#59 Mustangs Blank Green Wave, 4-0

Sunday, March 12

Dallas, TX

10:00 A.M.

Tulane University

#59 SMU

Charlotte Russell (left), Lahari Yelamanchili

Mar 12, 2023 | Women's Tennis

DALLAS, TX – #59 SMU won the doubles point and controlled most of the singles action to shutout Tulane's women's tennis program 4-0 Sunday afternoon at the Altec Tennis Complex in Dallas.

The Mustangs improved to 8-5 with the win, while Tulane fell to 5-7.

The Green Wave challenged for the doubles point in the early going, as Lahari Yelamanchili and Charlotte Russell picked up a 6-1 win at No. 1. The Mustangs' Taylor Johnson and Drew Morris then evened the proceedings with a 6-3 triumph at No. 2. Finally, the home team clinched the point when Hadley Doyle and Lana Mavor won 6-4 at No. 3.

Beforehand, the two teams agreed to stop the singles match once one team reached four points. SMU got there via victories at Nos. 2, 4 and 5. For Tulane, Yelamanchili won her first set at No. 1 and No. 6 Brooke Theis was up 6-3, 3-1 when the team match was halted.

The Green Wave returns to City Park Tennis Center next weekend when it hosts Gonzaga (Saturday) and Wichita State (Sunday) for a pair of noon matches.

Singles
1. #98 Hadley Doyle (SMU) vs. Lahari Yelamanchili (TLN) 2-6, 5-0, unfinished
2. Taylor Johnson (SMU) def. Adelaide Lavery (TLN) 6-2, 6-1
3. Drew Morris (SMU) vs. Kristen Borland (TLN) 6-2, 2-3, unfinished
4. Jackie Nylander (SMU) def. Jiayun Zhu (TLN) 6-3, 6-0
5. Lana Mavor (SMU) def. Charlotte Russell (TLN) 6-2, 6-3
6. Maja Makoric (SMU) vs. Brooke Theis (TLN) 3-6, 1-3, unfinished

Doubles
1. Lahari Yelamanchili/Charlotte Russell (TLN) def. Maja Makoric/Jackie Nylander (SMU) 6-2
2. Taylor Johnson/Drew Morris (SMU) def. Adelaide Lavery/Jiayun Zhu (TLN) 6-3
3. Hadley Doyle/Lana Mavor (SMU) def. Kristen Borland/Brooke Theis (TLN) 6-4