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Cowgirl Tennis Beats Utah, Extends Win Streak to Eight
April 03, 2025 | Cowgirl Tennis
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STILLWATER – No. 20 Oklahoma State extended its season-best win streak with a 4-0 win over Utah on Thursday evening at the Greenwood Tennis Center in Stillwater.
The Cowgirls have now won eight consecutive matches and are 15-6 with a 9-1 mark in Big 12 play. The win also made head coach Chris Young the program's all-time wins leader with 284, surpassing Julius Lubicz-Majewski.
For the eighth-straight match, OSU won the doubles point to take an early lead. It started with OSU's pairing of Kylie Collins and Marcela Lopez defeating Sara Akid and Emma Valleta, 6-2.
Then, the No. 6 duo of Anastasiya Komar and Rose Marie Nijkamp clinched the point, defeating Emma Kamper and Hayley Roberts, 6-2. Gracie Epps and Melissa Ercan led Samantha Horwood and Dylan Lolofie, 5-2, when their match was abandoned.
In singles, all three of OSU's wins came simultaneously, beginning with No. 117 Lopez defeating Roberts 6-0, 6-2. Shortly after, Collins beat Kaila Barksdale, 6-1, 6-1, before Nijkamp clinched the match with a win over Valleta, 6-0, 6-3.
Three matches went unfinished, with the Cowgirls ahead in each of them. No. 61 Komar led Akid, 6-2, 1-6, 3-1, while Ercan was ahead of Kamper, 6-4, 0-2, and Alian Zack led Lolofie, 6-0, 4-2.
Oklahoma State will return to action on Saturday at 1 p.m., hosting No. 55 BYU in its final home match of the regular season, with senior festivities to follow.
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Singles competition
1. Melisa Ercan (OSU) vs. Emma Kamper (UTAH) 6-4, 0-2, unfinished
2. No. 61 Anastasiya Komar (OSU) vs. Sara Akid (UTAH) 6-2, 1-6, 3-1, unfinished
3. Kylie Collins (OSU) def. Kaila Barksdale (UTAH) 6-1, 6-1
4. Rose Marie Nijkamp (OSU) def. Emma Valletta (UTAH) 6-0, 6-3
5. No. 117 Marcela Lopez (OSU) def. Hayley Roberts (UTAH) 6-0, 6-2
6. Alian Zack (OSU) vs. Dylan Lolofie (UTAH) 6-0, 4-2, unfinished
Doubles competition
1. No. 6 Anastasiya Komar and Rose Marie Nijkamp (OSU) def. Emma Kamper and Hayley Roberts (UTAH) 6-2
2. Kylie Collins and Marcela Lopez (OSU) def. Sara Akid and Emma Valletta (UTAH) 6-2
3. Gracie Epps and Melisa Ercan (OSU) vs. Samantha Horwood and Dylan Lolofie (UTAH) 5-2, unfinished
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1); Singles (5,3,4)
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
2,1
Order of Finish:
5,3,4