Women's Tennis Wins in Three Set Comeback

Sunday, January 28

1:00 PM

Tulane University

Northwestern State University

Jan 28, 2024 | Women's Tennis

New Orleans - Women's tennis remains undefeated after a two match weekend versus Southern and Northwestern State after Kristen Borland completed a three set comeback win to seal a 4-3 victory.

Doubles began with a quick 20-minute 6-1 win from the duo of Zhu/Barber on court two. Northwestern State secured a win on court three to tie up the score before Yelamanchili/Borland sealed the point for the Wave in a 7-5 win.

In singles, Cora Barber and Lahari Yelamanchili completed quick 6-0, 6-0 and 6-0, 6-1 victories on courts three and one to give Tulane the early 3-0 lead. Northwestern State secured wins on courts four through six, leaving the final decision to Kristen Borland on court two. After losing the first set 4-6, Borland fought hard in the second set to win 7⁷-6³. Borland would go on to win the third set 6-1 to keep Tulane undefeated in spring matchplay.

Singles
#1 Lahari Yelamanchili (Tulane) def. Tjasa Klevisar (NWSU), 6-0, 6-1
#2 Kristen Borland (Tulane) def. Paige Wise (NWSU), 4-6, 7⁷- 6³, 6-1
#3 Cora Barber (Tulane) def. Maria Farina (NWSU), 6-0, 6-0
#4 Ayu, Ishibashi (NWSU) def. Lulu Zhu (Tulane), 6-1, 7-5
#5 Sofia Garcia (NWSU) def. Brooke Theis (Tulane), 6-1, 7-5
#6 Sara Erenda (NWSU) def. Delanie Tribby (Tulane), 6-1, 6-1

Doubles
#1 Yelamanchili/Borland (Tulane) def. Erenda/Garcia (NWSU), 7-5
#2 Zhu/Barber (Tulane) def. Klevisar/Farina (NWSU), 6-1
#3 Theis/Tribby (Tulane) def. Umeda/Ishibashi (NWSU), 6-1