Box Score TULSA, Okla. -- The University of North Dakota women's tennis team dropped a 5-2 decision to Oral Roberts on Saturday afternoon from the Bernis Duke Tennis Center in Tulsa, Okla.
ORU jumped out to a 1-0 lead in a trio of tightly-contested doubles matches, as the Golden Eagles captured 7-6 victories on the No. 2 and 3 courts to grab the advantage. The top duo of
Sapir Sela and
Andrea Jansson notched a 6-4 triumph in two-person play.
Nore Heinitz got the Fighting Hawks on the board with a 6-3, 6-2 triumph at the No. 4 position, but ORU answered back with a pair of wins at the second and sixth spots to grab a 3-1 advantage.
Sela kept her strong day going with a 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 victory at the top spot to pull the Hawks within one at 3-2, but the Golden Eagles notched a pair of three set wins to take the match victory by a 5-2 score.
North Dakota will remain on the road for the start of a swing through Texas beginning on Tuesday against Lamar at 9 a.m.
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Doubles Competition
1. Sela/Jansson (UND) def. Grammatataki/Sorokina (ORU) 6-4
2. Miley/Lebedeva (ORU) def. Schulte/Heinitz (UND) 7-6
3. Iskakova/Cervantes (ORU) def. Aubin/Rizza (UND) 7-6
Singles Competition
1. Sela (UND) def. Lebedeva (ORU) 2-6, 6-2, 6-4
2. Sorokina (ORU) def. Jansson (UND) 6-1, 6-3
3. Grammatataki (ORU) def. Schulte (UND) 3-6, 6-4, 6-0
4. Heinitz (UND) def. Miley (ORU) 6-3, 6-2
5. Iskakova (ORU) def. Rizza (UND) 4-6, 6-2, 11-9
6. Cervantes (ORU) def. Aubin (UND) 6-3, 7-6