No. 8 Cowgirls Topple Mountaineers, 6-1

MORGANTOWN, W. Va. —Oklahoma State’s eighth-ranked women’s tennis team closed out a successful weekend with its second road win of the weekend, notching a 6-1 win at West Virginia on Sunday.

The Cowgirls improved to 13-5 overall and 4-0 in Big 12 play with the victory.

“It’s never easy to win matches in this league and today West Virginia competed very well,” OSU head coach Chris Young said. “I am proud of how we responded from a slow start in doubles to dominate singles play. We will now focus our preparation for a challenging weekend of matches ahead and look forward to being back at home.”

Starting the day in doubles play, the 17^th-ranked tandem of Sofia Blanco and Catherine Gulihur won their match, 6-2, against Paula Goetz and Christina Jordan. Shortly after, the first-year duo of Bunyawi Thamchaiwat and Tamara Arnold clinched the doubles point against Abigail Rosiello and Anne-Sophie Courteau with a 6-4 victory.

Entering singles play, Thamchaiwat struck first for the Cowgirls, defeating Anastasia Bovolskaia, 6-1, 6-3. No. 27 Katarina Stresnakova kept the scoring going for OSU, besting Jordan, 6-2, 6-2. Blanco clinched the match, coming out on top against Courteau, 6-4, 6-1.

 
Lisa Marie Rioux took her first set against Sofia Duran, 6-3. Duran answered taking the second set, 4-6, sending the match to a super tiebreaker. Duran prevailed, 11-9, earning West Virginia’s lone point of the day.

On court six, Arnold played a dominant match, making short work of her opponent, Nicole Roc, 6-2, 6-0. To finish the day, Gulihur emerged victorious against Courteau, 6-1, 6-2.

The Cowgirls will be back in Stillwater on Friday, March 29, as they take on Baylor at the Greenwood Tennis Center.

 
No. 8 OSU 6, WVU 1
March 24, 2019  | Summit Tennis Academy | Morgantown, West Virginia

Doubles | Order of finish: 1,3

1. No. 17 Blanco/Gulihur (OSU) def. Goetz/Jordan (WVU) 6-2

2. No. 68 Guinart/Stresnakova (OSU) vs. Duran/Bovolskaia (WVU) 5-3, unf.

3. Thamchaiwat/ Arnold (OSU) def. Rosiello/Courteau (WVU) 6-4

Singles | Order of finish: 3,1,4,2,6,5

1. No. 27 Katarina Stresnakova (OSU) def. Christina Jordan (WVU) 6-2, 6-2

2. Sofia Duran (WVU) def. Lisa Marie Rioux (OSU) 6-3, 4-6, 9-11

3  No. 117 Bunyawi Thamchaiwat (OSU) def. Anastasia Bovolskaia (WVU) 6-1, 6-3

4. No. 102 Sofia Blanco (OSU) def. Anne-Sophie Courteau (WVU) 6-4, 6-1

5. Catherine Gulihur  (OSU) def. Giovanna Caputo (WVU) 6-1, 6-2

6. Tamara Arnold (OSU) def. Nicole Roc (WVU) 6-2, 6-0