#14 Oklahoma Women's Tennis hosts Missouri Friday Night @ 5 PM !

[OUBeliever56A]

The #14 Oklahoma Women's Tennis Team (1-2 in SEC play) hosts the Missouri Tigers (1-2 in SEC Play) at 5 PM on Friday night at Headington Tennis Series to open their Home Schedule in the SEC. I was able to see the re-made outdoor Tennis courts last night. If the Women get to play on the newly constructed Stadium side of the Center (East Outdoor Courts) it wil be very nice to watch the games from th elevated South seating area. They still have a few lines to lay down and the nets to install to be completed.

To catch up on the Sooner Women Tennis Team, they have had a tough opening schedule in the SEC. The Sooners opened play in the SEC at Arkansas (Ranked #62) on Feb 22nd. The Sooners defeted the Razorbacks 4-3. But the Sooners dropped the Double Point with revised doubles teams from the Spring season regulars. But the Sooners bounce back in Singles and won 4 or 6 Matches to win the match 4-3. Shcherbinina (#2 Court), Ounmuang (#3 Court), Straker (#4 Court) and Nahum (Court #6) all won their matches to give the Sooners the win.

University of Oklahoma women's tennis player Salakthip Ounmuang was named Southeastern Conference (SEC) Freshman of the Week on Wednesday following her performance in the Sooners' 4-3 conference-opening win over Arkansas on Saturday.

The next set of matches were on the road last weekend. The Sooners traveled for the 2nd and 3rd matches to Texas (Ranked #11) on Feb 28th and Texas A&M (Ranked #5) on March 2nd. In Austin, the Sooners made a strong effort to win over the Longhorns before they lost 3-4 to Texas. Using the same Double lineup, the Sooners dropped the Double point to Texas to fall behind 1-0. In the Singles, the Sooners won the first 3 out of 5 Singles matches to finish as Nahum (Court #6), Ounmuang (Court #3) and Catanzarite (Court #5) won their singles matches to even the match at 3-3. Moments later, Texas won the final singles match to win the Match overall, 4-3 over the Sooners.

Against Texas A&M, who the Sooners played in the Indoor Semis earlier on Feb 10th with the match score of 3-4.the Sooners dropped the Match 1-6. On March 2nd, once again the Sooners dropped the Double point. This is a distrubing trend. I would say over the past 2 or 3 years, the Sooners have probably won maybe 75% of the Doubles points in matches. It has been a strong key to their victories. Down 1-0, the Sooners were forced to try and win 4 of 6 matches in the Singles to win the match. Only Nahum (Court #6) won her Singles Match as she won in straight sets.

The Sooners now host the Missouri Tigers. At 1-2 in SEC Play, OU needs a win badly to right-the-ship. Missouri is also 1-2 in SeC Play. They have lost to #31 Vanbderbilt 0-7, #17 Alabama 1-4 and won over #55 Mississippi State 4-3. I think the Sooners have the ability to pick up a win tonight over Mizzou. Here is the pre-match article about the match with Missouri.

https://soonersports.com/news/2025/3/6/ ... vanderbilt

Ace shirts, posters, roster cards and yell sheets will be provided to fans entering the tennis facility until supplies last for both matches. Free bagels will also be available on Sunday.

I will be looking at a change in the Doubles lineup tonight. The Sooners need to return to form to win the Doubles Point. That may include Cara Mester returning to play in the Doubles. I think the Singles lineup is just fine at this point.

Good luck to the Sooner Women tonight against the Black and Gold Tigers.

Boomer Sooner!

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As I have been busy with moving for a while, I need to update the SEC Women's Tennis Standings. Here they are.

SEC Women's Tennis Standings (as of March 5th) -> Top 40 teams noted. Teams plays Friday and Sunday.

T-1st - #8 L S U -> 3-0 ==> plays at #15 Alabama and at Mississippi State this weekend.
T-1st - #3 Texas A&M -> 3-0 ==> plays at #11 Auburn and @ Florida this weekend.
T-1st - #1 Georgia -> 3-0 ==> plays at Kentucky and at #6 Tennessee this weekend.
T-1st - #16 Vanderbilt -> 3-0 ==> plays at Arkansas and at #14 Oklahoma this weekend.

T-5th - #6 Tennessee -> 2-1 ==> hosts #25 South Carolina and plays at #1 Georgia this weekend.
T-5th - #15 Alabama -> 2-1 ==> host #8 LSU and Ole Miss this weekend.
T-5th - #9 Texas -> 2-1 ==> plays at Florida and at #11 Auburn this weekend.
T-5th - #25 South Carolina -> 2-1 ==> plays at #6 Tennessee and at Kentucky this weekend.

T-9th - #11 Auburn -> 1-2 ==> hosts #3 Texas A&M and #9 Texas this weekend.
T-9th - #14 Oklahoma -> 1-2 ==> hosts Missouri and #16 Vanderbilt this weekend.
T-9th - Missouri -> 1-2 ==> plays at #14 Oklahoma and at Arkansas this weekend.
T-9th - Ole Miss -> 1-2 ==> plays at Mississippi State and at #18 Alabama this weekend.

T-13th - Mississippi State -> 0-3 ==> hosts Ole Miss and LSU and an O-O-C against Eastern Kentucky this weekend.
T-13th - Kentucky -> 0-3 ==> plays at #1 Georgia and hosts #25 South Carolina this weekend.
T-13th - Florida -> 0-3 ==> hosts #9 Texas and #3 Texas A&M this weekend.
T-13th - Arkansas -> 0-3 ==> hosts #16 Vanderbilt and Missouri this weekend.

[OUBeliever56A]

The #14 Oklahoma Women's Tennis Team won easlily last night over the #69 Missouri Women at the Headington Family Tennis Center by the score of 4-0. The win marked OU's fifth ranked win of the season and 29th over Missouri all-time.

Oklahoma won the Double Point with a new doubles lineup and then won the first three singles matches that finished for the 4-0 sweep of the match.

Here is the post-match recap written by the OU Athletics Communications group.

https://soonersports.com/news/2025/3/7/ ... ome-opener

The Sooners came out sharp on Friday, claiming their first doubles point since Feb. 8. Head coach Audra Cohen debuted three new doubles pairs last night.

On Court #3, Ava Catanzarite (LHP) and Gloriana Nahum deliver quickly to give OU an advantage with a 6-1 win.
On Court #2, Salakthip Ounmuang and Chloé Noël defeated the Missouri duo 6-1 to clinch the doubles point.
On Court #1, Alina Shcherbinina and Julia Garcia Ruiz (LHP) were leading 4-3 when the Double play was halted.

In the Singles play:

On Court #4, No. 74 Emma Staker got the singles rally started for the Crimson and Cream with a straight-set victory over Andrea Artimedi (6-0, 6-1).
On Court #1, No. 34 Alina Shcherbinina secured the third point after beating Mary Brumfield (6-1, 6-2).
On Court #5, Notching her team-leading eighth singles win and clinching the match for the Sooners, Ava Catanzarite delivered with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Gian Octa.

In the other Singles matches, Julia Garcia Ruiz on Court 2, won the 1st set and was leading in the 2nd set when play was halted. On Court #3, Salakthip Ounmuang also won the 1st set and was leading in set #2 when play was halted. On Court #6, Gloria Nahum dropped her 1st set but was ahead 4-0 in the 2nd set when play was halted.

Congrats to the Sooner Women on their victory last night.

The Sooners return to the court on Sunday against No. 16 Vanderbilt. First serve from the Headington Family Tennis Center is scheduled for 1 p.m. CT. Ace shirts, posters, roster cards and yell sheets will be provided to fans entering the tennis facility until supplies last for both matches. Free bagels will also be available.

Boomer Sooner!

[OUBeliever56A]

Here are the results of the Women's Tennis Friday night SEC matches:

• #6 Tennessee won 4-0 over #25 South Carolina in Knoxville. ==> Tennessee is now 3-1, South Carolina is now 2-2.

• #1 Georgia won on the road as they defeated Kentucky, 4-0. ==> Georgia is now 4-0 while Kentucky drops to 0-4.

• Florida upset #3 Texas in Gainsville as the Gators won 4-3. ==> Florida is now 1-3 and Texas drops to 2-2.

• Ole Miss won 4-3 on the road over Mississippi State. ==> Ole Miss is now 2-2 with Mississippi State drops to 0-4.

• #8 LSU traveled to Tuscaloosa and won 4-2 over #15 Alabama. ==> LSU improves to 4-0 and Alabama drops to 2-2.

• Another road win by #16 Vanderbilt as they defeated Arkansas in Fayetteville. ==> Vanderbilt moves to 4-0 and Arkansas falls to 0-4.

• #14 Oklahoma defeated Missouri in Norman, 4-0. ==> Oklahoma moves to 2-2 and Missouri drops to 2-2.

• #3 Texas A&M won 4-3 over #11 Auburn in Auburn, AL. ==> A&M improves to 4-0 while Auburn drops to 1-3.