Womens Tennis Falls To In-State Rival

April 21, 1999

STILLWATER, Okla. - No. 67 Oklahoma State took two out of three in doubles action to pull out a 5-4 victory over 56th-ranked Oklahoma today in Stillwater. After splitting the singles and first two doubles matches, OSU secured the win when Martina Hautova and Lenka Humenikova defeated Angela Stroup and Jennie Hamilton, 8-5, at the No. 3 doubles spot to gain the decisive point. The loss drops the Sooners to 13-9 overall and 6-4 in the Big 12. With the win, the Cowboys rebound from a recent conference loss to improve their overall record to 14-6 and 6-4 in the league.

The beginning of the match was kept close as the two teams split the singles competition. OUs Raluca Gheorghe opened the contest by winning 6-2, 6-4, over Maria Galoustova at the No. 1 position. Although Oklahoma suffered losses at the second, third and fourth slots, Jennie Hamilton accomplished a three set victory against Ashleigh Dolman 6-4, 2-6, 6-2, at No. 5, and Angela Stroup was victorious at No. 6, 6-1, 6-2, versus Cameron Stoudt, to tie the match at three all.

The Cowboys pulled away from the Sooners by winning the No. 1 and No. 3 doubles matches. At the No. 1 doubles match, OUs Gheorghe and Danielle Knipp pushed Dolman and Galoustova to an extra game before losing 9-7. Viviana Mracnova and Kristin Guilford notched the lone doubles victory for the Sooners with a 8-5 win over Dominika Olszewska and Marketa Chemlova.

Oklahoma closes out the regular season with a 10 a.m. match at No. 36 Colorado on Saturday.

RESULTS ...

Oklahoma at Oklahoma State ... Wednesday, April 21, 1999

Singles
No. 1 Raluca Gheorghe, OU def. Maria Galoustova, OSU 6-2, 6-4
No. 2 Dominika Olszewska, OSU def. Viviana Mracnova (#99), OU 3-6, 7-5, 7-5
No. 3 Martina Hautova, OSU def. Danielle Knipp, OU 6-3, 6-4
No. 4 Marketa Chemlova, OSU def. Kristin Guilford, OU 6-4, 6-1
No. 5 Jennie Hamilton, OU def. Ashleigh Dolman, OSU 6-4, 2-6, 6-2
No. 6 Angela Stroup, OU def. Cameron Stoudt, OSU 6-1, 6-2

Doubles
No. 1 Galoustova/Dolman, OSU def. Gheorghe/Knipp, OU 9-7
No. 2 Mracnova/Guilford, OU def. Olszewska/Chemlova, OSU 8-5
No. 3 Hautova/Lenka Humenikova, OSU def. Stroup/Hamilton, OU 8-5

Oklahoma State - 5 OKLAHOMA - 4

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