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OKLAHOMA STATE COWGIRLSCOMMUNICATIONS CONTACT: HARRY ENDICOTT ([email protected]) | PHONE: (405) 744-3654 TULSA MATCH CAPSULE 2017 BIG 12 1 p.m. | Feb. 5, 2017 | Tulsa, Okla. PRESEASON POLL Live Scoring/Streaming: streamingtennis.com/tulsa Team Points Oklahoma State 81 OKLAHOMA STATE SCHEDULE/RESULTS Texas Tech 70 Date Opponent Time/Result Texas 63 1/20 Oral Roberts W, 7-0 Baylor 52 1/20 Louisiana Tech W, 7-0 Kansas 50 1/21 North Texas W, 7-0 TCU 47 No. 5 Oklahoma State Tulsa (RV) Golden 1/28 Cornell W, 4-0 Oklahoma 36 1/29 TCU W, 4-0 Kansas State 25 COWGIRLS HURRICANE Iowa State 14 2/5 at Tulsa 1 p.m. 5-0; 0-0 Big 12 5-1; 0-0 AAC West Virginia 12 2/10-13 ITA National Indoor Championships TBA 2/18 vs. Stanford 6 p.m. Coach Chris Young Coach Dean Orford 2/17 at Florida 4 p.m. Oklahoma Christian, 2000 Tulsa, 1992 3/3 at Washington 4 p.m. 3/4 vs. Northwestern 1 p.m. Career: 308-159/13th year Career: 230-72/12th year ITA TEAM 3/9 Baylor * 5 p.m. At Oklahoma State: 119-65/8th year At Tulsa: Same RANKINGS 3/12 at UNLV 10 a.m. 3/13 vs. Washington State 10 a.m. OKLAHOMA STATE ROSTER 1. Florida 3/17 Texas * 5 p.m. 3/31 at Texas Tech * 5 p.m. 2. North Carolina 4/2 at TCU * TBA Name Cl. Ht. Hometown 3. Pepperdine 4/7 Kansas State * 6 p.m. Katarina Adamovic Sr. 5-8 Cacak, Serbia 4. Stanford 4/9 Kansas * 1 p.m. Vladica Babic Jr. 5-9 Podgorica, Montenegro 5. Oklahoma State 4/14 Oklahoma * 5 p.m. Sofia Blanco So. 5-11 Cordoba, Argentina 4/21 at West Virginia * TBA 6. Georgia 4/23 at Iowa State * TBA Aliona Bolsova Fr. 5-8 Palafrugell, Spain 7. Ohio State 4/27-29 Big 12 Championships TBA Viktoriya Lushkova Sr. 5-11 Simferopol, Ukraine Lena Ruppert Fr. 5-9 Weiden, Germany 8. California Shaylee Smith Fr. 5-3 Broken Arrow, Okla. 9. Vanderbilt SERIES HISTORY VS. TULSA Katarina Stresnakova So. 5-4 Nova Dedinka, Slovakia 10. Duke Series History OSU leads, 16-14 Carla Tur Mari Sr. 5-2 Ibiza, Spain In Stillwater OSU leads, 8-5 11. Georgia Tech In Tulsa Tulsa leads, 8-5 12. Texas Tech At Neutral OSU leads, 3-1 COWGIRL QUICK HITS 13. Michigan First Meeting (1979) OSU 6, TU 3 Last Meeting (2016) OSU 4, TU 0 14. Auburn Young vs. Tulsa 3-5 ►Oklahoma State returns five contributing letterwinners from a 2015- 15. Texas A&M Orford vs. Oklahoma State 7-4 16 campaign that saw the Cowgirls post the best finish in program 16. Arizona State history, earning the title of NCAA Runners-Up. 17. Miami (FL) ►The Oklahoma State women’s tennis team was unanimously picked 18. Texas No. 1 in a preseason poll of Big 12 coaches, it was announced by the 19. Mississippi league office earlier this month. 20. UCLA 21. South Carolina ►The Oklahoma State women's tennis team will head into this week- end's match ranked fifth in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association team 22. USC rankings, and looking to defeat Tulsa for the fourth-straight time. 23. Northwestern 24. Mississippi State ►The Cowgirls boasted one of the most impressive doubles records in 25. Kentucky the country in 2016, winning all but one doubles point in 34 matches. OKSTATE.COM | @OSUATHLETICS | @COWGIRLTENNIS | #OKSTATE MATCH NOTES THE BASICS LAST TIME OUT The fifth-ranked Oklahoma State women's tennis team hits The fifth-ranked Oklahoma State women's tennis team recorded QUICK FACTS the road this weekend for a match against in-state rival Tulsa on its fifth consecutive shutout to open the spring season, as the Sunday at 1 p.m. at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center. Cowgirls dropped Big 12-foe TCU, 4-0, to advance to qualify for the UNIVERSITY INFORMATION Intercollegiate Tennis Association National Team Indoor Champion- WATCH THE MATCH LIVE Location Stillwater, OK ships for a fourth straight year. Fans can catch Sunday's match between the Golden Hurricane Founded Dec. 25, 1890 and the Cowgirls live for free on streamingtennis.com/tulsa. Colors Orange and Black No. 5 Oklahoma State 4, TCU 0 Jan. 29, 2017 | Stillwater, Okla. | Greenwood Tennis Center Enrollment 25,854 OKLAHOMA STATE FROM A DISTANCE Conference Big 12 Oklahoma State returns five contributing letterwinners from Doubles | Order of finish: 3, 1, 2 Team Name Cowboys a 2015-16 campaign that saw the Cowgirls post the best finish No. 1: No. 16 Garrido-Rivas/Bashota (TCU) def. No. 11 Babic/Tur Mari (OSU), Mascot Pistol Pete in program history, earning the title of NCAA Runners-Up. Last 6-2 season, OSU racked up a 29-5 record on the way to earning the President V. Burns Hargis No. 2: No. 58 Blanco/Bolsova (OSU) def. Arantekin/Wegner (TCU), 6-2 program's first Big 12 Championship in 13 years, thanks in part to a No. 3: Adamovic/Lushkova (OSU) def. Pereira/Zenovka (TCU), 6-1 Athletic Director Mike Holder 9-0 conference record. Faculty Athletic Rep Dr. Meredith Hamilton The OSU roster is headlined by three standout seniors in Singles | Order of finish: 6, 5, 2, 3, 4, 1 Athletic Web Site www.okstate.com Katarina Adamovic, Viktoriya Lushkova and Carla Tur Mari. No. 1: No. 11 Viktoriya Lushkova (TCU) vs. No. 75 Seda Arantekin (TCU), University Web Site www.okstate.edu Adamovic is coming off an impressive junior season that saw the 6-1, 5-3, unf. Cacak, Serbia native earn her first ITA All-American honor by way No. 2: No. 68 Katarina Adamovic (OSU) def. Donika Bashota (TCU), 6-1, 6-0 TENNIS INFORMATION of advancing to the NCAA individual quarterfinals last summer. A No. 3: No. 29 Vladica Babic (OSU) vs. No. 115 Marie Norris (TCU), 6-1, 2-6, two-time All-American and the 2015 Big 12 Co-Player of the Year, 2017 Record 5-0 1-1, unf. Lushkova has been a key to the Cowgirls' unprecedented success 2017 Conference Record 0-0 No. 4: Aliona Bolsova (OSU) def. Olaya Garrido-Rivas (TCU), 6-4, 6-3 as well, riding into the fall season on an 18-match win streak. Tur No. 5: No. 106 Sofia Blanco (OSU) def. Caroline Wegner (TCU), 6-2, 6-1 2016 Big 12 Finish First Mari provided a major boost to the back end of the OSU singles No. 6: Katarina Stresnakova (OSU) vs. Sofiko Kadzhaya (TCU), 6-7, 3-2, unf NCAA Tournament NCAA Runner-Up lineup in 2016, going 22-8 in the No. 6 spot. Also returning for the Cowgirls are junior Vladica Babic and Final Rank 8th EYEING THE OPPONENT sophomore Katarina Stresnakova. Babic tallied six victories over Letterwinners Returning 5 The Tulsa Golden Hurricane heads into Sunday's contest with Letterwinners Lost 2 ranked opponents in 2016, including a triumph over No. 28 Kennedy Shaffer of Georgia to help push the Cowgirls to a win over a 5-1 overall record and receiving votes in the latest Intercollegiate the Bulldogs in the NCAA Sweet 16. The highlight of Stresnakova's Tennis Association's team rankings released on Wednesday. FACILITY INFORMATION first season in Stillwater came in the NCAA Tournament, when the The Golden Hurricane is looking to build off of early-season Home Facility Michael & Anne Greenwood Slovakia product took down Ferny Angeles Paz of Ohio State in the wins over Arkansas-Pine Bluff and Oral Roberts, along with a 4-1 Tennis Center NCAA quarterfinals to clinch the win over the Buckeyes and push victory over William & Mary last weekend. Tulsa's lone loss of the Indoor Capacity 350 the Cowgirls in to the national semifinals. season came last weekend in its opening match of the ITA Kickoff Outdoor Capacity 1,000 The Cowgirls boasted one of the most impressive doubles Weekend, as the squad dropped a narrow, 4-3 match to No. 25 Opening 2014 records in the country in 2016, winning all but one doubles point Northwestern. in 34 matches. With the level of talent set to return, that success Junior Ksenia Laskutova figures to man the top singles spot figures to continue this upcoming season. HEAD COACH AT A GLANCE for Tulsa on Sunday, as she's racked up a 3-1 mark at the No. 1 Head coach Chris Young enters his eighth season at the helm position on the way to her 9-3 mark for the season. In doubles, Head Coach Chris Young of the Cowgirl tennis program after earning his 100th win with the Laskutova and freshman Martina Okalova have paired up to be the Alma Mater Oklahoma Christian, 2000 program last season. Young is assisted by second-year assistant primary go-to tandem at No. 1 doubles, boasting a 2-1 record in Career Record 310-159 coach Matt Manasse. dual action. OSU Record 121-65 (8th year) Head coach Dean Orford is in his 12th season at the helm of NOTABLE STREAKS AND TRENDS Assistant Coach Matt Manasse (2nd year) the Tulsa women's tennis program, having racked up a 230-72 ►The Cowgirls have spent 44 consecutive weeks in the ITA top record during his time in Tulsa. 25, and five-straight in the top 10. The last time OSU was outside COMMUNICATIONS STAFF the top 25 was March 18, 2014. SERIES NOTES Gavin Lang Assistant AD, Communications ►The Cowgirls have won 20 or more matches in each of the last Stephen Howard Associate Director two seasons.