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March 1, 2010

Lady Tigers drop match at Oklahoma Christian

Playing just its second match of the season, the Cowley College women’s tennis team lost at Oklahoma Christian University 7-2 on Friday.

The Lady Tigers, which are sixth in the NJCAA rankings, found wins hard to come by against the Lady Eagles, which are currently 12th in the NAIA tennis rankings.

Cowley played the match without sophomore Jessica Montemayor, who stayed back in Arkansas City due to an illness. Montemayor played No. 3 singles and No. 2 doubles in the Lady Tigers’ season opening match against the University of Central Oklahoma on Feb. 18.

“We had a challenge already, but with Jessica missing it made it that much harder,” Cowley head coach Josh Cobble said. “We still competed hard and had opportunities to make the score a little closer than it was.”

Sophomore Adrijana Pavlovic was a bright spot in the defeat as she won her match at No. 1 singles over OCU’s Olfa Dhaoni 6-3, 6-7, 10-5, and also teamed with Jamie Blackim to win at No. 2 doubles.

Pavlovic and Blackim trailed 6-3 in its match against Oklahoma Christian’s Maja Vazem and Maja Plavsic before winning five straight games to take the match 8-6.

“They put together a good run and got the momentum on their side,” Cobble said. “Adrijana had good focus all day long and played really well.”

Cowley will now prepare to take on Hesston College and Bethel College Thursday in Hesston. The match vs. Hesston will take place at 9 a.m. and the match vs. Bethel will begin at 1 p.m.

“Those are two matches we feel we should win if we take care of business,” Cobble said.

Results:
DOUBLES

  • No. 1 — Jamie Blackim/Adrijana Pavlovic (CC) defeated Maja Vazem/Maja Plavsic (OCU) 8-6.
  • No. 2 — Shannon Franz/Brittney Laner (CC) lost to Olfa Dhaoni/Andrea Contantinesca (OCU) 0-8.
  • No. 3 — Wrylie Finkle/Brittney Berryman (CC) lost to Leila Keibani/Vimbai Mawisire (OCU) 2-8.

SINGLES

  • No. 1 — Pavlovic (CC) defeated Dhaoni (OCU) 6-3, 6-7, 10-5.
  • No. 2 — Blackim (CC) lost to Vazem (OCU) 1-6, 3-6.
  • No. 3 — Natalia Medina (CC) lost to Plavsic (OCU) 0-6, 1-6.
  • No. 4 — Finkle (CC) lost to Contantinesca (OCU) 0-6, 1-6.
  • No. 5 — Franz (CC) lost to Leila Keihana (OCU) 0-6, 1-6.
  • No. 6 — Laner (CC) lost to Mawisire (OCU) 1-6, 2-6.