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No. 34 Women's Tennis takes down Oklahoma, 4-1
04.03.2016 | Women's Tennis
Longhorns win tightly-contested doubles point before putting away three straight-sets victories.
AUSTIN, Texas – No. 34 Texas (10-6, 2-2 Big 12) claimed a tightly-contested doubles point before putting away three singles victories as the Longhorns knocked off Oklahoma (7-9, 2-2 Big 12) by a 4-1 count Sunday afternoon at UT's Whitaker Tennis Courts.
Texas' 17th-ranked doubles tandem of Breaunna Addison and Dani Wagland dealt OU's Lily Miyazaki and Emma Devine a 6-1 defeat at first doubles before OU answered at the second slot. UT's Neda Koprcina and Daniella Roldan held a 5-2 lead over OU's Zita Engbroks and Christie Brigante at second doubles, but the Oklahoma tandem took the next five games and closed out a 7-5 win.
Likewise, UT's Chelsea Crovetti and Katie Poluta trailed OU's Malene Stripp and Mimi Fotopoulos by a 5-2 count at third doubles before claiming the next five games to close out a 7-5 win and deliver the doubles point to the Longhorns.
Oklahoma evened the match at one with a straight-sets win at fifth singles before UT's Addison gave Texas the lead for good with her 6-2, 6-3 win over OU's 110th-ranked Miyazaki at first singles.
UT's Poluta finished off OU's Simran Sethi by a 6-2, 6-1 count at fourth singles, and moments later, Texas' Koprcina dealt OU's 120th-ranked Devine a 6-3, 6-3 defeat at second singles to clinch the 4-1 win for the Longhorns. The remaining matches were suspended.
Texas hits the road next weekend and visits TCU and Texas Tech.
POST-MATCH COMMENTS
Texas head coach Howard Joffe
I feel like Oklahoma did a very good job today with respect to the competing. Anyone who watched the match could tell that they were invested and pumped up with a vicious outpouring of emotion. That might have a lot to do with us being the favorite in this match. As much as they took it to us and were very motivated, we were on our emotional heels a little bit, which was disappointing but understandable. Nonetheless, we were able to gut out the doubles point. We did a good job of absorbing some of their gusto to get over the finish line. The hope is that we can start here. We've got six or seven more weeks to go of the season hopefully to produce some better tennis, because that's where our bread will ultimately be buttered.
No. 34 Texas 4, Oklahoma 1
Doubles – Order of Finish: 1, 2, 3
1 No. 17 Breaunna Addison/Dani Wagland (UT) def. Lily Miyazaki/Emma Devine (OU), 6-1
2 Engbroks/Brigante (OU) def. Koprcina/Roldan (UT), 7-5
3 Crovetti/Poluta (UT) def. Stripp/Fotopoulos (OU), 7-5
Singles – Order of Finish: 5, 1, 4, 2
1 No. 13 Breaunna Addison (UT) def. No. 110 Lily Miyazaki (OU), 6-2, 6-3
2 Neda Koprcina (UT) def. No. 120 Emma Devine (OU), 6-3, 6-3
3 Dani Wagland (UT) vs. Mimi Fotopoulos (OU), 7-6 (4), susp.
4 Katie Poluta (UT) def. Simran Sethi (OU), 6-2, 6-1
5 Christie Brigante (OU) def. Daniella Roldan (UT), 6-3, 6-4
6 Malene Strip (OU) vs. Lana Groenvynck (UT), 7-6 (3), 1-3, susp.
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