Iowa State tennis opened up Big 12 play with a pair of home losses to No. 74 Colorado on Friday and No. 23 Texas Tech on Sunday. The Cyclones are back in action at Kansas on March 7 followed by a three-match trip to Texas to play at Baylor on March 13, at TCU on March 15 and at North Texas on March 16.
The Cyclones hosted Colorado and came away with a 4-0 loss to the Buffaloes. The Cyclones saw their record slip to 2-5 and 0-1 in the Big 12 while Colorado improved to 9-2 overall and 1-0 in the Big 12.
The match with the Red Raiders was closer than the one two days earlier against Colorado, but Iowa State still fell 4-2. The Cyclones’ record went to 2-6 and 0-2 in the Big 12 while No. 23 Texas Tech improved to 11-3 and 2-0 in the Big 12.
Colorado 4, Iowa State 0
Friday, February 27
Ames, Iowa
Doubles Matches:
Order of Finish: 2, 1
Aya El Sayed/Pia Rebec (CU) def. Mari Paz Alberto Vilar/Stanislava Shulzhenko (ISU), 6-1
Rixt Van Der Werff/Lera Alexin (CU) def. Julia Camblor/Gabriella Kellner (ISU), 6-1
Lani Brotman/Anya Nelson (CU) vs. Ashlee Narker/Valentina Vargas (ISU), 2-5 (UF)
Singles Matches:
Order of Finish: 5, 1, 4
Aya El Sayed (CU) def. No. 64 Alberto Vilar (ISU), 6-2, 7-6 (3)
Rixt Van Der Werff (CU) vs. Narker (ISU), 6-7 (2), 6-5 (UF)
Rebec (CU) vs. Camblor (ISU), 6-3, 4-6, 4-3 (UF)
Brotman (CU) def. Shulzhenko (ISU), 6-3, 2-6, 6-4
Alexin (CU) def. Valeska San Martin Ramirez (ISU), 6-0, 6-1
Nelson (CU) vs. Vargas (ISU), 6-4, 0-6, 1-2 (UF)
Texas Tech 4, Iowa State 2
Sunday, March 1
Ames, Iowa
Doubles Matches:
Order of Finish: 3, 2, 1
No. 75 Yekate Dmitrichenko/Hailey Murphy (TTU) def. Mari Paz Alberto Vilar/Stanislava Shulzhenko (ISU), 7-5
Elena Daskalova/Mariia Hlahola (TTU) def. Julia Camblor/Gabriella Kellner (ISU), 7-5
Ashlee Narker/Valeska San Martin Ramirez (ISU) def. Ella Brownback/Polina Sleptsova (TTU), 6-2
Singles Matches:
Order of Finish: 3, 6, 4, 5, 1
Murphy (TTU) def. No. 64 Alberto Vilar (ISU), 0-6, 6-3, 6-1
Dmitrichenko (TTU) vs. Narker (ISU), 7-5, 4-4 (UF)
Hlahola (TTU) def. Camblor (ISU), 6-1, 6-0
Shulzhenko (ISU) def. Sleptsova (TTU), 6-1, 6-2
Suzanie Pretorius (ISU) def. Brownback (TTU), 6-2, 6-2
Havana Kadi (TTU) def. Valentina Vargas (ISU), 6-3, 6-2
