WTEN: Head Coach Boomer Saia Earns 100th Career Victory With 4-1 Win Over Kansas

Lawrence, Kan. – Clemson Women’s Tennis (6-1) grabbed a 4-1 victory Sunday afternoon over Kansas (3-1) to earn Head Coach Boomer Saia his 100th career victory.

Sophomores Talia Neilson-Gatenby and Artemis Aslanisvili opened up doubles with a 6-2 win on court three, and Gaia Parravicini and Romana Cisovska combined to clinch the point with a 6-3 win on court two.

In singles, four Tigers raced out to first-set victories, with Neilson-Gatenby finishing first on court five with a 6-3, 6-0 win. Cisovska finished minutes later on court two with a 6-2, 6-2 victory to put Clemson ahead 3-1. Freshman Rinon Okuwaki improved her undefeated singles streak to seven with her 6-2, 6-2 win on court three to clinch match point for Clemson.   

UP NEXT: Clemson heads to Columbia, S.C. to face in-state rival South Carolina on Tuesday, February 10 at 5 p.m.

1. JANSE VAN VUUREN/KUBO (KU) def. GROEN/OKUWAKI (CLEM), 6-2
2. CISOVSKA/PARRAVICINI (CLEM) def. ARYSTANBEKOVA/PUTILINA (KU), 6-3
3. NEILSON-GATENBY/ASLANISVILI (CLEM) def. MCCARTY/VANPELT (KU), 6-2

1. #21 KUBO (KU) def. GROEN (CLEM) 6-1, 6-2
2. CISOVSKA (CLEM), def. JANSE VAN VUUREN (KU) 6-2, 6-2
3. OKUWAKI (CLEM) def. ARYSTANBEKOVA (KU) 6-2, 6-2
4. MCCARTY (KU) led.#71 BHAKTA (CLEM) 7-5, 2-1 unfinished
5. NEILSON-GATENBY (CLEM) def. PUTILINA (KU) 6-3, 6-0
6. ASLANISVILI (CLEM) led. CHO (KU) 6-4, 5-1 unfinished