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No. 46 Texas Tech Downs UTEP, 7-0
January 23, 2012 | Women's Tennis
Jan. 23, 2012
LUBBOCK, Texas - The No. 46 Texas Tech Lady Raiders blanked the UTEP Miners on Monday afternoon at the McLeod Tennis Center, 7-0.
"It was nice to get the first win under our belt," head coach Todd Petty said. "I thought we played very good doubles, I thought we came out tight in some first sets (singles) but shook that off in second sets and played pretty well at the end."
The Lady Raiders opened doubles action by winning all three matches against the Minors. Tech's Samantha Adams and Kenna Kilgo stopped UTEP's Martina Trierweiler and Rebecca Calvillo 8-3, at No. 1 doubles. Lady Raiders Caroline Starck and Nikki Sanders shut out Carolina DeLuca and Gabi Vasquez 8-0, at the second position. Texas Tech duo Elizabeth Ullathorne and Sandra Dynka closed out Darlya Abdrakhmanova and Marie LeBlond 8-2, at the No. 3 spot.
Texas Tech won all of the singles matches. At the top position, Samantha Adams downed Martina Trierweiler, 6-4, 6-3. Elizabeth Ullathorne fought back to beat Rebecca Calvillo in a super tiebreaker at the No. 2 position, 4-6, 6-3, 10-4. Lady Raider Caroline Stark won at No. 3 singles over UTEP's Gabi Vasquez, 6-2, 6-0. Freshman Kenna Kilgo stopped Carolina DeLuca, 6-1, 6-3, at the No. 4 position. Texas Tech's Sandra Dynka swept Darlya Abdrakhmanova, 6-4, 6-0 at the No. 5 spot. To complete the sweep Lady Raider Nikki Sanders defeated Marie LeBlond at No. 6 singles, 6-2, 6-0.
Texas Tech returns to the McLeod Tennis Center Saturday, Feb. 4, for a double header against Ole Miss and Houston. The match against Ole Miss will start at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. against Houston.
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