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No. 10 Women's Tennis overpowers Kansas State, 5-2
04.01.2012 | Women's Tennis
April 1, 2012
AUSTIN, Texas - No. 10 Texas (11-5, 2-0 Big 12) won the doubles point and took four of six singles matches in a 5-2 victory over Kansas State (5-12, 1-5 Big 12) Sunday afternoon at UT's Penick-Allison Tennis Center.
Texas opened the match by taking two of three doubles contests to claim the doubles point. UT's Krista Damico and Cierra Gaytan-Leach led off with an 8-5 win over K-State's Carmen Borau Ramos and Petra Chuda at the second slot. The Wildcats responded with a win at first doubles, where Karla Bonacic and Petra Niedermayerova posted an 8-4 win over UT's Lina Padegimaite and Noel Scott.
Texas nailed down the doubles point at third doubles, where Elizabeth Begley and Juliana Gajic edged the Wildcats' Marketa Trousilova and Carli Wischhoff, 8-6.
Texas took a 2-0 lead at fourth singles, where Padegimaite made short work of K-State's Trousilova, 6-0, 6-2. The Horns assumed a 3-0 lead when Begley finished off Borau Ramos at fifth singles, 6-1, 6-1. Texas clinched the team victory at sixth singles, where Gajic dealt Chuda a 6-1, 6-1 defeat.
Gaytan-Leach pushed the Texas lead to 5-0 when she registered a 6-1, 6-4 win over Amina St. Hill. The Wildcats took the remaining two matches to close the final margin to 5-2.
Texas will take a couple of weeks off before resuming Big 12 play on Saturday, April 14 when it hosts No. 11 Baylor.
WOMEN'S TENNIS HOSTS TENNIS CLINIC
The Texas women's tennis team took to the courts once again after the match, as the Horns hosted Girl Scouts from throughout Central Texas and conducted an hour-long tennis clinic at Penick-Allison Tennis Center.
No. 10 Texas 5, Kansas State 2
Doubles - Order of Finish: 2, 1, 3
1 Karla Bonacic/Petra Niedermayerova (KSU) def. #34 Padegimaite/Scott (UT) - 8-4
2 Krista Damico/Cierra Gaytan-Leach (UT) def. Carmen Borau Ramos/Petra Chuda (KSU) - 8-5
3 Elizabeth Begley/Juliana Gajic (UT) def. Marketa Trousilova/Carli Wischhoff (KSU) - 8-6
Singles - Order of Finish: 4, 5, 6, 3, 1, 2
1 #32 Petra Niedermayerova (KSU) def. #58 Krista Damico (UT) - 6-1, 6-4
2 #89 Karla Bonacic (KSU) def. Noel Scott (UT) - 6-3, 7-5
3 Cierra Gaytan-Leach (UT) def. Amina St. Hill (KSU) - 6-1, 6-4
4 Lina Padegimaite (UT) def. Marketa Trousilova (KSU) - 6-0, 6-2
5 Elizabeth Begley (UT) def. Carmen Borau Ramos (KSU - 6-1, 6-1
6 Juliana Gajic (UT) def. Petra Chuda (KSU) - 6-1, 6-1
POST-MATCH COMMENTS
Texas head coach Patty Fendick-McCain
"I really liked those matches at Nos. 2 and 3 doubles, especially at No. 3. They were so aggressive to win that match in the end. That was a complete turnaround from what we saw on Friday. They were terrific out there together. Krista (Damico) went against a great player at No. 1 (Petra Niedermayerova). I thought she would get the second set to extend the match, but it wasn't meant to be. She fought hard. Noel (Scott) had chances and opportunities, and as a coach, that's all you want to see is having opportunities to get to that third set. At Nos. 3 through 6, we saw some "lights-out" tennis. It was just great to watch. We'll go back to work and rest up over the next couple of weeks. We'll go back to work on some things that will help us out in the next five matches.
