Box Score TULSA, Okla. -- Natsumi Kurahashi went unbeaten in singles play to pace the Wichita State women's tennis team at this weekend's Tulsa Invitational.
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Kurahashi (3-0) was one of four Shockers who participated in the unbracketed event against players from Tulsa, Arkansas, Northern Arizona and Louisiana Tech.
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Freshman
Kristina Kudryavtseva went 2-1 in both singles and doubles while playing alongside
Harriet Hamilton.
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This was the team's first school-sponsored action of the fall season and the first matches to count toward ITA records and rankings.
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The next comes Oct. 7-9 when WSU compete in the ITA Central Region Championship in Stillwater, Okla.
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Tulsa Invitational
Sep. 23-25, 2022
Tulsa, Okla. | Case Tennis Complex
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Friday:
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Doubles:
Lian Benedejcic/Myroslava Zelenchuk (TLS) def.
Kurahashi/Whitaker (WSU) – 6-3
Hamilton/Kudryavtseva (WSU) def. Tiffani Nash/Ilana Tetruashvili (LA Tech) – 6-3
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Singles:
Natsumi Kurahashi (WSU) def. Amy Leather (TLS) – 6-1, 6-4
Myroslava Zelenchuk (TLS) def.
Harriet Hamilton (WSU) – 1-6, 6-7 (4)
Kristina Kudryavtseva (WSU) def. Ana Rodrigues (LA Tech) – 6-2, 7-6 (3)
Clara Whitaker (WSU) def. Valentina Vasquez (LA Tech) – 6-2, 4-6, 6-2
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Saturday:
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Doubles:
Kurahashi/Whitaker (WSU) def. Tiffani Nash/Ilana Tetruashvili (LA Tech) – 6-0
Lian Benedejcic/Myroslava Zelenchuk (TLS) def.
Hamilton/Kudryavtseva (WSU – 6-4
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Singles:
Amy Leather (TLS) def.
Harriet Hamilton (WSU) – 6-3, 3-6, 7-5
Myroslava Zelenchuk (TLS) def.
Kristina Kudryavtseva (WSU) – 6-2, 2-6, 6-4
Daryna Shoshyna (NAU) def.
Clara Whitaker (WSU) – 5-7, 6-3, 6-1
Natsumi Kurahashi (WSU) vs. Rodriguez (LA Tech) – 7-6 (1), 7-6 (3)
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Sunday:
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Doubles:
Sofia Markova/Daryna Shoshyma (NAU) def.
Kurahashi/Whitaker (WSU) – 6-3
Hamilton/Kudryavtseva (WSU) def. Morgan McCarthy/Whitney Robbins (ARK) – 6-3
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Singles:
Amy Leather (TLS) def.
Clara Whitaker (WSU) – 6-4, 7-6 (6)
Natsumi Kurahashi (WSU) def. Myroslava Zelenchuk (TLS) – 6-4, 6-3
Kristina Kudryavtseva (WSU) vs. Valentina Vasquez (LA Tech) – 6-4, 6-2
Morgan McCarthy (ARK) def.
Harriet Hamilton (WSU) – 6-3, 6-2
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WSU Individual Records:
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Doubles:
Hamilton/Kudryavtseva – 2-1
Kurahashi/Whitaker – 1-2
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Singles:
Kurahashi – 3-0
Kudryavtseva – 2-1
Whitaker – 1-2
Hamilton – 0-3