April 8, 2007

MANHATTAN, Kan. - The Texas Tech women's tennis team dropped their fifth conference match to Kansas State on Saturday, 5-2, playing indoors at the Ahearn Field House. Tech falls to 9-8, 2-5, as the Wildcats improve to 4-11, 2-3 in Big 12.

After an 8-1 loss at No. 3, doubles pair Lakann Wagley and Brenna Jackson couldn't hold off K-State's Olga Klimova and Katka Kudlackova, losing 8-6. The win by Klimova and Kudlackova advanced their doubles record to 5-1 in Big 12. The No. 1 duo of Samantha van der Drift and Janet Durham were the only ones able to pull out a win over KSU's Viviana Yrureta and Fernanda Da Valle, coming out ahead 7-3 in the tiebreaker.

Van der Drift was the first to strike for her team, winning 6-1, 6-2 over Viviana Yrureta and putting Tech on the board to tie up the score at one all. K-State put an end to any chances of a comeback by the Raiders, winning the next three singles points in the No. 2, 3, and 4 spots. Freshman Maria Jose Andres sunk in Tech's second point after defeating Olga Klimova 6-4 in the first set, and Klimova retiring 4-3 in the second.

The Lady Raiders next travel to play two top 20 ranked Big 12 opponents, No. 18 Texas A&M on Sat., April 14, and No. 20 Baylor on Sun., April 15. For more information and complete results, visit www.texastech.com.

Kansas State, 6
Texas Tech, 2

Doubles: 3, 2*, 1
1. Samantha van der Drift/Janet Durham (TTU) def. Viviana Yrureta/Fernanda Da Valle (KSU), 9-8(7-3)
2. Olga Klimova/Katka Kudlackova (KSU) def. Lakann Wagley/Brenna Jackson (TTU), 8-6
3. Tamar Kvaratskhelia/Natasha Vieira (KSU) def. Kerryn Potgeiter/Maria Andres (TTU), 8-1

Singles: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
1. Samantha van der Drift (TTU) def. Viviana Yrureta (KSU), 6-1, 6-2
2. Fernanda Da Valle (KSU) def. Lakann Wagley (TTU), 6-0, 6-3
3. Tamar Kvaratskhelia (KSU) def. Janet Durham (TTU), 6-1, 4-6, 6-1
4. Katka Kudlackova (KSU) def. Kerryn Potgieter (TTU), 3-6, 6-0, 7-5
5. Maria Jose Andres (TTU) def. Olga Klimova (KSU), 6-4, 4-3, ret.
6. Natasha Vieira (KSU) def. Brenna Jackson (TTU), 6-4, 6-2