Women's Tennis Drops Road Tilt at LSU

Friday, January 31

Baton Rouge, La.

4 P.M.

Tulane University

LSU

Photo by: Parker Waters

Jan 31, 2020 | Women's Tennis

Box Score

BATON ROUGE, La. - The Tulane women's tennis team suffered its first loss of the 2020 spring season in a 6-1 defeat at LSU on Saturday evening at the LSU Tennis Complex.

The Green Wave (4-1) started the day short-handed, surrendering the No. 3 doubles match and No. 6 singles matches to forfeit. LSU pounced on the opportunity, cruising to a 6-0 victory at No. 2 doubles to claim the doubles point.

LSU would go on to win five of six singles matches, but the Green Wave escaped with a major upset victory thanks to freshman Mackenzie Clark, who claimed a 6-2 first-set edge against 42nd-ranked Taylor Bridges. Despite dropping the second frame, 6-4, Clark showed resilience in the the third-set tiebreaker to claim an 11-9 victory and score her first win over a ranked singles opponent.

Tulane returns home Sunday, February 2 to host UAB. First serve is set for noon at the City Park Tennis Center.

LSU 6, Tulane 1
Singles competition
1. Mackenzie Clark (TULANE) def. #42 Taylor Bridges (LSU) 6-2, 4-6, 1-0 (11-9)
2. #61 Safiya Carrington (LSU) def. Lahari Yelamanchili (TULANE) 6-0, 6-0
3. Eden Richardson (LSU) def. Adelaide Lavery (TULANE) 2-6, 6-3, 1-0 (10-7)
4. #105 Paris Corley (LSU) def. Lauren Gish (TULANE) 6-3, 6-1
5. Nina Geissler (LSU) def. Christina Sisti (TULANE) 7-5, 6-1
6. LSU by default
Doubles competition
1. Eden Richardson/Nina Geissler (LSU) vs. Mackenzie Clark/Lauren Gish (TULANE) 4-1
2. Taylor Bridges/Paris Corley (LSU) def. Adelaide Lavery/Lahari Yelamanchili (TULANE) 6-0
3. LSU by default

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