Lady Raiders Fall at Tulsa, 4-3

Wednesday, March 24

Tulsa, OK

3 PM

Texas Tech Athletics

Tulsa

March 24, 2021 | Women's Tennis

Box Score

By: Harry Endicott

TULSA, Okla. – The Texas Tech women's tennis team came up just short on Wednesday afternoon, falling at Tulsa, 4-3, at the Case Tennis Center.

The Lady Raiders opened the match trailing, 1-0, after the Golden Hurricane took the doubles point with wins on courts one and three. Nell Miller and Margarita Skriabina grabbed the lone Texas Tech doubles win with a 6-1 victory over Shura Poppe and Valeriya Rozenkova on court two.

In singles, Miller evened the match score at one apiece as she handled Rozenkova, 6-1, 6-3, on court four. It pushed the sophomore's dual singles record to 10-3 on the year and was her fifth-straight win.

After the Golden Hurricane regained the lead with win on court two, Skriabina answered back with a 7-6(5), 6-2 victory over Shura Poppe to tie the match back up at two-all. The Lady Raider freshman stayed red hot, winning her 12^th dual singles match in as many attempts.

Tulsa would answer back on court one, as Lisa Mays fell short to No. 81 Martina Okalova; however, Tech once again answered back with a big victory from Olivia Peet who snagged a three-set win over Vera Ploner on line five. Peet defeated Ploner, 6-4, 4-6, 6-1, to move to 9-2 overall on the year.

With Peet's win, the match came down to court six, where Lady Raider Bojana Marinkov had just forced a third set in her match against Lian Benedejcic. Marinkov and Benedejcic traded games before Marinkov eventually went up a break, 4-2; however, it wouldn't be enough as Benedejcic came back to seal the 7-6, 3-6, 6-4 victory to clinch the match.

The Lady Raiders will be back in action on Friday against Oklahoma State at 5 p.m.