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04.26.2018 | Tennis
AUSTIN, Texas —The Iowa State tennis team (9-17, 0-9 Big 12) saw its season come to an end, losing 4-0 to the Oklahoma Sooners Thursday in the first round of the Big 12 Championship.
Despite a 5-2 lead by duo Maty Cancini and Regina Espindola at No. 1 doubles, the Cyclones gave the doubles point to the Sooners. At No. 2 doubles, Margarita Timakova and Ekaterina Repina fell to Lily Miyazaki and Malene Stripp, 6-2, while Annabella Bonadonna and Karen Alvarez took a loss to Simran Kaur Sethi and Camila Romera, 6-0, at the No. 3 position.
In singles action, ISU took its first loss at No. 6 singles, where Alvarez fell to Kaur Sethi, 6-2, 6-2. Oklahoma received another advantage when Sooner Asghar defeated Repina, 6-0, 6-3, in No. 2 singles play. The match concluded when Cancini dropped her match to No. 39 ranked athlete Miyazaki, 6-2, 6-3 at No. 1 singles. Timakova, who played at the No. 4 spot, participated in a close match against her Oklahoma foe, Romero, where she led her match, 7-6, but the match ended unfinished.
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Oklahoma 4, Iowa State 0
Singles (Order of Finish: 2, 6, 1)
1. #39 Lily Miyazaki (OU) def. Maty Cancini (ISU), 6-2, 6-3
2. Jasmine Asghar (OU) def. Ekaterina Repina (ISU), 6-0, 6-3
3. Christiana Brigante (OU) vs. Regina Espindola (ISU), 6-3, 4-2, unfinished
4. Camila Romero (OU) vs. Margarita Timakova (ISU), 6-7, unfinished
5. Malene Stripp (OU) vs. Annabella Bonadonna (ISU), 7-5, 2-2, unfinished
6. Simran Kaur Sethi (OU) def. Karen Alvarez (ISU), 6-2, 6-2
Doubles (Order of Finish: 3, 2)
1. Brigante/Asghar (OU) vs. Cancini/Espindola (ISU), 5-2
2. Miyazaki/Stripp (OU) def. Timakova/Repina (ISU), 6-2
3. Kaur Sethi/Romero (OU) def. Bonadonna/Alvarez (ISU) , 6-0
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
3,2
Order of Finish:
2,6,1