Lady Raiders make history with an ITA Sectional doubles title

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Lady Raiders make history with an ITA Sectional doubles title

November 10, 2025 | Women's Tennis

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By: Mackenzie Downs

LUBBOCK, Texas – The Lady Raiders capped off a standout fall season with strong showings at both the ITA Central Sectional Championships and the UNF Invitational, as Yekaterina Dmitrichenko, Hailey Murphy, Mariia Hlahola and Elena Daskalova represented the Lady Raiders in the two competitions over the weekend.

The Lady Raider duo of Murphy and Dmitrichenko made program history with a standout performance at the ITA Central Sectional Championships, becoming the first doubles team to win sectionals, earning co-championship honors and qualifying for the NCAA Doubles Championships in the process. This is the third-straight season Tech sent a doubles pair to the NCAA Individual Championships and the first time in program history to do so in three-consecutive years.

Murphy and Dmitrichenko opened the tournament with a win over Houston's Sophie Schouten and Chams Doha Zeghlouli, 6-3, 7-6 (3), before pulling off a major upset against the No. 20-ranked Kansas duo of Heike Janse Van Vuuren and Kyoka Kubo, 4-6, 6-3, 1-0 (2). After dropping the opening set 4-6, the Lady Raider duo fought back to take the second 6-3 and the match tiebreak, 10-2, in their most impressive win of the weekend. They capped off their doubles run of the tournament with a, 6-2, 6-2, sweep of TCU's Yu-Chin Tsai and Victoria Gomez O'Hayon, clinching their spot as co-champions in doubles and punching their ticket to the NCAA Doubles Championships.

In singles play, No. 76 Dmitrichenko continued the tournament with a ranked win over No. 31 Emily Sartz-Lunda (Michigan), 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, before narrowly falling to No. 71 Daianne Hayashida (Iowa) in another three-set battle. Murphy also shone individually, defeating Oklahoma's Chloe Noel, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3, and adding a ranked win over No. 64 Daria Smetannikov (TAMU), 6-2, 7-5, before dropping a close match against No. 103 Kyoka Kubo (Kansas), 7-6 (4), 6-3.

Meanwhile, at the UNF Invitational in Jacksonville, Fla., Hlahola and Daskalova also delivered an impressive showing. The duo opened doubles play with a loss against Charlotte duo Shona Nakano and Andrea Chacon, 6-4, but responded with a 7-6 (5) victory over Florida State's Tina Li and Laura Putz. Daskalova went on to record dominant wins over Li from Florida State, 6-2, 6-1, and Arina Gamretkai of Virginia Tech, 6-3, 6-3, before narrowly dropping a close match against UCF's Laurn Seye, 6-3, 7-6 (2). Hlahola added a straight-set win over Charlotte Ruud of USF, 6-3, 7-5, and battled hard in a three-set loss to UNC's Sara Suchankova, 1-6, 6-0, 6-2.

Up next, Murphy and Dmitrichenko head to Orlando for the NCAA Doubles Championships on starting Nov. 19.

RESULTS
ITA Central Sectional Championships
Doubles
Hailey Murphy/Yekaterina Dmitrichenko def. Schouten/Doha Zeghlouli (Houston), 6-3, 7-6
Hailey Murphy/Yekaterina Dmitrichenko def. #20 Heike Janse Van Vuuren/Kyoka Kubo (Kansas), 4-6, 6-3, 1-0(2)
Hailey Murphy/Yekaterina Dmitrichenko def. Yu-Chin Tsai/Victoria Gomez O'Hayon (TCU), 6-2, 6-2

Singles
Yekaterina Dmitrichenko def. No. 31 Emily Sartz-Lunde (UMich), 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
#71 Daianne Hayashida (Iowa) def. Yekaterina Dmitrichenko, 6-3, 5-7, 6-3
Hailey Murphy def. #64 Daria Smetannikov (TAMU), 6-2, 7-5
Hailey Murphy def. Chloe Noel (OU), 2-6, 6-3, 6-3
#103 Kyoka Kubo (Kansas) def. Hailey Murphy, 7-6 (4), 6-3
#93 Na Dong (Baylor) def. Hailey Murphy, 6-2, 6-4

UNF Invitational
Doubles
Shona Nakano/Andrea Chacon (UNC) def. Elena Daskalova/Mariia Hlahola, 6-4
Mariia Hlahola/Elena Daskalova def. Tina Li/Laura Putz (FSU), 7-6(5)
Olivia Bergler/Lauren Seye (UCF) def. Elena Daskalova/Mariia Hlahola, 6-2

Singles
Elena Daskalova def. Tina Li (FSU), 6-2, 6-1
Elena Daskalova def. Arina Gamretkaia (Virginia Tech), 6-3, 6-3
Laurn Seye (UCF) def. Elena Daskalova, 6-3, 7-6(2)
Mariia Hlahola def. Charlotte Ruud (USF), 6-3, 7-5
Sara Suchankova (UNC) def. Mariia Hlahola, 1-6, 6-0, 6-2