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Golden Hurricane Women's Tennis Team Upends Houston, 4-3
3/27/2002 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
March 27, 2002
Tulsa, Oklahoma - Tulsa's women's tennis team improved their home record to 8-1 this season with a 4-3 victory over Houston today at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center at The University of Tulsa.
Tulsa (11-6) swept all three doubles matches to claim the doubles point and take a 1-0 lead into singles play. TU's No. 1 doubles tandem of junior Alicia Pillay and senior Jana Sedivec jumped out to a 4-3 lead and then won four straight games to defeat Houston's Sarah Borwell and Jen Baccarani, 8-3. The No. 2 doubles contest saw the Hurricane's tandem of junior Aleksandra Durska and sophomore Mariana Barrios cruise past UH's Jo Keene and Kailey Meisinger, 8-1, and capture the all-important doubles point.
In a dramatic come-from-behind finish at the No. 3 doubles spot, sophomore Zoe Buhagiar and recent sophomore walk-on Abby Horn fell behind 3-5 to the Cougars' duo of Kandace Ridgeway and Analia Longoni before winning five straight games to post an 8-5 victory.
In singles play, Pillay pulled off the biggest upset of her career when she upset Houston's Borwell, the nation's 12th-ranked singles player, in three sets, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3, at the No. 1 position. Durska continued her winning ways with a 6-2, 6-3 defeat of Baccarani at No. 2. With her win, Durska moved into fifth-place on TU's single-season win list with 25 this season. Houston (8-7) pulled closer to Tulsa with Keene's three-set win over Sedivec at No. 3, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 and Longoni's 6-2, 6-2 win over Barrios at No. 4. However, Buhagiar, playing the No. 5 slot, handed Ridgeway a 6-1, 6-1 setback. Horn, playing in her first collegiate match, dropped a 6-1, 6-1 decision to Meisinger.
RESULTS Singles- Alicia Pillay (TU) def. Sarah Borwell (UH), 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 Aleksandra Durska (TU) def. Jen Baccarani (UH), 6-2, 6-3 Jo Keene (UH) def. Jana Sedivec (TU), 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 Analia Longoni (UH) def. Mariana Barrios (TU), 6-2, 6-2 Zoe Buhagiar (TU) def. Kandace Ridgeway (UH), 6-1, 6-1 Kailey Meisinger (UH) def. Abby Horn (TU), 6-1, 6-1- TulsaHurricane.com -Doubles- Pillay/Sedivec (TU) def. Borwell/Baccarani (UH), 8-3 Durska/Barrios (TU) def. Keene/Meisinger (UH), 8-1 Buhagiar/Horn (TU) def. Ridgeway/Longoni (UH), 8-5
