#17 Ranked Sooner Women's Tennis Team in CA for ITA Kickoff Week

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The 2025 Edition of the Oklahoma Sooners Women's Tennis Team plys this weekend in the ITA Kickoff event in Berkeley, CA for the ITA Kickoff Week. The 17th-ranked Sooners will face San Diego State on Friday at 4 PM CST. On the other side of the 4-team bracket in Berkeley, CA is Cal (Ranked #14) and Grand Canyon who also play on Friday.

The two winners play on Saturday at 3 PM. The winner of that match move on to the next round of the ITA Tourneys in two weeks. The two losing teams will play at Noon CST on Saturday.

Here is the article about the ITA Kickoff Week written by the OU Athletics Communications group.

https://soonersports.com/news/2025/1/23 ... end-friday

The Sooner Women's Team has strong depth on the Team this Spring. I am confident that Julia Garcia Ruia, Ailana Shcherbininia, Salakthip Ounmuang, Gloria Nahum willbe 4 of the 6 players to play singles. The two remaining spots wil go to two of Chloe Noel, Emma Straker or Ava Catanzarite with Cara Mester being considered possibly.

In Doubles, the Sooners will likely send out Ailana Shcherbinia and Cara Mester to play in one match with Julia Garcia Ruia teaming with one of Chloe Noel or Salakthip Ounmuang and then Gloria Nahum will probably play with the other between Noel and Ounmuang. Roisin Gilheany has also has sucess in doubles for the Sooners but she has not played that I have seen this Spring.

Good luck to the Sooners today in Berkeley against the Aztecs of San Diego State.

Boomer Sooner!

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The Oklahoma Sooners Women's Tennis Team won their match against San Diedo State on Friday evening and advance to the ITA Finals in Berkely, CA. The Sooner won the match 4-0 by winning the Doubles Point and then winning the first three singles matches to open the singles play.

The Sooners will face the No. 14 Cal Bears on Saturday at 3 p.m. CST, with the victor qualifying for the ITA National Indoor Championships in Illinois, Feb. 7-11. The Cal bears defeated Grand Canyon University 4-0 on Friday.

Here is the post-match article written by the OU Athletics Communications group:

https://soonersports.com/news/2025/1/24 ... ship-round

Congratulations to the Sooners on their win on Friday.
Boomer Sooner!
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Official Tennis Dual Match Results (Final)
#17 Oklahoma (3-0) vs SDSU (1-1)
01/24/2025 at Berkeley, Calif. -- Hellman Tennis Complex
Match Score: Oklahoma 4, SDSU 0

# DOUBLES DRAWS
1 Cara Mester and Alina Shcherbinina (OU) vs.
Gloria Alogo and Liisa Varul (SDSU)
match was unfinished
5-6
2 Julia Garcia Ruiz and Chloe Noel (OU) def.
Vesa Gjinaj and Ninon Martinache (SDSU)
6-2
3 Gloriana Nahum and Salakthip Ounmuang (OU) def.
Jo-Yee Chan and Zoe Olmos (SDSU)
6-4

# SINGLES DRAWS
1 Julia Garcia Ruiz (OU) vs. Jo-Yee Chan (SDSU)
match was unfinished
6-1 = 5-6
2 Alina Shcherbinina (OU) def. Gloria Alogo (SDSU) 6-2 = 6-0
3 Salakthip Ounmuang (OU) def. Ninon Martinache (SDSU) 6-2 = 6-1
4 Emma Staker (OU) def. Liisa Varul (SDSU) 6-2 = 6-2
5 Gloriana Nahum (OU) vs. Zoe Olmos (SDSU)
match was unfinished
5-7 = 3-0
6 Ava Catanzarite (OU) vs. Vesa Gjinaj (SDSU)
match was unfinished
6-3 = 5-1

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In Saturday in the Finals of the ITA Kickoff Weekend in Berkeley, CA, the #17 Oklahoma won their match with #14 Cal on their home court convincingly with a 4-1 win. The Win by the Sooners advance Oklahoma's to their third appearance at the national event, to be hosted by Illinois and Northwestern on Feb. 7-11.

The Sooners won the Doubles point with the deciding win on Court 1 with the Oklahoma team of Shcherbininia / Mester, who won in a tie-beaker 7-6 (7-3). On Court 3 the Oklahoma Team of Nahum / Ounmuang won 6-2 over the Cal duo. On court 2, Cal won the match over the Sooner duo of Garcia Ruiz / Noel 6-2. With the wins on Court 3 and Court 1, OU received the Double Point and led 1-0.

In the Singles, the Sooners won the #5 and #6 matches in straight sets with Catanzarite winning 6-1, 6-0 and Nahum winning 6-4, 6-3. That lifted the score to 3-0 in favor of Oklahoma and needing one more win in the the last 4 singles matches to advance. In the #4 match, Straker for OU forced to a 3rd set by winning the second set before dropping her match 4-6, 6-4, 3-6 to Cal. In Match #1, Garcia Ruiz for Oklahoma won in three sets, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 to give OU the 3rd singles point and a 4-1 win over Cal. The two remaining matches were halted with the following scores; Shcherbininia (Match #2) was at 1-set a piece at 7-5, 6-6 (6-7) and in Match 3, Ounmuang was in the third set with 1-set apiece and a 1-2 score in the third set.

Here is the article about the win by the Sooners written by the OU Athletics Communications group:

https://soonersports.com/news/2025/1/25 ... al-indoors

Next week, OU will hit the road for a quick tune-up match at Tulsa on Feb. 4 before heading to Indoor Nationals. First serve against the Golden Hurricane is set for 2 p.m. CT.

Congratulations to the Sooner Women on advancing to the National event on February 7-11.

Boomer Sooner!

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