On Sunday, January 25 at the Ken Byers Tennis Complex, #19 ranked Oklahoma State beat #18 Georgia Tech 4-3 and advanced to the ITA Indoor Championships round of 16. It was a tight match, and when Paige Hourigan of GT won her match on court two and tied the match at 3-3, the winner was decided at court six. Oklahoma State moved on to a matchup against North Carolina, and the Tar Heels ended up winning the championship over Georgia.
Natasha Prokhnevska and Johnnise Renaud of Georgia Tech got the Yellow Jackets off to a good start with a win on court three over Carla Tur Mari and Karyn Guttorsmsen, 6-2. GT won the doubles point when Kendal Woodard and Paige Hourigan beat the Cowgirls duo of Katarina Adamovic and Vladica Babic 6-4.
The first singles match to finish was on court three, where #53 ranked Katarina Adamovic of Oklahoma State beat Rasheeda McAdoo 6-1, 6-1.
McAdoo has a very consistent game, but on this day should could not keep her forehand under control and made too many unforced errors.
On court four, Yellow Jacket Kendall Woodard played a tough opening set against Vladica Babic but lost in a tiebreak. Babic took control in the second set and won it 6-0. That win tied the match at 2-2.
Oklahoma State took a 3-2 lead when #10 ranked Viktoriya Lushkova defeated #63 Johnnise Renaud 6-3, 6-4 on court one. On court two, Kelsey Laurente of Oklahoma State, pictured above, won the second set 6-3, and sent her match against Paige Hourigan into a third set.
Hourigan regrouped and played a consistent third set, hitting winners on the forehand and backhand sides. Here she lines up a backhand return. She won the third set 6-3. Oklahoma State pulled out the match when Maria Alvarez came back after losing the first set 2-6 and won the next two over Megan Kurey 6-4, 6-3.
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