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Margarita Skriabina falls in opening round of NCAA individual Championships
May 23, 2022 | Women's Tennis
The First Team All-Big 12 Selection fell in straight sets to No. 1 Emma Navarro
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Despite forcing a half dozen break points and leading 0-40 in the opening game of the match, Texas Tech junior Margarita Skriabina fell 6-0, 6-0 to No. 1 and defending National Champion Emma Navarro of Virginia in the First Round of the 2022 NCAA Individual Championships hosted by the University of Illinois at the Khan Outdoor Tennis Complex.
By earning an automatic bid to the NCAA Individual Championships, Skriabina became just the third player in program history to play in the individual portion of the championships, joining former Big 12 Players of the Year Felicity Maltby and Gabrielle Talaba
Despite the loss Monday, Skriabina still closed the season with an overall record of 14-9 and was an impressive 7-6 against nationally-ranked opponents.
A First Team All-Big 12 Selection, Skriabina rose to as high as No. 16 in the ITA rankings and spent seven weeks ranked inside the top-20.
Originally scheduled to graduate this spring, the native of Bataysk, Russia, announced her intentions to return for her senior season at Texas Tech earlier in the month.
She joins a loaded returning roster that includes fellow Russian Avelina Sayfetdinova, Metka Komac and Olivia Peet.
By earning an automatic bid to the NCAA Individual Championships, Skriabina became just the third player in program history to play in the individual portion of the championships, joining former Big 12 Players of the Year Felicity Maltby and Gabrielle Talaba
Despite the loss Monday, Skriabina still closed the season with an overall record of 14-9 and was an impressive 7-6 against nationally-ranked opponents.
A First Team All-Big 12 Selection, Skriabina rose to as high as No. 16 in the ITA rankings and spent seven weeks ranked inside the top-20.
Originally scheduled to graduate this spring, the native of Bataysk, Russia, announced her intentions to return for her senior season at Texas Tech earlier in the month.
She joins a loaded returning roster that includes fellow Russian Avelina Sayfetdinova, Metka Komac and Olivia Peet.
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