way because they've meant so much to this program that they deserve to have a really good home match."

No. 9 Oklahoma State 4, No. 23 Kansas 0
April 9, 2017 | Michael and Anne Greenwood Tennis Center | Stillwater, Okla.

Doubles | Order of finish: 3, 1
No. 1: No. 9 Babic/Tur Mari (OSU) def. No. 35 Bernard-Feigenbaum/Khmelnitckaia (KAN) 6-2
No. 2: No. 34 Bolsova/Blanco (OSU) vs. Koch/Rychagova (KAN) 5-2, unfinished
No. 3: No. 52 Adamovic/Lushkova (OSU) won by forfeit

Singles | Order of finish: 6, 3, 4
No. 1: No. 7 Viktoriya Lushkova (OSU) vs. No. 81 Rychagova, Anastasia (KAN) 6-4, 0-6, unf.
No. 2: No. 52 Katarina Adamovic (OSU) vs. Bernard-Feigenbaum (KAN) 5-7, 2-1, unf.
No. 3: No. 49 Aliona Bolsova (OSU) def. Koch, Janet (KAN) 6-2, 6-2
No. 4: No. 67 Vladica Babic (OSU) def. Khmelnitckaia, Nina (KAN) 6-3, 6-2
No. 5: Lena Ruppert (OSU) vs. Toran Ribes, Maria (KAN) 6-1, 5-4, unf.
No. 6: Katarina Stresnakova (OSU) won by forfeit