March 14, 1998

LUBBOCK, Texas - Kansas State defeated Texas Tech 9-0 in women's tennis action Saturday, March 14 at Texas Tech's Athletic Training Center.

With the loss, Texas Tech falls to 6-4 on the season and 3-4 in the Big 12 Conference. Texas Tech will next play Louisville on Monday at Abilene Christian University.

Texas Tech's freshman No. 1 singles player Zana Zlebnik, who recently was named the Big 12 Women's Tennis Player of the Month for March, dropped her first match of the season, a 6-3, 6-2 decision to Kansas State's Yana Dorodnova. Zlebnik is now 9-1 on the season and 6-1 in Big 12 competition.

The visiting Wildcats won all singles and doubles matches. It was the first time Texas Tech has been swept altogether on the season.

KANSAS STATE 9 TEXAS TECH 0
(Athletic Training Center, Lubbock, Texas)

Singles
No. 1- Yana Dorodnova (Kansas State) def. Zana Zlebnik (Texas Tech) 6-3, 6-2; No. 2- Anna Pamdovlova (Kansas State) def. Amanda Earhart (Texas Tech) 6-4, 6-7 (4) 6-4; No. 3- Martina Pospisilova (Kansas State) def. Lakshmi Ravindra (Texas Tech) 5-7, 6-3, 7-5; No. 4- Eva Novotna (Kansas State) def. Sarada Ravindra (Texas Tech) 6-3, 6-3; No. 5- Lena Piliptchak (Kansas State) def. Christine VanRegenmorter (Texas Tech) 6-0, 6-1; No. 6- Dinah Watson (Kansas State) def. Erica Dopson (Texas Tech) 7-6, 6-0.

Doubles
No. 1- Dorodnova-Piliptchak (Kansas State) def. Zlebnik-Earhart (Texas Tech) 8-6; No. 2- Pospisilova-Novotna (Kansas State) def. L. Ravindra-VanRegenmorter (Texas Tech) 8-6; No. 3- Pamdovlova-Watson (Kansas State) def. S. Ravindra-Misty Meyer (Texas Tech) 8-4.