Women's Tennis Rallies to Tie, Falls Short to #25 Northwestern

Saturday, January 28

Durham, N.C.

9 a.m.

Tulsa

Northwestern

Women's Tennis Rallies to Tie, Falls Short to #25 Northwestern

1/28/2017 12:23:00 PM | Women's Tennis

By: Riley Ubben

DURHAM, N.C. – The University of Tulsa Women's Tennis team rallied down the stretch of singles play against No. 25-ranked Northwestern on Saturday morning at ITA Kick-Off Weekend but eventually fell 4-3 to the Wildcats. The Hurricane moved to 4-1 on the season while Northwestern stands with a 4-0 record.

Rongrong Leenabanchong and Martha Matoula defeated the No. 24-ranked pairing of Lee Or and Erin Larner 6-1 to give each team a doubles win before Mahitha Dadireddy and Marcelina Cichon secured the point with a 6-3 win over Rheeya Doshi and Brooke Rischbieth.

After falling behind 3-1 in the dual, Leenabanchong came through with another win over a ranked opponent for the Hurricane as she bested #104 Maddie Lipp in straight sets 6-3, 6-3.

Cichon followed with a straight sets win of her own to knot the dual at 3-3 with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Rischbieth. The win marked the eighth straight win for Cichon, who has started 2017 with an 8-0 mark in singles play.

Martina Okalova bounced back to force a third set against Or with a 6-1 second set win before eventually falling in the third.

Tulsa will continue play at ITA Kick-Off Weekend tomorrow at 9 a.m. against either Duke or William & Mary.

Singles
1. Erin Larner (NU) def. Ksenia Laskutova (TU) 6-1, 6-3
2. Rongrong Leenabanchong (TU) def. #104 Maddie Lipp (NU) 6-3, 6-3
3. Rheeya Doshi (NU) def. Mahitha Dadireddy (TU) 6-2, 6-0
4. Lee Or (NU) def. Martina Okalova (TU) 6-2, 1-6, 6-1
5. Alex Chatt (NU) def. Martha Matoula (TU) 6-2, 6-1
6. Marcelina Cichon (TU) def. Brooke Rischbieth (NU) 6-2, 6-4

Doubles
1. #6 Alex Chatt/Maddie Lipp (NU) def. Ksenia Laskutova/Martina Okalova (TU) 6-1
2. Rongrong Leenabanchong/Martha Matoula (TU) def. #24 Lee Or/Erin Larner (NU) 6-1
3. Mahitha Dadireddy/Marcelina Cichon (TU) def. Rheeya Doshi/Brooke Rischbieth (NU) 6-3

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