Tulsa Women’s Tennis Team Wins at No. 30 Kansas 4-2

Lawrence, Kansas –– The 38^th-ranked Tulsa women's tennis team closed out the regular season and improved to 18-6 with a 4-2 victory Thursday evening against the No. 30 Kansas Jayhawks (11-7) at the Jayhawk Tennis Center.

The Hurricane gained the doubles point with a forfeit at the No. 3 slot combined with a 7-5 win by Rongrong Leenabanchong and Martha Matoula at the No. 2 position, giving the visitors a 1-0 lead.

Tulsa took a 2-0 lead with a forfeit at the No 6 singles position and after a loss at the No. 1 slot, the Hurricane went ahead 3-1 when Leenabanchong claimed a 7-5, 6-3 win at the No. 2 position. The Jayhakws made it 3-2 with a win at the No. 3 position, but the Hurricane closed out the match when Martina Okalova defeated Kansas' Nina Khmelnitckaia at the No. 4 slot, 6-2, 6-4.

The Hurricane women will be in action next at the American Athletic Conference Championship, April 19-23.

Tulsa 4, Kansas 2
SINGLES

#78 Anastasia Rychagova (KU) def. Ksenia Laskutova (Tulsa) 6-0, 6-3
Rongrong Leenabanchong (Tulsa) def. Tess Bernard-Feigenbaum (KU) 7-5, 6-3
Janet Koch (KU) def. Mahitha Dadireddy (Tulsa) 6-4, 6-2
Martina Okalova (Tulsa) def. Nina Khmelnitckaia (KU) 6-2, 6-4
Tatiana Nikolaeva (KU) vs. Martha Matoula (Tulsa) 6-3, 1-6, 2-1 DNF
Marcelina Cichon (Tulsa) wins by forfeit

DOUBLES

#32 Bernard-Feigenbaum/Khmelnitckaia (KU) vs. Dadireddy/Laskutova (Tulsa) 6-6, 1-2 DNF
R. Leenabanchong/Matoula (Tulsa) def. Rychagova/Koch (KAN) 7-5
Okalova/Vera Ploner (Tulsa) wins by forfeit

MATCH NOTES
Order of finish: Singles (6, 1, 2, 4, 3 ); Doubles (3, 2)

Tulsa Women’s Tennis Team Wins at No. 30 Kansas 4-2

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Players Mentioned

Marcelina Cichon

Mahitha Dadireddy

Ksenia Laskutova

Rongrong Leenabanchong

Martha Matoula

Martina Okalova

Vera Ploner

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