Women's Tennis Hosts Southern Miss for Senior Day

NEW ORLEANS – The Tulane women's tennis team hosts Southern Miss for Senior Day in its final weekend home match of the spring season on Saturday, March 30. First serve is set for 1 p.m., at the City Park Tennis Center.

The Green Wave (6-12) will honor Ivone Alvaro and Elena Muller before the start of Saturday's action. Fans are encouraged to arrive early for the ceremony.

SCOUTING SOUTHERN MISS
The Golden Eagles (11-2) enter Saturday's match riding a four-match winning streak and own a 6-2 record in away matches this spring. Southern Miss faces Prairie View A&M at home on Friday. The Eagles' two losses have come at UTSA (5-2) and at South Alabama (4-2). Katia de la Garza leads the team with a 10-1 record, including nine wins at the No. 4 spot in the lineup.

LAST TIME OUT
Tulane got out in front early and finished off an impressive 5-2 home win over Marshall last Saturday. After winning the doubles point with a pair of 6-1 wins on courts one and three, respectively, the Wave got straight-set wins from Daniela La Fuente at No. 2, Ivone Alvaro at No. 3 and Adelaide Lavery at No. 6, before Elena Muller earned an impressive three-set, comeback victory at No. 1.

IN THE ITA RANKINGS
In the latest Oracle/ITA national rankings released on March 19, the doubles duo of Ivone Alvaro and Elena Muller are listed at No. 33 nationally. The duo owns a 16-2 overall record and a 14-1 mark at the top spot in the lineup this spring. Their season-high ranking was No. 25 on February 20.

THE DOUBLES POINT
Tulane has won the doubles point in nine of 16 matches this season. The Green Wave's lone victory while not securing the point came in the season opener against Northwestern State, where Tulane walked away with a 4-3 victory.

5-STAR SIGNEES
Head coach Maria Brito and assistant coach Keri Wong have left their imprints on the recruiting trail since their arrival, and their efforts paid off in a big way in November during the NCAA Early Signing Period. The Green Wave reeled in two 5-star recruits according to tennisrecruiting.net with the additions of Lahari Yelamanchili and Mackenzie Clark.

Yelamanchili is the No. 1 ranked player in Illinois and the No. 50 overall player in the class of 2019, while Clark is a Morristown, N.J. native who trains in College Park, Md., ranking No. 3 in the state and No. 77 nationally.

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Women's Tennis Hosts Southern Miss for Senior Day

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Players Mentioned

Ivone Alvaro

Daniela La Fuente

Adelaide Lavery

Elena Muller

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