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No. 14 Lady Raiders face TCU, Baylor
March 13, 2025 | Women's Tennis
LUBBOCK, Texas – The No. 14 Texas Tech Lady Raiders are on the road for the second straight week, heading to Fort Worth and Waco for their next two Big 12 matches. On Friday, Tech faces the No. 44 TCU Horned Frogs at 5 p.m., before playing the No. 20 Baylor Bears on Sunday at 1 p.m.
TCU leads the all-time series against Texas Tech, 27-15, with Tech claiming last season's match by a 4-3 score on March 28. Baylor also leads Tech in the all-time series, 29-18, however the Lady Raiders are on a two-match winning streak against the Bears.
Texas Tech (11-1, 4-0 Big 12) is led in dual singles by both Yekaterina Dmitrichenko and Hailey Murphy, who boast nine wins on the season – with Dmitrichenko playing mostly at court three and Murphy at court five. In dual doubles, the No. 5-ranked team of Mariia Hlahola and Avelina Sayfetdinova lead the way with eight wins together all at court one, followed by Andreea Lila and Jermine Sherif with seven wins all at court three.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
The No. 44-ranked TCU Horned Frogs are 8-4 overall and 3-1 in Big 12 play. TCU has key wins over Cincinnati, West Virginia, Washington State and UT Arlington. Their most recent losses came against UCF, Texas and UC Santa Barbara. In dual singles, the Horned Frogs are led by both Tomi Main and Yu-Chin Tsai with seven wins. In dual doubles, the pairing of No. 23-ranked Isabel Pascual and Jade Otway lead the team with five wins, all at court one.
The No. 20-ranked Baylor Bears are 12-2 overall and 3-1 to open conference. Falling only to UCF and Texas, the Bears have key wins over West Virginia, Cincinnati, Washington State and San Diego. Baylor has a player ranked in singles as Na Dong checks in at No. 85. In doubles, there are two duos in the latest ITA rankings as the tandem of Liubov Kostenko and Cristina Tiglea rank No. 23 and the pair of Dong and Sierra Berry are No. 89.
IN THE RANKINGS
Team
No. 14 Texas Tech
No. 20 Baylor
No. 44 TCU
Singles
No. 85 Na Dong (Baylor)
Doubles
No. 5 Mariia Hlahola/Avelina Sayfetdinova (Texas Tech)
No. 15 Liubov Kostenko/Cristina Tiglea (Baylor)
No. 23 Isabel Pascual/Jade Otway (TCU)
No. 89 Na Dong/Sierra Berry (Baylor)
FOLLOW ALONG
Live stats and live video will be available for both matches. Follow @TexasTechWTEN on X for updates and scores of the matches.
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