LUBBOCK, Texas – The Texas Tech Lady Raiders will begin their spring season with the Michigan Invitational tournament in Ann Arbor, Mich., on Jan. 10-12. Tournament play will begin each day at 9 a.m. CT as Tech will take on players from No. 15 Ohio State, Michigan State, Eastern Michigan and host-team No. 8 Michigan.
The Lady Raiders are coming off a great fall season in which they totaled a 43-28 record in singles and a 27-11 record in doubles, with four different doubles teams finding themselves in the ITA Rankings.
Leading the team in doubles was the duo of Mariia Hlahola and Avelina Sayfetdinova, who qualified for the NCAA Doubles Championships with a tournament win at ITA Texas Regionals, with an 8-1 record. The pair of Elena Daskalova and Arina Oreshchenkova as well as the tandem of Yekaterina Dmitrichenko and Andreea Lila were just behind with five doubles wins each.
In singles, Daskalova led the Lady Raiders with 10 wins, followed by Hlahola with nine and both Lila and Oreshchenkova with eight each. Lila had a breakout season after getting to the quarterfinals of regionals and leading the team with two ranked singles wins – the first ranked wins of her career.
After the Michigan Invitational this weekend, the Lady Raiders will begin their dual season at home with a doubleheader on Sunday, January 19 against Xavier and ACU.
IN THE RANKINGS
Singles
No. 5 Julia Fliegner (Michigan)
No. 8 Luciana Perry (Ohio State)
No. 18 Piper Charney (Michigan)
No. 40 Lily Jones (Michigan)
No. 46 Audrey Spencer (Ohio State)
No. 84 Sydni Ratliff (Ohio State)
Doubles
No. 15 Mariia Hlahola/Avelina Sayfetdinova (Texas Tech)
No. 18 Jessica Bernales/Lily Jones (Michigan)
No. 33 Andreea Lila/Jermine Sherif (Texas Tech)
No. 49 Julia Fliegner/Reese Miller (Michigan)
No. 57 Mariia Hlahola/Hailey Murphy (Texas Tech)
No. 61 Piper Charney/Emily Sartz-Lunde (Michigan)
No. 68 Yekaterina Dmitrichenko/Andreea Lila (Texas Tech)
SCHEDULE
Friday, Jan. 10
9 a.m. Singles — Ohio State vs. Texas Tech
12 p.m. Doubles — Michigan vs. Ohio State, Texas Tech vs. Michigan State/Eastern Michigan
Saturday, Jan. 11
9 a.m. Doubles — Michigan vs. Michigan State/Eastern Michigan, Ohio State vs. Texas Tech
Singles to Follow — Michigan vs. Texas Tech, Ohio State vs. Michigan State/Eastern Michigan
Sunday, Jan. 12
9 a.m. Doubles — Michigan vs. Texas Tech, Ohio State vs. Michigan State/Eastern Michigan
Singles to Follow — Michigan vs. Ohio State, Texas Tech vs. Michigan State/Eastern Michigan
FOLLOW ALONG
Live stats and video are available for the matches. Follow @TexasTechWTEN on X for updates and scores of the matches.
