As the ball landed behind her just inside the line, Lisa Marie Rioux dropped her head in disappointment.
With that ball, No. 25 Ohio State’s Shior Fukuda defeated Rioux and the rest of the No.10 Oklahoma State women’s tennis team in the ITA Kickoff Championship as the Cowgirls suffered their first loss of the season, 4-3.
Everyone in the Greenwood Tennis Center was focused on Court 1 as it featured the decisive showdown between the two Japan natives. All the other matches had concluded, meaning that this one would decide the champion. To the disappointment of the lively orange-clad crowd, No.