Feb. 28, 2015
Box Score
|Season Stats
NORMAN, Okla. (SMU) -- The 47th-ranked SMU women's tennis team fell to No. 31 Oklahoma, 4-0, on Saturday at the Headington Family Tennis Center.
"We had a quick turnaround after last night's match. I thought the team responded really well and came out with a short-term memory," said head coach Kati Gyulai. "We put ourselves in a position to win but came out one point too short in key games."
SMU (7-2, 2-0 The American) finished its Oklahoma road trip 0-2, as they fell to No. 12 Oklahoma State yesterday.
Oklahoma (10-1, 1-0 Big 12) earned the doubles point with wins in the No. 1 and No. 3 matches. Christiana Brigante and Lily Miyazaki defeated Yana Erkeeva and Mary Wright, 6-4, in the No. 3 slot. In the No. 1 match, Morgan Chumney and Malene Stripp clinched the point for the Sooners, topping Vaszilisza Bulgakova and Dasha Sharapova, 7-5.
In singles, Chumney extended Oklahoma's lead to 2-0, defeating Anna Kate Anderson, 6-4, 6-4, in the No. 2 match. In No. 6 singles, Christiana Brigante defeated Holly Verner, 6-3, 7-5, before Lily Miyazaki clinched the match for the Sooners with a 7-5, 7-5 victory Hristina Dishkova in the No. 1 slot.
"We still have plenty left in the season to continue improving," said Gyulai.
The Mustangs return to Dallas for a matchup with cross-town rival TCU on Thursday, March 5, at 6 p.m. CT at the SMU Tennis Complex.
#31 Oklahoma 4, #47 SMU 0
Singles
1. Lily Miyazaki (OU) def. Hristina Dishkova (SMU) 7-5, 7-5
2. Morgan Chumney (OU) def. Anna Kate Anderson (SMU) 6-4, 6-4
3. Simran Sethi (OU) vs. Dasha Sharapova (SMU) 7-6 (7-5), 5-7, 1-0, unfinished
4. Abbi Melrose (OU) vs. Yana Erkeeva (SMU) 6-7 (7-9), 2-2, unfinished
5. Zita Engbroks (OU) vs. Vaszilisza Bulgakova (SMU) 4-6, 6-4, 4-2, unfinished
6. Christiana Brigante (OU) def. Holly Verner (SMU) 6-3, 7-5
Doubles
1. Morgan Chumney/Malene Stripp (OU) def. Vaszilisza Bulgakova/Dasha Sharapova (SMU) 7-5
2. Zita Engbroks/Simran Sethi (OU) vs. Hristina Dishkova/Holly Verner (SMU) 5-6, unfinished
3. Christiana Brigante/Lily Miyazaki (OU) def. Yana Erkeeva/Mary Wright (SMU) 6-4
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1*); Singles (2,6,1*)