TAHLEQUAH – Oklahoma Baptist rallied past #10 Northeastern State in singles to spoil the RiverHawks' home opener 5-4 on Thursday afternoon.

The loss to the Lady Bison (5-1) snapped a 33 home match winning streak that dated back to the end of the 2012 regular season.

Northeastern State opened with the lead, grabbing a pair of points out of doubles play. Caitlin McCullough and Easton Parker won the two-slot, 8-6, while Karla Tomaic and Betka Gombarova flew past OBU in 3s, 8-2.

When play switched over to singles, Gombarova was quickly off the court first in the six-slot with a 6-1, 6-0 victory to go up 3-1 overall on Oklahoma Baptist.  The Lady Bison grabbed wins on courts two and four to tie the match at 3-3.  Molly Worden pushed NSU to overall match point in the top-singles spot with a 6-1, 6-3 win.  Needing only to win on one more court, the RiverHawks would fall on court-5 and later in a three set battle on court-3.

Thursday's loss is the third in a row for NSU, who drops to 5-5 this season.  The RiverHawks will be off until March 9 where they will travel to Nebraska-Kearney to open MIAA play.

Singles competition
1. #35 Molly Worden (NSU) def. Rouxanne Janse (OBU) 6-1, 6-3
2. Oliva Charvat (OBU) def. Val Efimenko (NSU) 7-5, 6-3
3. Kim Mossbacher def. Caitlin McCullough (NSU) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
4. Madeleine Boepple (OBU) def. Easton Parker (NSU) 6-0, 6-3
5. Alex Bowers (OBU) def. Karla Tomaic (NSU) 7-5, 7-6
6. Betka Gombarova (NSU) def. Alex Morales (OBU) 6-1, 6-0
 
Doubles competition
1. Rouxanne Janse/Kim Mossbacher (OBU) def. #4 Val Efimenko/Molly Worden (NSU) 8-6
2. Caitlin McCullough/Easton Parker (NSU) def. Oliva Charvat/Madeleine Boepple (OBU) 8-6
3. Karla Tomaic/Betka Gombarova (NSU) def. Alex Bowers/Alex Morales (OBU) 8-2