The Basics
ORU 2021 Record: 0-1
Match: Oral Roberts 0 – Oklahoma 7
Location: Norman, Oklahoma (Headington Family Tennis Center)
NORMAN, Okla. - The Oral Roberts women's tennis team fell at Oklahoma in Saturday's season opener, 7-0.
Newcomer
Zere Iskakova paired up with
Gorana Kadijevic for her first doubles match in an ORU uniform. The duo claimed one game at No. 2 doubles, but fell in the set, 6-1.
Oleksandra Nahurska and
Aliksandra Lebedeva fell short in No. 1 doubles, 6-2, giving the doubles point to the Sooners.
In singles action, Lebedeva fell short in the first set 6-4, and then fell 6-2 in set two. Iskakova and
Rai Sengupta each dropped their singles matchup. Iskakova fell 6-1, 6-0, while Sengupta lost 6-0, 6-1. Nahurska lost at the No. 1 spot, 6-0, 6-1. Kadijevic fell shot 6-2, 6-1, to give Oklahoma the 7-0 win.
Up Next: The Golden Eagles will face the Arkansas Razorbacks on January 29 in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
The Results
Match: Oral Roberts 0, Oklahoma 7
Doubles competition
1. Carmen Corley/Ivana Corley (OU) def.
Oleksandra Nahurska/
Aliksandra Lebedeva (ORUW) 6-2
2. Martina Capurro/Dana Guzman (OU) def.
Gorana Kadijevic/
Zere Iskakova (ORUW) 6-1
3. Kianah Motosono/Marcelina Podlinska (OU) def. No player/No player (ORUW), by forfeit
Singles competition
1. Carmen Corley (OU) def.
Oleksandra Nahurska (ORUW) 6-0, 6-1
2. Martina Capurro (OU) def.
Aliksandra Lebedeva (ORUW) 6-4, 6-2
3. Ivana Corley (OU) def.
Zere Iskakova (ORUW) 6-1, 6-0
4. Dana Guzman (OU) def.
Gorana Kadijevic (ORUW) 6-2, 6-1
5. Marcelina Podlinska (OU) def.
Rai Sengupta (ORUW) 6-0, 6-1
6. Kianah Motosono (OU) def. No player (ORUW), by forfeit
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