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Tennis Falters to Oklahoma State in Big 12 Quarterfinals, 4-1
April 27, 2007 | Tennis
The match originally scheduled at 11 a.m. (MST) was delayed for four hours and 45 minutes and finally commenced at 6:05 p.m. (MST).
Freshman Melisa Esposito won her seventh straight match and was the lone CU player to earn a point recording her 18th singles win of the year defeating Jennifer Poskitt 6-3, 6-4 at the No. 6 position. Esposito also notched her 16th dual triumph and 13th winner at the No. 6 slot.
The No. 4 seed and No. 35 nationally ranked Buffaloes did see junior Veera Nurmi fight back from a set down to even her match against Natalia Shatkovskaya, 2-6, 7-6 at the No. 3 slot; as did junior Gleisy Torres Torres leading Marta Tsivka at No. 5, 6-2, 4-5.
The Buffs lost at the No. 1, No. 2 and No. 4 singles slots.
CU began the day falling in two of the three doubles matches.
The Buffaloes won the No. 2 slot with Franziska Jendrian and Monica Milewski defeating Lauren Simmons and Iryna Tkachenko, 8-4. It was Jendrian/Milewski's 16th win in the dual season and 15th victory at the No. 2 position. They have also won six of their last seven matches.
After OSU took the No. 3 slot upsetting the previous unbeaten team of Esposito and Martina Sedivec, 8-2, the No. 1 team of Torres Torres and Camila Belassi rallied from a 5-3 deficit to subsequently fall in tie breaker, 9-8(4).
Match Notes: CU is now 2-5 when the losing the doubles point (wins were Oklahoma State, Denver), 14-2 when the winning the point ... The No. 3 doubles team of Melisa Esposito and Martina Sedivec lost for the first time this spring against the Big 12 Conference (9-1) ... CU's 16 team victories and nine conference wins are the most since the 1999 season ... CU is 3-5 in quarterfinal round matches and 1-2 in the quarters after receiving a first round bye (win over Oklahoma, losses to OU and OSU).
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No. 5 seed OSU (17-7), No. 4 seed CU (16-7)
April 27, Big 12 Tennis Championships
Quarterfinals,
1d) Allen/Shatkovskaya (OSU) def. Belassi/Torres Torres 9-8(4)
2d) Jendrian/Milewski (CU) def. Simmons/Tkachenko 8-4
3d) Poskitt/Tsivka (OSU) def. Esposito/Martina Sedivec 8-2
Order of finish: 3, 2, 1
1s) Iryna Tkachenko (OSU) def. (36) Monica Milewski 6-4, 6-3
2s) Yawna Allen (OSU) def. Camila Belassi 6-2, 6-4
3s) Veera Nurmi (CU) vs. Natalia Shatkovskaya (OSU) 2-6, 7-6 ? did not finish
4s) Lauren Simmons (OSU) def. Franziska Jendrian 6-2, 7-6(5)
5s) Gleisy Torres Torres (CU) vs. Marta Tsivka (OSU) 6-2, 4-5 ? did not finish
6s) Melisa Esposito (CU) def. Jennifer Poskitt 6-3, 6-4
Order of finish: 6, 2, 1, 4
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