No. 48 Women’s Tennis Splits Sunday Doubleheader

Sunday, April 9

New Orleans

3 pm

Tulane University

Xavier (La.)

Photo by: Parker Waters

No. 48 Women’s Tennis Splits Sunday Doubleheader

Apr 9, 2017 | Women's Tennis

Alvaro and Muller win both of their singles matches

TROY BOX | XAVIER BOX | PHOTO GALLERY

NEW ORLEANS – Suffering just their second loss at home this season, the No. 48 Tulane women's tennis team (22-6) fell 4-3 to Troy (6-12) in the opening match of Sunday's doubleheader. The Green Wave later bounced back with a 4-0 sweep over Xavier (La.), putting a cap on regular season play.

"It was disappointing to lose that match to Troy, who did a good job of coming out and being really aggressive," Tulane head coach Terri Sisk said. "In doubles, we had a 3-1 lead on court one that we let slip through our fingers so that was unfortunate. We've been in that situation before, down 1-0 after doubles, but ultimately that defeated us today."

Elena Muller and Sofia Kurtz delivered a 6-2 win vs Troy on court two, however, the Trojans emerged with a 6-4 win on court one and a 6-3 win on court three, in what proved to be a critical doubles point.

Ivone Alvaro got the Wave on the board with a 6-0, 6-4, victory on court three. Later trailing 3-1, Muller and Sade Atkinson each recorded straight-set wins to tie the game up at three-all.

Klier, who lost her first set, 6-4, staved off defeat by rallying from down 5-3 in the second set to force a tiebreak where she took it 7-5. However, Sanae Ohta of Troy surged ahead in the third set, clinching it 6-0.

In the second match vs Xavier, Muller and Kurtz won 6-2 yet again in doubles to move their record to 3-1. Atkinson and Alvaro then finished it off with a 6-4 victory to improve to 12-2.

In singles, Alvaro won her 11^th straight match while Muller earned her fifth straight win. Sisti then rounded out the scoring with a 6-0, 6-1, victory. Lastly, all three picked up their team leading 18^th dual wins this spring.

Up next for the Green Wave is the American Athletic Conference Championships in Orlando starting Wednesday, April 19.

GREEN WAVE RESULTS
Troy 4, #48 Tulane 3
Singles competition – 6, 3, 5, 2, 4, 1
1. Ohta, Sanae (TROY) def. Kyla Klier (TLN) 6-4, 6-7, 6-0
2. Sade Atkinson (TLN) def. Seizer, Hannah (TROY) 6-2, 6-4
3. Ivone Alvaro (TLN) def. Karaky, Nancy (TROY) 6-0, 6-4
4. Elena Muller (TLN) def. Herlina, Efriliya (TROY) 6-4, 6-4
5. Xue, Jiayuan (TROY) def. Christina Sisti (TLN) 6-1, 6-3
6. Rodriguez, Alicia (TROY) def. Sofia Kurtz (TLN) 6-1, 6-2
Doubles competition – 2, 1, 3
1. Ohta, Sanae/Karaky, Nancy (TROY) def. Ivone Alvaro/Sade Atkinson (TLN) 6-4
2. Elena Muller/Sofia Kurtz (TLN) def. Rodriguez, Alicia/Seizer, Hannah (TROY) 6-2
3. Xue, Jiayuan/Herlina, Efriliya (TROY) def. Kyla Klier/Christina Sisti (TLN) 6-3

#48 Tulane 4, Xavier Louisiana 0
Singles competition
1. Kyla Klier (TLN) vs. Charlene Goreau (XULA) 3-6, 2-1, unfinished
2. Sade Atkinson (TLN) vs. Emma Kranendonk (XULA) 6-2, 4-3, unfinished
3. Ivone Alvaro (TLN) def. Brandi Nelson (XULA) 6-3, 6-1
4. Elena Muller (TLN) def. Lacee Ancar (XULA) 6-1, 6-1
5. Christina Sisti (TLN) def. Sha'Nel Bruins (XULA) 6-0, 6-1
6. Sofia Kurtz (TLN) vs. Yi Chen Pao (XULA) 6-6, unfinished
Doubles competition
1. Ivone Alvaro/Sade Atkinson (TLN) def. Lacee Ancar/Emma Kranendonk (XULA) 6-2
2. Elena Muller/Sofia Kurtz (TLN) def. Charlene Goreau/Brandi Nelson (XULA) 6-2
3. Kyla Klier/Christina Sisti (TLN) vs. Sha'Nel Bruins/Dasia Harris (XULA) 5-4, unfinished