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No. 13 Lady Raiders earn 4-2 win over Cyclones
March 02, 2025 | Women's Tennis
LUBBOCK, Texas – Behind three comeback singles wins, the No. 13 Texas Tech Lady Raiders took down the No. 54 Iowa State Cyclones, 4-2, on Sunday afternoon at the McLeod Tennis Center.
Texas Tech (9-1, 2-0 Big 12) began the match against Iowa State (7-3, 1-1 Big 12) by winning its seventh-consecutive doubles point. First at court three, No. 76 Andreea Lila and Jermine Sherif took on Suzanie Pretorius and Valeska San Martin. The Lady Raiders went down 0-1 in the first game, then won six straight to claim it, 6-1.
Clinching the point for the second match in a row was Yekaterina Dmitrichenko and Hailey Murphy at court two over Mari Paz Vilar and Julia Camblor. Tech went up 3-0 before giving up a game, then earned the next three games for the 6-1 win to clinch the point and lead.
The Cyclones were able to even the match at 1-all after Camblor defeated Mariia Hlahola at court two, 7-5, 6-1. Then, Lila gave Tech back the lead with a come-from-behind win at court four over Cristina Ramos. The Cyclone won the first set, 6-4. But Lila was able to win back-to-back sets by a couple of 6-1 scores to make it 2-1 in the match.
At court three, Dmitrichenko forced a third set against Vilar and won it to extend the lead to 3-1. Iowa State earned set one, 6-3. Then, Dmitrichenko came out hot in the next set, going ahead 3-1. Vilar came back to tie it at 3-3 before Dmitrichenko won three of the next four games for a 6-4 win. In the final set, Dmitrichenko won with a 6-0 bagel, saving three break points in the process at 5-0 to claim the victory.
No. 81-ranked Anna Supapitch Kuearum gave Iowa State its last point of the match after defeating Avelina Sayfetdinova at court one, 2-6, 6-4, 6-1. However, the Lady Raiders took the match right after by a 4-2 score when Sherif beat San Martin at court six. Iowa State won the first set, 6-4, before Sherif dominated the next two sets, 6-2 and 6-2, to clinch the win for Texas Tech.
Up next, Texas Tech is on the road to face the Utah Utes on March 6 at 5 p.m. CT in Salt Lake City.
RESULTS
#13 Texas Tech 4, #54 Iowa State 2
Singles
1. #81 Kuearum, Anna (ISU) def. Avelina Sayfetdinova (TTU) 2-6, 6-4, 6-1
2. Camblor, Julia (ISU) def. Mariia Hlahola (TTU) 7-5, 6-1
3. Yekaterina Dmitrichenko (TTU) def. Vilar, Mari Paz (ISU) 3-6, 6-4, 6-0
4. Andreea Lila (TTU) def. Ramos Sierra, Cris. (ISU) 4-6, 6-1, 6-1
5. Hailey Murphy (TTU) vs. Pretorius, Suzanie (ISU) 6-7 (2-7), 6-4, 3-1, unfinished
6. Jermine Sherif (TTU) def. San Martin, Valeska (ISU) 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
Doubles
1. #5 Mariia Hlahola/Avelina Sayfetdinova (TTU) vs. Kuearum, Anna/Ramos Sierra, Cris. (ISU) 1-5, unfinished
2. Yekaterina Dmitrichenko/Hailey Murphy (TTU) def. Camblor, Julia/Vilar, Mari Paz (ISU) 6-1
3. #76 Andreea Lila/Jermine Sherif (TTU) def. Pretorius, Suzanie/San Martin, Valeska (ISU) 6-1
Order of finish
Doubles (3, 2); Singles (2, 4, 3, 1, 6)
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
3,2
#1 Singles Match
#2 Singles Match
#3 Singles Match
#4 Singles Match
#5 Singles Match
#6 Singles Match
Order of Finish:
2,4,3,1,6
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