University of Central Oklahoma Athletics

UCO Stays Perfect

2/24/2014 8:13:00 AM

Lauren Allison

ADA, Okla. (Feb. 23) – Unbeaten Central Oklahoma pulled out a trio of three-set singles victories to subdue intrastate rival East Central 6-3 here Sunday afternoon.

The No. 39-ranked Bronchos improved to 4-0 with the win in a match that saw five of the six singles bouts require three sets to decide.

UCO got three-set wins from Alina Gorina, Anna Braun and Lauren Allison, with Allison rallying for tough 7-5, 7-5 victories in the last two sets after falling 6-4 in the first. Emilie Semo had a 6-3, 6-0 win.

The Bronchos took two of the three doubles matches, with Gorina and Semo teaming up for an 8-4 win at No. 1 and Allison and Petra Pesic an 8-2 rout at No. 3.

"It was a very close match and at one point we had five singles matches all in the final set so it could have really gone either way," head coach Natalya Nikitina-Helvey said. "Our girls were tough and they were able to pull off the wins we needed to come out on top in a regional match."

It was the first of six straight road matches for UCO, which goes to Bethany to take on Southern Nazarene Thursday at 2 p.m.

UCO 6, East Central 3
SINGLES
No. 1 – Bernardita Muscillo, ECU, def. Petra Pesic, 6-1, 3-6, 6-2.
No. 2 – Alina Gorina, UCO, def. Julia Municoy, 4-6, 7-6, 6-1.
No. 3 – Elisabeth Dignard, ECU, def. Kristin Richardson, 7-6 (10-8), 1-6, 6-3.
No. 4 – Anna Braun, UCO, def. Agostina Moran, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4.
No. 5 – Emilie Semo, UCO, def. Katelin Threet, 6-3, 6-0.
No. 6 – Lauren Allison, UCO, def. Kelsey Kerr, 4-6, 7-5, 7-5.
DOUBLES
No. 1 – Gorina/Semo, UCO, def. Moran/Dignard, 8-4.
No. 2 – Muscillo/Municoy, ECU, def. Richardson/Braun, 8-2.
No. 3 – Pesic/Allison, UCO, def. Threet/Kerr, 8-2.

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