USF Hands Tulane 4-0 Defeat on Sunday

Sunday, February 23

Tampa, FL

11:00 AM

Tulane University

USF

Feb 23, 2025 | Women's Tennis

TAMPA, Fla. – The American Atheltic Conference foe University of South Florida (USF) women's tennis team defended their home court on Sunday and handed a 4-0 defeat to Tulane.

The Bulls took the doubles point with scores of 4-6 and 3-6 at the No. 1 and No. 2 doubles respectively.

Tulane's Campbell Ricci and Natalia Fantini each won sets at Nos. 1 and 5 singles, respectively, but the Bulls took the Nos. 2, 3 and 4 matches.

The Green Wave (5-4) will be back on the road Saturday in Charlotte where they take on Liberty in a neutral site contest starting at 12 p.m. CT.

USF 4, Tulane 0
Singles
1. Campbell Ricci (TULW) vs. Melisa Senli (USFW) 6-4, 4-5, unfinished
2. Sienna Leeson (USFW) def. Summer Chandler (TULW) 6-1, 6-4
3. Margherita Marcon (USFW) def. Leigh Van Zyl (TULW) 7-5, 6-1
4. Charlotte Rudd (USFW) def Micah Pierce (TULW) 6-0, 6-0
5. Natalia Fantini (TULW) vs Kelly Vargas (USFW) 6-4, 1-6, 0-0, unfinished
6. Brooke Theis (TULW) vs Karine Kulidjian (USFW) 4-6, 3-3, unfinished

Doubles
1. Sienna Leeson/Margherita Marcon (USFW) def. Campbell Ricci/Leigh Van Zyl (TULW) 6-4
2. Dharani Niroshan/Melisa Senli (USFW) def. Micah Pierce/Summer Chandler (TULW) 6-3
3. Jiayun Zhu/Natalia Fantini vs (TULW) vs Josefine Falster/Charlotte Rudd (USFW) 3-5, unfinished

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