Huskers Stop Sooners

Norman, Okla. - The Nebraska women's tennis team snapped a three-match losing streak in Norman, Okla., on Sunday morning with a 4-3 win over the Oklahoma Sooners. The Huskers improved to 14-4 and 3-4 in the Big 12, while Oklahoma fell to 9-8 and 2-3 in the Big 12. The 14th win is one more than Nebraska had all of last season, and with a strong finish to the season the Huskers could equal their all-time single-season wins record of 19.

After dropping the doubles point in their previous three matches, the Huskers got off on the right foot on Sunday, taking No. 1 and No. 2 doubles to claim the point and take a 1-0 lead into singles play. Imke Reimers earned her 71st career doubles victory, tied with Sandra Noetzel for tops all-time at Nebraska, with an 8-6 win at No. 1 doubles with teammate Jana Albers. The duo improved their Big 12 doubles record to an impressive 5-1. Maria Ring and Wiveca Swarting earned their 13th doubles win of the spring, winning 8-3 at No. 2 doubles.

The Huskers took home the first completed singles match as Swarting defeated OU's Chelsea Orr 6-1, 6-2 at No. 2 singles. Oklahoma took a 3-2 with victories at No. 6, No. 1 and No. 3 before Stephanie Evans took home a three-set thriller at No. 4 singles tie the match at 3-3, leaving the fate of the match in the hands of NU freshman Amber Chandronnait and OU senior Christi Baxley at No. 5 singles.

The situation was eerily similar to last year's match with the Huskers and Sooners in Lincoln. With the match tied at 3-3, then-NU freshman Wiveca Swarting and then-OU senior Irina Lykina battled it out in a three-set marathon to decide the match, with Swarting emerging victorious in the end to give NU a 4-3 win. Chandronnait had the same success as Swarting last year, winning the third set handily, 6-0, giving her the win at No. 5 singles and the Huskers their 14th victory of the season.

The Huskers finished up their road trip with a 2-3 record, and return home next weekend where they are 11-1 this spring with a pair of Big 12 matches, against Missouri on Friday, April 11 and against Colorado on Sunday, April 13. Both matches are scheduled to be played at the Nebraska Tennis Center.

Results
Nebraska 4, Oklahoma 3

Doubles
No. 1 Albers/Reimers (NU) def. Constantinescu/Orr (OU), 8-6
No. 2 Ring/Swarting (NU) def. Baxley/Eckel (OU), 8-3
No. 3 Antakova/Kalashnikova (OU) def. Chandronnait/Evans (NU), 8-5

Singles
No. 1 Ana-Maria Constantinescu (OU) def. Imke Reimers (NU), 6-3, 6-2
No. 2 Wiveca Swarting (NU) def. Chelsea Orr (OU), 6-1, 6-2
No. 3 Maria Kalashnikova (OU) def. Jana Albers (NU), 7-5, 6-4
No. 4 Stephanie Evans (NU) def. Elena Antakova (OU), 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
No. 5 Amber Chandronnait (NU) def. Christi Baxley (OU), 7-6 (6), 4-6, 6-0
No. 6 Tara Eckel (OU) def. Abby Buxton (NU), 6-3, 6-0