Kansas Falls to No. 40 Oklahoma, 5-2

Jayhawks win two singles matches and one doubles match

Freshman Nastya Trubica is now 6-0 in singles dual play in 2013.

March 8, 2013

NORMAN, Okla. – The Kansas women’s tennis team fell to No. 40 Oklahoma, 5-2, Friday at Gregg Wadley Indoor Tennis Pavilion.

After grabbing the doubles point to start out, the Sooners won a trio of three-set matches to seal the victory over KU, which drops to 5-3 on the season with the loss. OU’s Mia Lancaster defeated junior Paulina Los at the No. 3 spot, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6, while Whitney Wofford outlasted Kansas junior Dylan Windom in the No. 4 match, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6.

At the No. 6 position, senior Victoria Khanevskaya fell to Oklahoma’s Emma Devine, 4-6, 7-5, 6-2.

Kansas notched three total wins over the Sooners—one at the No. 2 doubles spot and the other two coming in singles play. Sophomore Belen Ludueña beat Whitney Ritchie, 6-4, 7-6, in the No. 2 match, while freshman Nastya Trubica extended her undefeated singles run this season by defeating Zita Engbroks, 6-2, 7-6, at the No. 5 spot.

The Jayhawks will now travel to Stillwater, Okla., to face No. 28 Oklahoma State Sunday at noon.

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No. 40 Oklahoma 5, Kansas 2

Doubles

No. 1 – Ritchie/Brhane (OU) def. Windom/Cardona (KU) 8-5

No. 2 – Los/Ludueña (KU) def. Engbroks/Wofford (OU) 8-3

No. 3 – Lancaster/Devine (OU) def. Khanevskaya/Trubica (KU) 8-3

Singles

No. 1 – Brhane (OU) def. Cardona (KU) 6-0, 6-2

No. 2 – Ludueña (KU) def. Ritchie (OU) 6-4, 7-6

No. 3 – Lancaster (OU) def. Los (KU) 6-4, 3-6, 7-6

No. 4 – Wofford (OU) def. Windom (KU) 4-6, 6-3, 7-6

No. 5 – Trubica (KU) def. Engbroks (OU) 6-2, 7-6

No. 6 – Devine (OU) def. Khanevskaya (KU) 4-6, 7-5, 6-2