Women’s Tennis Defeats USF, 4-3

Sunday, February 19

New Orleans

1 pm

Tulane University

University of South Florida

Feb 19, 2017 | Women's Tennis

Green Wave start 2-0 in American Athletic Conference play

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NEW ORLEANS – For over three-and-a-half hours, the Tulane women's tennis team (10-2) battled the University of South Florida (4-5) on the courts at City Park, ultimately emerging with the 4-3 victory. The win completed an American Athletic Conference weekend sweep for the Green Wave after previously dispatching Houston in their league opener on Saturday.

"I was so impressed with the girls mentality," Tulane head coach Terri Sisk said. "When they got here today there was a whole different vibe about this team. They were really dialed in to the details and you saw what happened when they are focused on the task. Last year, we lost 4-0 to USF in Tampa so we wanted to perform well today. With this being our second American match-up, we knew this was important and we needed to send a statement."

In doubles, the newly formed international duo of Sade Atkinson and Ivone Alvaro earned their second straight victory in as many days, cruising to a 6-2 win on court two. Next, after the Wave suffered a 6-4 loss on court one, all eyes turned to Christina Sisti and Kyla Klier on court three. Tied at 5-5, each side earned a break to force a tiebreaker, where Sisti/Klier charged ahead for the 7-6(3) clinch.

Later tied 1-1 after a USF win on court two, Tulane once again turned to its dynamic freshmen duo of Alvaro and Sisti, who each capped a 2-0 weekend in singles today. Alvaro improved to 6-3 after a 6-3, 6-2 win over Olga Martinez. Then Sisti won her fifth straight to improve to 9-1 with a 6-1, 6-4, win vs. Jessica Chaves on court six.

USF threatened a comeback, evening the score with a three-set win on court five, but Atkinson shut the door with a 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 clincher over Nicole Dzenga.

Up next, the Green Wave clash with a familiar foe in LSU this Wednesday at 2 p.m. CT, back out at the City Park Pepsi Tennis Center.

Green Wave Results
Tulane 4, University of South Florida 3
Singles competition – 2, 4, 6, 1, 5, 3
1. Ana Roman (USF) def. Kyla Klier (TLN) 6-3, 6-0
2. Juliana Cardoso (USF) def. Naz Karagoz (TLN) 6-3, 6-2
3. Sade Atkinson (TLN) def. Nicole Dzenga (USF) 4-6, 6-4, 7-5
4. Ivone Alvaro (TLN) def. Olga Martinez (USF) 6-3, 6-2
5. Vera Bessonova (USF) def. Elena Muller (TLN) 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
6. Christina Sisti (TLN) def. Jessica Chaves (USF) 6-1, 6-4
Doubles competition – 2, 1, 3
1. Juliana Cardoso/Olga Martinez (USF) def. Naz Karagoz/Elena Muller (TLN) 6-4
2. Sade Atkinson/Ivone Alvaro (TLN) def. Vanja Klaric/Nicole Dzenga (USF) 6-2
3. Christina Sisti/Kyla Klier (TLN) def. Jessica Chaves/Ana Roman (USF) 7-6 (7-3)