WICHITA, Kan – The Wichita State women's tennis team dropped a hard-fought battle to NO. 31 Oklahoma, 4-3, Saturday at the Sheldon Coleman Tennis Complex.
 
The Shockers (11-9) rallied from a 3-1 deficit to tie the match at three, before falling to the Sooners.
 
HEAD COACH COLIN FOSTER
"It was definitely an abnormal match in the sense that five of the six singles were very fast. Kudos to Esther (Thebualt), Alexandra (Lazarova), Ting-Ya (Hsu) – they should take a lot of positives from today's result. Unfortunately, we just couldn't find one more point out there."
 
DOUBLES
The Sooners got on the board first in doubles action, when Camila Romero and Martina Capurro dropped Esther Thebault and Sarvinoz Saidhujaeva on court two, 6-1. No. 26-ranked Fatima Bizhukova and Marta Bellucco fell to Jasmine Aghar and Ivana Corley in the top slot (6-2) to give the Sooners the doubles point. Ting-Ya Hsu and LingWei Kong, who hold a 9-4 record in doubles, led Kianah Motosono and Oleksandra Korashvili in the third spot (5-2) before play was suspended.
 
SINGLES
Thebault recorded her ninth win of the season for the Shockers, taking down Asghar in court three, 6-1, 6-1. The Sooners answered with wins on courts two and four to take a 3-1 lead. Honigova took on Capurro in the second slot, dropping a 6-2, 6-2 decision while Saidhujaeva fell to Romero (6-1, 6-1) in the fourth spot.
 
The Shockers wouldn't go away, as Alexandra Lazarova and Hsu came up with huge wins on courts five and six to tie the match at three.  Lazarova won her third match in a row and second in the five spot over Motosono, 6-2, 6-1. Hsu improved to 4-1 in the sixth flight with a dominating 6-2, 6-1 win over Corley.
 
Bizhukova and Korashvili split sets to force a third with the match tied at three. Bizhukova, who ranks No. 106 rolled in the first (6-3) before 23-ranked Korashvili took the second, 6-2. Bizhukova fell behind 0-2 in the third, but rallied to tie it at two. Korashvili, who holds a 15-5 record in the top slot, won the final four games to seal the 4-3 win for the Sooners.
 
The Shockers close out the regular season next Saturday when they play host to Tulsa and Saint Louis for Senior Day at the Sheldon Coleman Tennis Complex.
 

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#31 Oklahoma 4, Wichita State 3
 
 Doubles Results
1. Jasmine Asghar/Ivana Corley (OU) def. #26 Fatima Bizhukova/Marta Bellucco (WSU), 6-2
2. Camila Romero/ Martina Capurro (OU) def. Esther Thebault/Sarvinoz Saidhujaeva (WSU), 6-1
3. Ting-Ya Hsu/LingWei Kong (WSU) vs. Kianah Motosono/Oleksandra Korashvili (OU), 5-2, uf.
 
Singles Results
1. #23 Oleksandra Korashvili (OU) def. #106 Fatima Bizhukova (WSU), 3-6, 6-2, 6-2
2. Martina Capurro (OU) def. Sandra Honigova (WSU), 6-2, 6-2
3. Esther Thebault (WSU) def. Jasmine Asghar (OU), 6-1, 6-1
4. Camila Romero (OU) def. Sarvinoz Saidhujaeva (WSU), 6-1, 6-1
5. Alexandra Lazarova (WSU) def. Kianah Motosono (OU), 6-2, 6-1
6. Ting-Ya Hsu (WSU) def. Ivana Corley (OU), 6-2, 6-1