2023-09-24 22:28:03
NORMAN – The Oklahoma women’s tennis team wrapped up opening weekend of fall play at the the North Carolina State Ranked Spotlight and Milwaukee Classic.
Senior Florencia Urrutia earned three ranked wins over the course of the weekend at NC State. Urrutia defeated No. 41 Julia Fliegner (Michigan) 6-2, 6-3 for her first win as a Sooner, before beating No. 81 Mahak Jain (Georgia Tech) 6-7(2), 6-4, 1-0 (11). The senior closed out the tournament with a 6-4, 6-4 win over No. 74 Charlotte Chavatipon (Texas).
Junior Emma Staker fell in her opening round matchup with No. 38 Erin Cayetano (USC), but bounced back to win four straight matches in Milwaukee, highlighted by her 6-0, 6-0 win over Blanca Pico-Navarro (Virginia).
Senior Dana Guzman notched a 6-4, 6-2, upset over No. 17 Elza Tomase (Tennessee) in her first round matchup, before falling to Abigail Rencheli (NC State) 7-5, 1-6, 6-2 in the round of 16.
The Sooners will return to Cary, N.C. for the ITA All-American Championships Sept. 30-Oct. 8, overlapping with the ITF 25K Redding in Redding, Calif., Oct. 2-8.
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Results:
NC State Ranked Invite
Florence Urrutia
When. 19 Carson Tongue def. When. 32 Urrutia (OU) 2-6, 6-4, 6-3
When. 32 Urrutia (OU) def. When. 41 Julia Fliegner (Michigan) 6-2, 6-3
No. 32 Urrutia (OU) def. No. 81 Mahak Jain (GT) 6-7(2), 6-4, 1-0 (11)
When. 25 Sarah Hamner (South Carolina) def. When. 32 Urrutia (OU) 4-6, 7-5, 1-0 (7)
No. 32 Urrutia (OU) def. No. 74 Charlotte Chavatipon (Texas) 6-4, 6-4
Alina Shcherbinina
No. 28 Kylie Bilchev (GT) def. No. 79 Shcherbinina 6-4, 6-4
Know. 7 Ayana Ackley def. Know. 79 Scherbinina 7-6(1), 2-6, 1-0 (4)
No. 79 Shcherbinina def. No. 84 Giulia Morlet (ASU) 6-1, 3-6, 1-0 (3)
No. 79 Shcherbinina def. No. 71 Annabelle Xu (UVA) 7-6(4), 6-4
No. 41 Julia Fliegner (Michigan) def. No. 79 Shcherbinina 3-6, 6-3, 1-0 (5)
Dana Guzman
No. 51 Guzman (OU) def. No. 17 Elza Tomase (TENN) 6-4, 6-2
When. 72 Abigail Renchelli (NCST) def. When. 51 Guzman (OU) 7-5, 1-6, 6-2
Drink. 51 Guzman (OU) adv. via YOU
No. 24 Kari Miller def. No. 51 Guzman (OU) 6-3, 6-1
When. 22 Carolyn Ansari (AUB) def. When. 51 Guzman (OU), 4-6, 6-0, 1-0 (4)
Julia Garcia-Ruiz
Garcia-Ruiz (OU) def. Emilija Tverijonaite (ASU) 6-3, 7-5
Taya Pachkaleva (Texas) def. JGarcia-Ruiz (OU) 6-2, 6-4
Garcia-Ruiz (OU) def. No. 96 Leonie Schuknecht (Miami) 6-2, 6-0
No. 104 DJ Bennett (AUB) def. Garcia-Ruiz (OU) 6-2, 6-7 (3), 1-0 (2)
Garcia-Ruiz (OU) def. No. 94 Daria Smetannikov (TAMU) 6-2, 6-1
Milwaukee Classic
Emma Staker
No. 38 Erin Cayetano (USC) def. Staker (OU) 7-6 (7-4), 4-6, 6-4
Staker (OR) def. Natasha Puehse (GCU) 2-6, 7-5, 1-0 (7)
Staker (OR) def. Margaret Navarro (UVA) 6-2, 6-4
Staker (OR) def. Blanca Pico-Navarro (UVA) 6-0, 6-0
Staker (OU) def. Mary Brumfield (UMD) 6-2, 3-6, 1-0 (6)
Ava Catanzarite
Catanzarite (OU) def. Vivian Miller (Brown) 6-0, 6-0
Grace Piper (USC) def. Catanzarite (OU) 6-4, 6-3
Catanzarite (OU) def. Natasha Subhash (UVA) 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (3)
Catanzarite (OU) def. Taylor Cataldi (Wisconsin) 6-2, 6-4
Selma Cadar (Maryland) def. Catanzarite (OU) 6-1, 6-2
Romana Cisovska
Cisovska (OU) def. Andie Weiss (Marquette) 6-1, 6-0
Reilly Tran (North Carolina) def. Cisovska (OU) 6-1, 6-4
Taylor Cataldi (UW) def. Cisovska (OU) 6-0, 3-6, 1-0 (6)
Natasha Subhash def. Cisovska (OU) 6-3, 6-4
Akari Matsuno (ND) def. Cisovska (OU) 6-3, 6-2
Zdena Safarova
Selma Cadar (UMD) def. Safarova (OU) 5-7, 6-2, 7-6 (7-3)
Drew Morris (SMU) def. Safarova (OU) 2-6, 6-2, 1-0 (6)
Safarova (OU def. Stella Ribaudo (Navy) 6-2, 6-3
Safarova (OU) adv. Via WO
Vivian Miller (Brown) def. Safarova 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (6)
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