Tulane Women’s Tennis Opens with Doubles Play in Tuscaloosa

Tuscaloosa, Ala. – Due to weather doubles competition took center stage on the first day of the Roberta Alison Fall Classic with the Tulane University women's tennis team sending five duos into action Friday.

Each pairing for the Green Wave won at least one match with three of the five duos winning multiple matches. The doubles team of Brooke Theis and Adelaide Lavery put together the best showing for the Olive and Blue winning all three of their matches in the Guarachi/Macfarlane Doubles Draw.

Singles play will take place Saturday with competition for the Wave beginning at 9 a.m.

Friday Results – Oct. 29
Bentley/Stephenson Doubles Draw
Kukaras/Ncube (Troy) def. Walther/Barber (TU) 6-2
Walther/Barber (TU) def. Mitchell/Hegarty (VT) 6-1
Alkio/Rabjohns (NW) def. Walther/Barber (TU) 6-1
Alkio/Rabjohns (NW) def. Mullen/Zhu (TU) 6-3
Mullen/Zhu (TU) def. Mitchell/Hegarty (VT) 6-1

Routliffe/Jansen Doubles Draw
Clark/Borland (TU) def. Cai/Cataldi (Wisconsin) 6-2
O. Pitak/K. Pitak (UA) def. Clark/Borland (TU) 6-4
Clark/Borland (TU) def. Danailova/Pinto (VT) 6-1

Guarachi/Macfarlane Doubles Draw
Theis/Lavery (TU) def. Khokhlova/Widing (Troy) 6-4
Theis/Lavery (TU) def. Markham/Johnson (Wisconsin) 6-4
Theis/Lavery (TU) def. Mellynchuk/Silva (UAB) 6-1

Wilmink/Van Dijk Doubles Draw
Sedlackova/Parkhomenko (UA) def. Yelamanchili/Russell (TU) 6-4
Yelamanchili/Russell (TU) def. Clark/White (UAB) 6-3
Yelamanchili/Russell (TU) def. Andreini/Cartledge (VT) 6-0

Saturday Matchups – Oct. 30
Patti Farmer Singles Draw
Cora Barber (TU) vs. Andrea Widing (Troy)
Sean Mullen (TU) vs. Enya Ratkic (UAB)

Paulina Bigos Singles Draw
Kristen Borland (TU) vs. Annie Clark (VT)
Lily Walther (TU) vs. Mila Mejic (IU)

Stefanie Leung Singles Draw
Jiayun Zhu (TU) vs. Charlotte Cartledge (VT)

Alba Cortina Pou Singles Draw
Lahari Yelamanchili (TU) vs. Mary Brumfield (Maryland)

Alice Tunaru Singles Draw
Brooke Theis (TU) vs. Marta Falceto (MSU)

Andie Daniell Singles Draw
Mackenzie Clark (TU) vs. Marta Perez Mur (Maryland)

Beth Cleino Singles Draw
Adelaide Lavery (TU) vs. Dolavee Tumthong (Memphis)
Charlotte Russell (TU) vs. Kristina Kukaras (Troy)

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Tulane Women’s Tennis Opens with Doubles Play in Tuscaloosa

Players Mentioned

Cora Barber

Kristen Borland

Mackenzie Clark

Adelaide Lavery

Sean Mullen

Charlotte Russell

Brooke Theis

Lily Walther

Lahari Yelamanchili

Jiayun Zhu

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