NASHVILLE, Tenn. \u2013 The No. 8 Oklahoma women’s tennis team extended its winning streak to 10 matches with a hard-fought 4-3 victory over No. 11 Vanderbilt on Thursday evening at the Lummis Family Tennis Center.<\/p>\n
With the win, the Sooners improve to 20-4 overall and 10-2 in SEC play, while also securing their sixth top-25 victory of the season.<\/p>\n
Oklahoma opened strong in doubles, claiming the opening point. Julia Garcia Ruiz<\/a> and Salakthip Ounmuang<\/a> set the tone with a 6-2 win over Mia Yamakita and Erin Pearce at the No. 3 position, improving to 16-2 together this spring and extending their winning streak to eight matches.<\/p>\n After Vanderbilt evened the doubles score at court two, the nation’s top-ranked duo of Roisin Gilheany<\/a> and Gloriana Nahum<\/a> clinched the point with a 6-4 victory over No. 5 Celia-Belle Mohr and Sophia Webster at the No. 1 spot. The pair improved to 4-0 this spring and 13-2 overall.<\/p>\n In singles play, Vanderbilt struck first with a straight-set win at the No. 4 position to even the match at 1-1. No. 60 Garcia Ruiz quickly responded, giving Oklahoma a 2-1 lead with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Pearce at court three.<\/p>\n Ounmuang then extended the Sooners’ lead to 3-1 with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Webster at court five, improving to 12-3 in singles this spring.<\/p>\n The Commodores answered at the No. 2 position, pulling within one at 3-2 with a three-set win.<\/p>\n Nahum delivered\u00a0the clinch, battling back for a 5-7, 6-1, 6-2 victory over Trinetra Vijaykumar to secure the match for Oklahoma. Nahum improved to 12-1 in singles this spring with the win.<\/p>\n Following the clinch, play continued on court one, where Vanderbilt’s No. 14 Bridget Stammel defeated No. 10 Evialina Laskevich<\/a>, 2-6, 7-6 (9), 6-4.<\/p>\n NEXT UP<\/p>\n Oklahoma will continue its road swing Saturday, traveling to Columbia to face Missouri. First serve is set for noon CT.<\/p>\n #8 Oklahoma 4, #11 Vanderbilt 3 Doubles Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (4,3,5,2,6,1)<\/p>\n For updates, follow @OU_WTennis on Twitter and Instagram, or like Oklahoma Women’s Tennis on Facebook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NASHVILLE, Tenn. \u2013 The No. 8 Oklahoma women’s tennis team extended its winning streak to 10 matches with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":581955,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":["post-581954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=581954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581954\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/581955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=581954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=581954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=581954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nSingles
\n1. #14 Bridget Stammel (VANDY)\u00a0def. #10 Evialina Laskevich<\/a><\/a> (OU) 2-6, 7-6 (9), 4-6
\n2. #25 Valeria Ray (VANDY) def. #45 Edda Mamedova<\/a> (OU) 3-6, 7-5, 6-4
\n3. #60 Julia Garcia Ruiz<\/a> (OU) def. Erin Pearce (VANDY) 6-2, 6-4
\n4. #116 Mia Yamakita (VANDY) def. Chlo\u00e9 No\u00ebl (OU) 6-1, 6-2
\n5. Salakthip Ounmuang<\/a> (OU) def. Sophia Webster (VANDY) 6-4, 6-2
\n6. Gloriana Nahum<\/a> (OU) vs. Trinetra Vijaykumar (VANDY) 5-7, 6-1, 6-2<\/p>\n
\n1. #1 Roisin Gilheany<\/a>\/Gloriana Nahum<\/a> (OU) def.. #5 Celia-Belle Mohr\/Sophia Webster (VANDY) 6-4
\n2. #19 Valeria Ray\/Bridget Stammel (VANDY) def. #17 Evialina Laskevich<\/a>\/Edda Mamedova<\/a> (OU) 6-4
\n3. Julia Garcia Ruiz<\/a><\/a>\/Salakthip Ounmuang<\/a> (OU) def. Mia Yamakita\/Erin Pearce (VANDY) 6-2<\/p>\n