Blanking the Lumberjacks with a 4-0 win, the Bears dealt seemingly just as easy with their second round opponents Texas Tech on Saturday, earning a trip to North Carolina for the round of 16.
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Additionally, Sonia Smagina landed at No. 81 on the individual rankings while the doubles team of Malkia Ngounoue and Carmen Roxana Manu landed at No. 49 in the preseason rankings.
Kansas received this top-tier recognition due, in fact, to the strong finish to the 2019-20 season going 7-4 on the abbreviated season due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Kansas notched the first victory of the 2021 season at Tulsa (4-3) back on January 31. The Jayhawks would proceed to mount a win streak that included multiple back-to-back wins, taking 5-of-8 of their matches.
Tulsa (4-3): Kansas took the doubles point behind strong performances from Smagina and Vasiliki Karvouni 6-2 and Julia Deming and Tiffany Lagarde 7-6. In singles play, the Jayhawks tallied victories via Karvouni (6-4, 6-1), Manu (6-4, 7-6 [10-7]) and Ngounoue (6-3, 7-5).
Lady Raiders Outlast Toreros to Advance to NCAA Second Round The Texas Tech womenâs tennis team pulled out a big win on Friday in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, defeating San Diego, 4-0, to advance to Saturdayâs second round. (Source: Texas Tech Athletics) By KCBD Staff | May 7, 2021 at 7:49 PM CDT - Updated May 7 at 7:49 PM
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. â The Texas Tech womenâs tennis team pulled out a big win on Friday in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, defeating San Diego, 4-0, to advance to Saturdayâs second round. The Lady Raiders will face off with UCLA on Saturday at 3 p.m. CT for a spot in the Sweet 16.
The next day, Guzman clinched OU s win over Tulsa as she outlasted
Shura Poppe in three sets. Guzman dropped the first set 6-4, but gave up just two more games in the match as she flipped the script 6-2, 6-0.
In doubles, Guzman and Motosono defeated Tulsa s
Laia Conde Monfort and
Gabriella Charalampidi 6-2.
This is the first career award for Guzman, who joined the Sooners in January from Arequipa, Peru.
It is the third award for OU this season after
Carmen Corley has twice been named Player of the Week. With Guzman s award, Oklahoma has now earned the most Big 12 Player of the Week accolades of any school this season.