Women’s Tennis Suffers 4-3 Setback to Middle Tennessee

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Women’s Tennis Suffers 4-3 Setback to Middle Tennessee

Mar 17, 2019 | Women's Tennis

NEW ORLEANS – The Tulane women's tennis team dropped a tight home match, 4-3, against Middle Tennessee on Sunday afternoon at the City Park Tennis Center.

The Green Wave (5-11) found themselves in an intense battle for the doubles point, as the 62nd-ranked duo of Elena Muller and Ivone Alvaro grabbed an early edge with a 6-4 win on court one.

The Blue Raiders (6-9) got on the scoreboard with a 7-5 victory on court two, before holding on for a 7-6(4) triumph in the deciding match on court three to take a 1-0 lead in the overall match.

Middle Tennessee pushed Tulane to the brink, 3-0, with a pair of straight-set singles wins at No. 1 and No. 5, before Daniela La Fuente scored a comeback victory at No. 2, 1-6, 6-0, 7-5, over Lidia Burrows to get the Wave on the board.

Alvaro followed up with a 7-6, 6-3 triumph over Zani Barnard at No. 3, but the Blue Raiders clinched with a straight-set win at No. 6.

The Green Wave got one more win before competition concluded, as Laura Fabrizi earned a come-from-behind win of her own at No. 4 with a 2-6, 6-1, 6-3 victory over Kim Kermet.

Tulane remains home to host Harvard on Thursday, March 21 at 2:30 p.m., before welcoming Marshall on Saturday at 1 p.m. Both matches will be held at the City Park Tennis Center.

Middle Tennessee 4, Tulane 3

Singles competition
1. Costanza Magazzini (MT) def. Elena Muller (TLN) 6-4, 6-4
2. Daniela La Fuente (TLN) def. Lidia Burrows (MT) 1-6, 6-0, 7-5
3. Ivone Alvaro (TLN) def. Zani Barnard (MT) 7-6, 6-3
4. Laura Fabrizi (TLN) def. Kim Kermet (MT) 2-6, 6-1, 6-3
5. Luisa Zirilli (MT) def. Christina Sisti (TLN) 6-2, 6-4
6. Marta Peris Herrero (MT) def. Alex Alegre (TLN) 6-2, 6-4

Doubles competition
1. #62 Ivone Alvaro/Elena Muller (TLN) def. Costanza Magazzini/Zani Barnard (MT) 6-4
2. Luisa Zirilli/Kim Kermet (MT) def. Daniela La Fuente/Laura Fabrizi (TLN) 7-5
3. Lidia Burrows/Marta Peris Herrero (MT) def. Christina Sisti/Adelaide Lavery (TLN) 7-6 (7-4)

Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (1,5,2,3,6,4)

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