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Women's Tennis holds off No. 18 Texas Tech, 4-2
03.22.2015 | Women's Tennis
Longhorns post four singles wins to pull away from the Lady Raiders.
AUSTIN, Texas – Texas surrendered the doubles point but produced four hard-fought singles wins, including two over ranked opponents, as the Longhorns (5-8, 2-2 Big 12) held off No. 18 Texas Tech (12-4, 2-1 Big 12) by a 4-2 count Sunday at Caswell Tennis Center.
Texas Tech won the first and second doubles courts to assume a 1-0 lead before Texas two-time All-American Breaunna Addison evened the tally with a 6-2, 6-0 win at first singles. The Lady Raiders reclaimed the lead with a straight-sets win at fourth singles, but the Longhorns yielded nothing further.
Senior Lina Padegimaite staved off a stiff first-set challenge from Tech's 120th-ranked Sabrina Federici at fifth singles before closing out the set, 6-4. The Lithuanian made short work of Federici in set two and won by a 6-2 count to even the match at two.
Texas freshman Ryann Foster outlasted Tech's Gabriela Talaba at second singles and produced a 6-3, 6-4 win to give the Horns a 3-2 lead. The Lady Raiders forced third sets at the third and sixth positions and assumed 5-3 third-set leads on both courts but failed to close out the matches.
UT sophomore Neda Koprcina fell behind Tech's 67th-ranked Sarah Dvorak 5-3 at third singles, but the Croatian held serve and broke Dvorak after saving a match point to even the set at five. Koprcina held serve for a 6-5 lead, and on match point in Dvorak's ensuing service game, Dvorak smacked a forehand wide right to give Koprcina the win and Texas the match victory.
Likewise on court six, UT's Lana Groenvynck trailed Tech's Katelyn Jackson 5-3 in the third set before ultimately taking a 6-5 lead. The match progressed to a tiebreaker and was suspended when Koprcina nailed down her match-clinching victory.
Texas resumes Big 12 play later this week when it visits Iowa State and West Virginia.
Texas 4, No. 18 Texas Tech 2
Doubles – Order of Finish: 1, 2
1 Kenna Kilgo/Gabriela Talaba (TT) def. Breaunna Addison/Dani Wagland (UT), 6-1
2 Sabrina Federici/Lynn Kiro (TT) def. Ryann Foster/Lina Padegimaite (UT), 7-5
3 Lana Groenvynck/Pippa Horn (UT) vs. Sarah Dvorak/Katelyn Jackson (TT), 5-5, susp.
Singles – Order of Finish: 1, 4, 5, 2, 3
1 No. 49 Breaunna Addison (UT) def. Kenna Kilgo (TT), 6-2, 6-0
2 Ryann Foster (UT) def. Gabriela Talaba (TT), 6-3, 6-4
3 Neda Koprcina (UT) def. No. 67 Sarah Dvorak (TT), 6-3, 4-6, 7-5
4 Lynn Kiro (TT) def. Dani Wagland (UT), 6-3, 6-4
5 Lina Padegimaite (UT) def. No. 120 Sabrina Federici (TT), 6-4, 6-2
6 Lana Groenvynck (UT) vs. Katelyn Jackson (TT), 6-3, 4-6, 6-6 (3-4), susp.
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