Tulane Rally Falls Short on the Road

Tuesday, April 7

Hattiesburg, MS

2:00 PM

Tulane University

Southern Miss

Campbell Ricci

Apr 7, 2026 | Women's Tennis

HATTIESBURG, MS – After dropping the doubles point, Tulane's women's tennis team rallied by winning three straight singles matches before Southern Miss slammed the door shut, giving the home squad a 4-3 win on Tuesday afternoon.

The Golden Eagles improved to 8-7, while Tulane fell to 9-11.

Tulane's 66th-ranked doubles team of Campbell Ricci and Summer Chandler did manage a 6-4 win at No. 1.

The Green Wave then rattled off singles victories at No. 5 by Micah Pierce, at No. 1 by Ricci and at No. 6 by Diana Badalyan.

The Golden Eagles clinched the overall team win at No. 2 where Sakura Sudo defeated Chandler in three sets.

Tulane is back in action Saturday at Nicholls at 11 a.m.

Doubles
1-No. 66 Campbell Ricci/Summer Chandler (Tulane) def. Angelina Blinova/Sakura Sudo (USM) 6-4
2-Hannah Chambers/Miranda Xu (USM) def. Natalia Perez/Micah Pierce (Tulane) 6-4
3-Kamornwan Kornsila/Pimmada Lim (USM) def. Leigh Van Zyl/Diana Badalyan (Tulane) 6-1

Singles
1-Campbell Ricci (Tulane) def. Angelina Blinova (USM) 6-1, 6-2
2-Sakura Sudo (USM) def. Summer Chandler (Tulane) 7-5, 5-7, 6-3
3-Hannah Chambers (USM) def. Leigh Van Zyl (Tulane) 6-3, 7-6 (7-2)
4-Miranda Xu (USM) def. Natalia Perez (Tulane) 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
5-Micah Pierce (Tulane) def. Kamornwan Kornsila (USM) 6-1, 6-3
6-Diana Badalyan (Tulane) def. Manuella Persson (USM) 6-3, 6-2

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