Iowa State Defeated By No. 50 Oklahoma, 4-0

NORMAN, Okla. – The Iowa State tennis team (8-9, 0-2 Big 12) lost 4-0 to No. 50 Oklahoma on Sunday at the Headington Family Tennis Center.

No. 1 doubles duo Maty Cancini and Regina Espindola started off the contest against Sooners Christiana Brigante and Jasmine Asghar. The pair were unable to secure a win, falling 6-3. At No. 2 doubles, Erin Freeman and Annabella Bonadonna paired up to face Lily Miyasaki and Malene Stripp. Their match went 4-2, unfinished. Margarita Timakova and Ekaterina Repina lost 6-3 against Skyler Miller and Simran Kaur Sethi at the No. 3 doubles position, giving the doubles point to the Sooners.

The Cyclones were unable to come away with a win in singles action despite competitive matches.

Playing at the No. 1 position was Cancini, who went unfinished, 6-0, 5-4, against No. 31 ranked Sooner Miyazaki, while Espindola fell in her No. 2 doubles match versus Asghar, 6-3, 6-3. Erin Freeman was unable to find a victory facing Brigante at the No. 3 doubles position. She fell 6-0, 6-4.

Repina, who played at the No. 4 spot, fell 6-4, 6-3 against Kaur Sethi, while Bonadonna went unfinished, 7-5, 4-2 in her match to Stripp.

Timakova was leading 6-3, 4-3 against Skyler Miller at No. 6 singles but the match went unfinished.

Iowa State will return to action next Saturday, March 24 to face West Virginia in Morgantown, West Virginia at 11 a.m.

Doubles (1, 3):

Brigante/Asghar (OSU) def. Cancini/Espindola (ISU), 6-3
Miyazaki/Stripp (OSU) vs. Bonadonna/Freeman (ISU), 4-2, unfinished
Miller/Kaur Sethi (OSU) def. Repina/Timakova (ISU), 6-3

Singles (2, 3, 4, 6,):

Lily Miyazaki (OSU) vs. Maty Cancini (ISU), 6-0, 5-4, unfinished
Jasmine Asghar (OSU) vs. Regina Espindola (ISU), 6-3, 6-3
Christiana Brigante (OSU) vs. Erin Freeman (ISU), 6-0, 6-4
Simran Kaur Sethi (OSU) def. Ekaterina Repina (ISU), 6-4, 6-3
Malene Stripp (OSU) vs. Annabella Bonadonna (ISU), 7-5, 4-2, unfinished
Margarita Timakova (ISU) def. Skyler Miller (OSU), 6-3, 4-3, unfinished

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Players Mentioned

Annabella Bonadonna

Maty Cancini

Regina Espindola

Erin Freeman

Ekaterina Repina

Margarita Timakova

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