Iowa State drops two Big 12 tennis home matches

Iowa State tennis fell in a heartbreaker to Big 12 foe Houston Sunday afternoon.  The Cyclones lost to the Cougars by a score of 4-3.  The win would have been the first win over a ranked team this year.  Houston was ranked No. 40 at the time of the meet.  The loss came days after a loss at home to No. 19 Central Florida in Big 12 play.

The Cyclones will now head to Arizona for two meets, one each at Arizona in Tucson on Friday and at Arizona State on Sunday.  The following week will see the Cyclones return home when they host Cincinnati on April 3 and West Virginia on April 5.

The Cyclones scored their first doubles point since mid-February against Illinois.  The doubles team of Julia Camblor and Stanislava Shulzhenko won 6-4 over their Houston foes and the Cyclone doubles team of Alicia Dale and Gabriella Kellner won 6-4 over their Houston foes.

In singles action, Ashlee Narker got her first victory of the season beating Chems Doha Zeghlouli 6-3, 6-4.  Stanislava Shulzhenko beat Iza Sepa in three sets.  Shulzhenko lost the first set 6-1, but won the last two by scores of 6-2 and 6-4 to claim the match.

On Friday, March 20, the Cyclones fell 4-0 to the University of Central Florida in the first of two conference meets to end the week.  The match was called early with the Knights winning 4-0.  The loss for Iowa State extended their losing streak to nine matches.

Houston 4 (13-4), Iowa State 3 (2-12)

Sunday, March 22 

Ames, Iowa 

Doubles Results: 

#1 Doubles

Sophie Schouten/Chems Doha Zeghlouli (H) def. Mari Paz Vilar/Ashlee Narker (ISU) 6-3

#2 Doubles

Julia Camblor/S. Shulzhenko (ISU) def. Iva Sepa/Valerila Krokhotina (H) 6-4

#3 Doubles

Gabriella Kellner/Alicia Dale (ISU) def. Petja Drame/Elizaveta Morozova (H) 6-4

Singles Results: 

#1 Singles

Elizaveta Morozova (H) def. Mari Paz Vilar (ISU) 6-7, 6-4, 6-3

#2 Singles

Ashlee Narker (ISU) def. Alexia Lavinia Pulac (H) 6-3, 6-4

#3 Singles

S. Shulzhenko (ISU) def. Chems Doha Zeghlouli (H) 1-6, 6-2, 6-4

#4 Singles

Iva Sepa (H) def. Julia Camblor (ISU) 0-6, 7-6, 6-2

#5 Singles

Valerila Krokhotina (H) def. Alicia Dale (ISU) 6-4, 6-1

#6 Singles

Petja Drame (H) def. Gabriella Kellner (ISU) 6-2, 6-3

University of Central Florida 4 (13-2), Iowa State 0 (2-11)

Friday, March 20 

Ames, Iowa 

Doubles Results: 

#1 Doubles

Marina Gatell/Jantje Tilbuerger (UCF) def. Mari Paz Vilar/Ashlee Narker (ISU) 6-3

#2 Doubles

Olivia Bergler/Lauren Seye (UCF) def. Julia Camblor/S. Shulzhenko (ISU) 6-4

#3 Doubles

UNFINISHED – Alicia Dale/Suzanie Pretorius (ISU) vs. V. Andreevskaya/Jade Psnoka (UCF)

Singles Results: 

#1 Singles

UNFINISHED – Olivia Bergler (UCF) vs. Mari Paz Vilar (ISU)

#2 Singles

Jantje Tilbuerger (UCF) def. Ashlee Narker (ISU) 6-2, 6-2

#3 Singles

Gatell Marina (UCF) def. S. Shulzhenko (ISU) 6-2, 6-4

#4 Singles

V. Andreevskaya (UCF) def. Julia Camblor (ISU) 6-3, 6-4

#5 Singles

UNFINISHED – Alicia Dale (ISU) vs. Lauren Seye (UCF)

#6 Singles

UNFINISHED – Suzanie Pretorius (ISU) vs. Jade Psnoka (UCF)