{"id":44325,"date":"2025-11-11T04:12:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T04:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/44325\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T04:12:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T04:12:16","slug":"lady-raiders-make-history-with-an-ita-sectional-doubles-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/44325\/","title":{"rendered":"Lady Raiders make history with an ITA Sectional doubles title"},"content":{"rendered":"

LUBBOCK, Texas \u2013 The Lady Raiders capped off a standout fall season with strong showings at both the ITA Central Sectional Championships and the UNF Invitational, as Yekaterina Dmitrichenko<\/a>, Hailey Murphy<\/a>, Mariia Hlahola<\/a> and Elena Daskalova<\/a> represented the Lady Raiders in the two competitions over the weekend.
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\nThe Lady Raider duo of Murphy and Dmitrichenko made program history with a standout performance at the ITA Central Sectional Championships, becoming the first doubles team to win sectionals, earning co-championship honors and qualifying for the NCAA Doubles Championships in the process. This is the third-straight season Tech sent a doubles pair to the NCAA Individual Championships and the first time in program history to do so in three-consecutive years.
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\nMurphy and Dmitrichenko opened the tournament with a win over Houston’s Sophie Schouten and Chams Doha Zeghlouli, 6-3, 7-6 (3), before pulling off a major upset against the No. 20-ranked Kansas duo of Heike Janse Van Vuuren and Kyoka Kubo, 4-6, 6-3, 1-0 (2). After dropping the opening set 4-6, the Lady Raider duo fought back to take the second 6-3 and the match tiebreak, 10-2, in their most impressive win of the weekend. They capped off their doubles run of the tournament with a, 6-2, 6-2, sweep of TCU’s Yu-Chin Tsai and Victoria Gomez O’Hayon, clinching their spot as co-champions in doubles and punching their ticket to the NCAA Doubles Championships.
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\nIn singles play, No. 76 Dmitrichenko continued the tournament with a ranked win over No. 31 Emily Sartz-Lunda (Michigan), 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, before narrowly falling to No. 71 Daianne Hayashida (Iowa) in another three-set battle. Murphy also shone individually, defeating Oklahoma’s Chloe Noel, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3, and adding a ranked win over No. 64 Daria Smetannikov (TAMU), 6-2, 7-5, before dropping a close match against No. 103 Kyoka Kubo (Kansas), 7-6 (4), 6-3.
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\nMeanwhile, at the UNF Invitational in Jacksonville, Fla., Hlahola and Daskalova also delivered an impressive showing. The duo opened doubles play with a loss against Charlotte duo Shona Nakano and Andrea Chacon, 6-4, but responded with a 7-6 (5) victory over Florida State’s Tina Li and Laura Putz. Daskalova went on to record dominant wins over Li from Florida State, 6-2, 6-1, and Arina Gamretkai of Virginia Tech, 6-3, 6-3, before narrowly dropping a close match against UCF’s Laurn Seye, 6-3, 7-6 (2). Hlahola added a straight-set win over Charlotte Ruud of USF, 6-3, 7-5, and battled hard in a three-set loss to UNC’s Sara Suchankova, 1-6, 6-0, 6-2.
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\nUp next, Murphy and Dmitrichenko head to Orlando for the NCAA Doubles Championships on starting Nov. 19.
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\nRESULTS
\nITA Central Sectional Championships
\nDoubles
\nHailey Murphy<\/a>\/Yekaterina Dmitrichenko<\/a> def. Schouten\/Doha Zeghlouli (Houston), 6-3, 7-6
\nHailey Murphy<\/a>\/Yekaterina Dmitrichenko<\/a> def. #20 Heike Janse Van Vuuren\/Kyoka Kubo (Kansas), 4-6, 6-3, 1-0(2)
\nHailey Murphy<\/a>\/Yekaterina Dmitrichenko<\/a> def. Yu-Chin Tsai\/Victoria Gomez O’Hayon (TCU), 6-2, 6-2
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\nSingles
\nYekaterina Dmitrichenko<\/a> def. No. 31 Emily Sartz-Lunde (UMich), 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
\n#71 Daianne Hayashida (Iowa) def. Yekaterina Dmitrichenko<\/a>, 6-3, 5-7, 6-3
\nHailey Murphy<\/a> def. #64 Daria Smetannikov (TAMU), 6-2, 7-5
\nHailey Murphy<\/a> def. Chloe Noel (OU), 2-6, 6-3, 6-3
\n#103 Kyoka Kubo (Kansas) def. Hailey Murphy<\/a>, 7-6 (4), 6-3
\n#93 Na Dong (Baylor) def. Hailey Murphy<\/a>, 6-2, 6-4
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\nUNF Invitational
\nDoubles
\nShona Nakano\/Andrea Chacon (UNC) def. Elena Daskalova<\/a>\/Mariia Hlahola<\/a>, 6-4
\nMariia Hlahola<\/a>\/Elena Daskalova<\/a> def. Tina Li\/Laura Putz (FSU), 7-6(5)
\nOlivia Bergler\/Lauren Seye (UCF) def. Elena Daskalova<\/a>\/Mariia Hlahola<\/a>, 6-2
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\nSingles
\nElena Daskalova<\/a> def. Tina Li (FSU), 6-2, 6-1
\nElena Daskalova<\/a> def. Arina Gamretkaia (Virginia Tech), 6-3, 6-3
\nLaurn Seye (UCF) def. Elena Daskalova<\/a>, 6-3, 7-6(2)
\nMariia Hlahola<\/a> def. Charlotte Ruud (USF), 6-3, 7-5
\nSara Suchankova (UNC) def. Mariia Hlahola<\/a>, 1-6, 6-0, 6-2
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