The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
University of Texas
Kansas State
04.10.2022 | Women's Tennis
The Longhorns move to 7-1 in Big 12 play and 16-4 overall this year.
AUSTIN, Texas — The No. 4 University of Texas Women's Tennis team (16-4, 7-1 Big 12) earned a 4-0 sweep over No. 52 Kansas State (9-11, 1-7 Big 12) on Sunday afternoon at the Texas Tennis Center. The Longhorns earned their 10th victory against a nationally-ranked opponent this spring and completed their home regular-season slate with a 6-1 record at the Texas Tennis Center.
Texas grabbed a 1-0 advantage by winning the doubles point for the seventh-straight and 10th time in its last 11 matches. The No. 32-ranked pair of sophomores Charlotte Chavatipon and Kylie Collins claimed a 6-0 victory on court 2 over Dinara Alloyarova and Manami Ukita. Chavatipon and Collins improved to 10-2 in doubles overall this season, including a 5-0 mark in dual-match action.
The freshman duo of Vivian Ovrootsky and Sabina Zeynalova clinched the doubles point with a 6-1 win on court 3 against Anna Turco and Ioana Gheorghita. Ovrootsky and Zeynalova jumped out to a 3-0 lead before Turco and Gheorghita won the ensuing game to trim the margin to 3-1. Ovrootsky and Zeynalova won the next three games to close out the match and move to 4-0 in dual-match play this spring.
Sophomore No. 3 Peyton Stearns opened singles action with an impressive 6-1, 6-2 victory on court 1 over No. 120 Maria Linares. Tied at 1-1 in her opening set, Stearns won 11 of the next 13 games to close out the win and improve to 19-1 overall in singles this year, including a 16-1 mark in dual-match action.
Chavatipon followed with a 6-2, 6-1 win on court 4 against Gheorghita. Trailing 2-1 in her opening set, Chavatipon won five-straight games to close out her first-set win and then jumped out to a 4-0 cushion in the second set. After Gheorghita claimed the next game on a deuce point to pull to within 4-1, Chavatipon won back-to-back games to finish out the match and move to 11-7 in dual-match singles play this spring, including an 8-2 mark on court 4.
No. 38 Collins closed out the overall dual-match victory with a 6-4, 6-3 win on court 2 over Karine-Marion Job. Tied at 4-4 in her opening set, Collins broke Job and then held serve to post a 6-4 first-set win. Trailing 3-2 in the second set, Collins won four-straight games to finish off her victory and improve to 23-8 overall in singles this season, including an 11-5 record in dual-match play.
The remaining three singles matches, featuring No. 68 Zeynalova (court 3), Ovrootsky (court 5) and freshman Allura Zamarripa (court 6) were stopped once Collins closed out her match. Zeynalova was at match point at 6-1, 5-3 when her match was halted, and Allura Zamarripa held a 6-2, 5-3 cushion in her contest. Ovrootsky held a 6-2, 4-3 advantage at the time the match was stopped.
The Longhorns play their final regular-season contest of the year at No. 21 Baylor on Saturday, April 16. First serve is set for 2 p.m. Central at the Hurd Tennis Center in Waco.
#4 Texas 4, #52 K-State 0
Doubles – Order of finish (2, 3)
- #11 Peyton Stearns/Allura Zamarripa (UT) vs. Karine-Marion Job/Maria Linares (KSU), 4-4, unfinished
- #32 Charlotte Chavatipon/Kylie Collins (UT) def. Dinara Alloyarova/Manami Ukita (KSU), 6-0
- Vivian Ovrootsky/Sabina Zeynalova (UT) def. Anna Turco/Ioana Gheorghita (KSU), 6-1
Singles – Order of finish (1, 4, 2)
- #3 Peyton Stearns (UT) def. #120 Maria Linares (KSU), 6-1, 6-2
- #38 Kylie Collins (UT) vs. Karine-Marion Job (KSU), 6-4, 6-3
- #68 Sabina Zeynalova (UT) vs. Florentine Dekkers (KSU), 6-1, 5-3, unfinished
- Charlotte Chavatipon (UT) def. Ioana Gheorghita (KSU), 6-2, 6-1
- Vivian Ovrootsky (UT) vs. Rosanna Maffei (KSU), 6-2, 4-3, unfinished
- Allura Zamarripa (UT) vs. Anna Turco (KSU), 6-2, 5-3, unfinished
