3-4-5-6 Adds up to 4-3 Wave Win over VCU

Friday, March 24

NEW ORLEANS

2:00 P.M.

Tulane University

VCU

Mar 24, 2023 | Women's Tennis

NEW ORLEANS – The Tulane women's tennis team surrendered the doubles point to visiting VCU but came back with four singles victories to edge the Rams 4-3 Friday afternoon at the City Park Tennis Center.

The triumph vaulted the Green Wave to 7-8 overall this season, while VCU fell to 5-10.

Kristen Borland and Brooke Theis secured a 6-2 win at No. 3 doubles but the visitors took the top two contests to grab a 1-0 lead in the overall match.

VCU also captured the Nos. 1 and 2 singles tilts, but the Green Wave controlled the other four. Adelaide Lavery (6-0, 6-2), Charlotte Russell (6-2, 6-3) and Jiayun Zhu (6-2, 6-4) all took straight-set wins at Nos. 3, 4 and 5, which tied the overall match at 3.

That left the match's fate in the hands of Tulane's Theis and VCU's Emma Valletta at No. 6. Valletta took the first set 6-4, but Theis cruised the rest of the way, winning 6-2, 6-3 in sets two and three.

The Green Wave is back in action Sunday at noon for a date with #68 Tulsa. Lavery will recognized in the program's annual Senior Day ceremony shortly before the start of doubles play. The contest can be seen on ESPN+ here: https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/83dbd4cd-435c-422d-aef4-9815c345da57, while live scoring will be available here: https://ioncourt.com/ties/641a07a6dbffe31e802b800a.

Singles
1. Victoria Smirnova (VCUW) def. Lahari Yelamanchili (TLN) 6-0, 6-0
2. Yelizaveta Karlova (VCUW) def. Kristen Borland (TLN) 6-4, 6-2
3. Adelaide Lavery (TLN) def. Victoria Matasova (VCUW) 6-0, 6-2
4. Charlotte Russell (TLN) def. Gabriela Davidescu (VCUW) 6-2, 6-3
5. Jiayun Zhu (TLN) def. Anja Draskovic (VCUW) 6-2, 6-4
6. Brooke Theis (TLN) def. Emma Valletta (VCUW) 4-6, 6-1, 6-2

Doubles
1. Victoria Matasova/Victoria Smirnova (VCUW) def. Lahari Yelamanchili/Charlotte Russell (TLN) 6-3
2. Yelizaveta Karlova/Gabriela Davidescu (VCUW) def. Adelaide Lavery/Jiayun Zhu (TLN) 6-4
3. Kristen Borland/Brooke Theis (TLN) def. Anja Draskovic/Emma Valletta (VCUW) 6-2

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