#68 Tulsa Narrowly Escapes NOLA with Victory

Sunday, March 26

NEW ORLEANS

12:00 P.M.

Tulane University

#68 Tulsa

Mar 26, 2023 | Women's Tennis

NEW ORLEANS – Tulsa's Ana Naranjo Martinez fought off three match points and came back from a 5-3 third set deficit at No. 5 singles to give the 68th-ranked Golden Hurricane a 4-3 win over upstart Tulane Sunday afternoon at the City Park Tennis Center.

Tulsa improved to 11-6 overall this spring, while the Green Wave fell to 7-9.

Martinez battled Tulane's Jiayun Zhu for more than four hours in a match that ended 5-7, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (3) with Martinez dominating both tiebreakers.

That contest was one of five singles matches that went to three sets, with No. 6 being the lone exception as the Olive and Blue's Brooke Theis won easily 6-1, 6-3.

The Green Wave also got singles victories from Adelaide Lavery (6-1, 1-6, 6-4) at No. 3 and Charlotte Russell (6-1, 2-6, 6-3) took down a win at No. 4.

Beforehand, the Golden Hurricane captured the doubles point, but not before Russell and Lahari Yelamanchili got a 6-1 victory at No. 1.

The Tulane program also recognized Lavery in a pre-match Senior Day ceremony on Sunday.

The Green Wave is back in action a week from Monday at UCF in its next contest.

Singles
1. Laia Conde Monfort (TLS) def. Lahari Yelamanchili (TLN) 6-7 (6-8), 6-3, 6-1
2. Maria Berlanga (TLS) def. Kristen Borland (TLN) 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
3. Adelaide Lavery (TLN) def. Lily Hutchings (TLS) 6-3, 1-6, 6-4
4. Charlotte Russell (TLN) def. Myroslava Zelenchuk (TLS) 6-1, 2-6, 6-3
5. Ana Naranjo Martinez (TLS) def. Jiayun Zhu (TLN) 5-7, 7-6 (7-2), 7-6 (7-3)
6. Brooke Theis (TLN) def. Lian Benedejcic (TLS) 6-1, 6-3

Doubles
1. Lahari Yelamanchili/Charlotte Russell (TLN) def. Lily Hutchings/Maria Berlanga (TLS) 6-1
2. Laia Conde Monfort/Ana Naranjo Martinez (TLS) def. Adelaide Lavery/Jiayun Zhu (TLN) 6-4
3. Myroslava Zelenchuk/Amy Leather (TLS) def. Kristen Borland/Brooke Theis (TLN) 6-4

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