Iowa State Falls To No. 30 Oklahoma

Sunday, March 24

Ames, Iowa

12:00 PM

Iowa State

Oklahoma

Iowa State Falls To No. 30 Oklahoma

03.24.2019 | Tennis

AMES, Iowa - The Iowa State tennis team (5-8, 1-4 Big 12) battled, but fell to No. 30 Oklahoma (13-4, 3-1 Big 12) Sunday afternoon at the Life Time Fitness in Urbandale, Iowa. The Sooners defeated the Cyclones 6-1 in the Big 12 matchup.

Ekaterina Grib picked up the lone win for Iowa State in a hard-fought match with Jasmine Asghar in the No. 3 singles slot. Asghar bested Grib in a first set that went to a tiebreaker, 7-6(10). Grib won the second set handily, 6-2 to force a third set. The freshman kept things rolling in the tiebreaker to win, 6-7 (10), 6-2, 1-0 (7).

In doubles play, Iowa State was leading 4-2 in the No. 3 doubles match, but the it went unfinished after the Sooners clinched the point.

In the No. 6 singles match, Margarita Timakova found herself in a battle with Ivana Corley. Timakova won a first set tiebreaker over Corley, 7-6 (3), but ultimately fell to the Sooner. Corley downed Timakova in the second set, 6-1, and went on to win the third set tiebreaker, 10-6.

Up Next
The Cyclones take a road trip to Kansas for two more Big 12 matchups with Kansas and Kansas State. Iowa State takes on the Jayhawks Friday, April 5 at 5 p.m., and the Wildcats Sunday, April 7 at 11 a.m.

DOUBLES
Ivana Corley/Jasmine Asghar (OU) def. Regina Espindola/Ekaterina Grib (ISU), 6-1
No. 78 Martina Capurro/Camila Romero (OU) def. Maty Cancini/Ekaterina Repina (ISU), 6-2
Margarita Timakova/Annabella Bonadonna (ISU) vs. Oleksandra Korashvili/Kianah Motosono (OU), 4-2, unfinished

SINGLES
No. 19 Oleksandra Korashvili (OU) def. Maty Cancini (ISU), 6-3, 6-0
Martina Capurro (OU) def. Regina Espindola (ISU), 6-2, 6-2
Ekaterina Grib (ISU) def. Jasmine Asghar (OU), 6-7(10), 6-2, 1-0(7)
Camila Romero (OU) def. Ekaterina Repina (ISU), 6-3, 6-2
Kianah Motosono (OU) def. Annabella Bonadonna (ISU), 6-1, 6-4
Ivana Corley (OU) def. Margarita Timakova (ISU), 6-7(3), 6-1, 1-0(6)