Tulane Women’s Tennis Falls in AAC Quarterfinals to No. 55 Memphis

Thursday, April 21

Tulsa, Ok

12:00 P.M.

Tulane University

University of Memphis

Tulane Women’s Tennis Falls in AAC Quarterfinals to No. 55 Memphis

Apr 21, 2022 | Women's Tennis

TULSA, Okla. – The No. 5 seed Tulane University women's tennis fell to the No. 4 seed 55^th-ranked Memphis in the quarterfinals of the American Athletic Conference Championship 4-3 Thursday afternoon. After facing a 2-0 deficit the Green Wave battled back to tie the score at 2-2 and 3-3, but ultimately fell one point shy of winning the match.

The Green Wave finished the year with a 12-9 record which includes an impressive home season that ended with a 9-2 mark. The leading duo for the Wave this season, junior Lahari Yelamanchili and sophomore Charlotte Russell, ended their season as the No. 46 doubles team in the country and posted a 15-2 record on the year.

Surprise, surprise❗️

Charlie & Lahari pick up our first win 6️⃣-3️⃣❗️#RollWave pic.twitter.com/TGFobSP9lW
— Tulane Women's Tennis (@GreenWaveWTenn) April 21, 2022

Tulane opened doubles play strong getting out to a 3-2 lead on all three courts against the Tigers. Yelamanchili and Russell continued to roll on court one in doubles action as they earned the first win of the match 6-3. Unfortunately, the Wave was unable to hold the momentum on courts two and three as Memphis battled back to pick up wins on both courts and take the doubles point.

Trailing 1-0 entering singles play, the Green Wave bounced back with some fight winning the first set on three courts. Memphis earned another point on court one putting Tulane behind 2-0, but the Wave was up to the challenge. Within moments of each other Jiayun Zhu and Adelaide Lavery each picked up two-set victories pull Tulane back to a tie with the Tigers 2-2. After Memphis went back in front 3-2, Kristen Borland tied it once again with a hard-fought three-set win 6-0, 3-6, 6-3. Yelamanchili battled to a tiebreak to force a third and decisive set on court two, but ultimately fell in the tiebreak as Memphis managed to secure the match 4-3.

No. 55 Memphis (18-6) defeated Tulane (12-9), 4-3
April 21, 2022, in Tulsa, Okla.
Michael D. Case Tennis Center

Doubles

#46 Lahari Yelamanchili/Charlotte Russell (Tulane) def. Aran Teixido Garcia/Camila Romero (MEM) 6-3
Alisha Reayer/Camila Soares (MEM) def. Mackenzie Clark/Kristen Borland (Tulane) 6-4
Emily Meyer/Monique Woog (MEM) def. Adelaide Lavery/Jiayun Zhu (Tulane) 6-4

Order of Finish – 1,2,3*
*Clinched the doubles point

Singles

Aran Teixido Garcia (MEM) def. Mackenzie Clark (Tulane) 6-1, 6-1
Camila Romero (MEM) def. Lahari Yelamanchli (Tulane) 6-4, 7-6 (7-4)
Adelaide Lavery (Tulane) def. Alisha Reayer (MEM) 6-2, 6-4
Kristen Borland (Tulane) def. Emily Meyer (MEM) 6-0, 3-6, 6-3
Camila Soares (MEM) def. Charlotte Russell (Tulane) 6-3, 6-4
Jiayun Zhu (Tulane) vs. Monique Woog (MEM) 6-3, 6-3

Order of Finish – 1,6,3,5,4,2^
^Clinched the overall match

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