Women's Tennis Completes Doubleheader Sweep Over Nicholls, New Orleans

Wednesday, April 3

New Orleans

1 PM

Tulane University

Nicholls State

Photo by: Parker Waters

Women's Tennis Completes Doubleheader Sweep Over Nicholls, New Orleans

Apr 3, 2019 | Women's Tennis

NEW ORLEANS – The Tulane women's tennis team pushed its winning streak to four straight with a 4-2 win over Nicholls State and a 5-2 victory against the University of New Orleans in a doubleheader at the City Park Tennis Center.

In the first match of the day against Nicholls, the Green Wave got a 6-2 doubles win on court two from Daniela La Fuente and Laura Fabrizi to set the tone early, but the Colonels (3-12) countered with a pair of 6-3 wins on courts one and three, respectively, to steal the doubles point for an early 1-0 lead.

Tulane scored the first two singles wins of the day to take its first advantage of the day, 2-1, when Ivone Alvaro won in straight sets from the No. 3 spot in the lineup and Christina Sisti did the same from the No. 5 position.

Nicholls would tie the match one more time with a straight-set win on court one, but La Fuente closed out court two in straight sets and Adelaide Lavery bounced back for a three-set win on court six, 2-6, 6-2, 6-0, to clinch the match and give the Wave their third straight victory.

The Green Wave got off to a much better start against New Orleans on the back end of the doubleheader, collecting a 6-3 win at No. 2 doubles, followed by a 6-4 victory at No. 3 to claim an early 1-0 edge.

Despite the Privateers (9-8) getting a win in abbreviated fashion on court one, Tulane got a response from Alvaro with a 6-0, 6-3 win from the No. 3 spot, followed by a 6-4, 6-3 triumph by Sisti at No. 5 to give the Green Wave a 3-1 lead.

Lavery was next to finish, clinching the match with a hard-fought, 6-2, 7-6 win from the No. 6 position, which included a 15-13 win in the tiebreaker.

UNO got on the board with a three-set win on court two, but Fabrizi completed a comeback on court four, 5-6, 7-6(0), 1-0(8), to give the Wave their fifth point of the contest.

Tulane heads to Charleston, S.C., for its final two regular-season matches, beginning with a 2 p.m. (CT) match at Charleston Southern on Sunday, April 7, followed by a 1 p.m., contest at College of Charleston on Monday.

MATCH #1
Tulane 4, Nicholls 2

Singles competition
1. Stephanie Barnett (NICH) def. Elena Muller (TLN) 7-5, 6-0
2. Daniela La Fuente (TLN) def. Lingfeng Gu (NICH) 6-3, 6-4
3. Ivone Alvaro (TLN) def. Marina Vigil (NICH) 6-3, 6-1
4. Laura Fabrizi (TLN) vs. Antonia Roessli (NICH) 6-2, 3-6, 1-2, unfinished
5. Christina Sisti (TLN) def. Mariia Kozachok (NICH) 6-1, 6-4
6. Adelaide Lavery (TLN) def. Anastasia Kuzevanova (NICH) 2-6, 6-2, 6-0

Doubles competition
1. Stephanie Barnett/Lingfeng Gu (NICH) def. #41 Ivone Alvaro/Elena Muller (TLN) 6-3
2. Daniela La Fuente/Laura Fabrizi (TLN) def. Daphne Haverkamp/Mariia Kozachok (NICH) 6-2
3. Marina Vigil/Antonia Roessli (NICH) def. Christina Sisti/Adelaide Lavery (TLN) 6-3

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

MATCH #2
Tulane 5, New Orleans 2

Singles competition
1. Ank Vullings (UNO) def. Elena Muller (TLN) 4-4, retired
2. Trang Dao (UNO) def. Daniela La Fuente (TLN) 6-7 (5-7), 6-2, 1-0 (10-1)
3. Ivone Alvaro (TLN) def. Salma Abdelrahim (UNO) 6-0, 6-3
4. Laura Fabrizi (TLN) def. Claudette Gilhespie (UNO) 4-6, 7-6 (7-0), 1-0 (10-8)
5. Christina Sisti (TLN) def. Mar Gendra (UNO) 6-4, 6-3
6. Adelaide Lavery (TLN) def. Lea Alguacil (UNO) 6-2, 7-6 (15-13)

Doubles competition
1. Trang Dao/Ank Vullings (UNO) def. #41 Ivone Alvaro/Elena Muller (TLN) 6-3
2. Laura Fabrizi/Daniela La Fuente (TLN) def. Brittany Johnson/Salma Abdelrahim (UNO) 6-3
3. Christina Sisti/Adelaide Lavery (TLN) def. Lea Alguacil/Claudette Gilhespie (UNO) 6-4

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

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