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No. 46 Women's Tennis Rallies Past Oklahoma, 4-3, Late Friday night
April 08, 2006 | Tennis
With the victory, the Buffaloes improve to 10-6 overall and even their Big 12 record to 4-4, while
The match began with the doubles competition with OU winning the No. 1 and No. 3 slots. Monica Milewski and Franziska Jendrian teamed up at the No. 2 spot for an 8-5 win, their third win in five outings in Big 12 play.
Trailing 1-0, CU rallied in singles taking the next four of six positions with victories from their underclassmen, Milewski, Jendrian, Veera Nurmi and Martina Sedivec.
Coupled with their doubles loss and at the No. 1 singles slot, CU rallied from deficits of 1-0, 2-0 and 3-1 with their No. 4, No. 5 and No. 6 singles.
Milewski won her 18th match of the year with a straight-set winner over Irina Lykina, 6-4, 6-3 at No. 2, and Nurmi followed to narrow the deficit to 3-2, winning a three set match over Christi Baxley, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3. It was Nurmi's team-best 21st win of the year and her eighth win out in nine matches.
From there the Buffaloes rallied with Jendrian, a freshman, and Sedivec, a junior at the No. 5 and No. 6 positions, respectively. Jendrian won her 16th of the year taking a come-from-behind victory over Chelsea Orr, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3; while Sedivec clinched the match with a straight-set win over Brittany Baldy, 6-3, 7-5. It was Sedivec's third victory in a row.
CU continues their tour of
No. 46
CU (10-6, 4-4 Big 12), OU (7-12, 1-6 Big 12)
April 7,
1d) Baker/Orr (OU) def. Torres Torres/Vanderdys 8-3
2d) Milewski/Jendrian (CU) def. Baxley/Lykina 8-5
3d) Carter/Purice (OU) def. Losinski/Hanson 8-6
Order of finish: 1, 2, 3
1s) (113) Gabby Baker (OU) def. Jessica Vanderdys 6-0, 6-4
2s) Monica Milewski (CU) def. Irina Lykina 6-4, 6-3
3s) Monica Purice (OU) def. Ewa Losinski 2-6, 6-2, 6-4
4s) Veera Nurmi (CU) def. Christi Baxley 6-3, 1-6, 6-3
5s) Franziska Jendrian (CU) def. Chelsea Orr 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
6s) Martina Sedivec (CU) def. Brittany Baldy 6-3, 7-5
Order of finish: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
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