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2/18/2011 8:07:02 AM

Meredith Marney

WICHITA, Kan. (Feb. 17) – No. 21-ranked Central Oklahoma cruised to an 8-1 drubbing of Newman here Thursday afternoon.

The Bronchos of head coach Natalya Nikitina-Helvey won two of the three doubles matches to take a 2-1 lead and then pulled away by taking all six singles bouts without dropping a set.

“It was a very good performance on our end,” Nikitina-Helvey said. “We were able to execute things well and play with confidence. Everybody played well and especially Eli (Abramovic), who had a really good win against a regionally ranked opponent.”

Abramovic toppled Laryssa Ferreira 6-2, 6-3 in the feature match at No. 1 singles.

The Bronchos had just one close match in singles, with Julia Shviadok prevailing 7-6 in the second set to complete a win at No. 2 singles. Lacy Caldwell, Anto Rossini, Anna Kochigina and Meredith Marney dropped a combined 10 games in winning the other four singles matches.

UCO, now 2-0 on the young season, is back in action again Friday with a 2 p.m. home match against Arkansas Tech.

UCO 8, Newman 1
Doubles
No. 1 – Laryssa Ferreira/Hillary Hicks, NU, def Lacy Caldwell/Julia Shviadok, 8-6.
No. 2 – Eli Abramovic/Anto Rossini, UCO, def. Christa Lawlor/Emily Gerber, 8-3.
No. 3 – Rose Cabato/Anna Kochigina, UCO, def Jessica Brown/Ashley Dunham, 8-2.

Singles
No. 1 – Abramovic, UCO, def. Ferreira, 6-2, 6-3.
No. 2 – Shviadok, UCO, def. Hicks, 6-1, 7-6.
No. 3 – Caldwell, UCO, def. Brown, 6-2, 6-0.
No. 4 – Rossini, UCO, def. Gerber, 6-1, 6-0.
No. 5 – Kochigina, UCO, def. Lawlor, 6-2, 6-1.
No. 6 – Meredith Marney, UCO, def. Dunham, 6-1, 6-3.

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