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Tulsa Women's Tennis Team Surpasses Creighton, 7-0
2/4/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Feb. 4, 2006
Tulsa, Okla. - The University of Tulsa 73rd-ranked women's tennis team surpassed Creighton, 7-0, on Saturday morning at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center on the TU campus. The Golden Hurricane (5-0) will take on cross-town rival Oral Roberts at 3:00 p.m. today.
Tulsa's top doubles tandem, Santie Delport and Thalia Diaz-Barriga, netted an 8-2 win over the Bluejays' Jennifer Burge and Katie Chiu. The Golden Hurricane duo own an 8-3 mark this year, including a 4-1 record in duel play. TU's Kindsay Grimes and Julie Westfall registered an 8-5 victory in the No. 2 position, as Agostina Santoro and Tiffany Smith posted an 8-1 mark in the No. 3 slot.
In singles action, all six TU women recorded a victory in their respective match in straight sets, as the Golden Hurricane earned wins in 72 of 87 singles games played. Delport, Diaz-Barriga and Santoro have each tallied 5-0 marks in duel play this season.
#73 Tulsa def. Creighton, 7-0 Singles - Santie Delport (TU) def. Katie Chiu, 6-4, 6-3 Thalia Diaz-Barriga (TU) def. Nicole Thurston, 6-0, 6-1 Kindsay Grimes (TU) def. Jennifer Burge, 6-1, 6-1 Tiffany Smith (TU) def. Lou Hurley, 6-2, 6-0 Agostina Santoro (TU) def. Jodi Yanagida, 6-0, 6-2 Julie Westfall (TU) def. Lisa Ludwig, 6-0, 6-1 Doubles - Delport/Diaz-Barriga (TU) def. Burge/Chiu, 8-2 Grimes/Westfall (TU) def. Hurley/Thurston, 8-5 Santoro/Smith (TU) def. Ludwig/Yanagida, 8-1
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