Tulsa Cruises Past Drake, 6-1

Saturday, January 20

Lawrence, Kan.

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Tulsa

Drake

Tulsa Cruises Past Drake, 6-1

1/21/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis

Jan. 21, 2007

Tulsa, Okla. - The Tulsa women's tennis team (3-0) dropped just one match en route to a 6-1 victory against Drake on Saturday night in Lawrence, Kan.

TU swept all three doubles matches, with Kindsay Grimes and Carla Zabaleta defeating Veronika Leszayova and Sarah Plowman 8-5 in the number one doubles. Santie Delport and Eleonora Kuruc handled Allison Wilkie and Kari Sloboth, 8-1, at the two position, while Thalia Diaz-Barriga and Jie Zeng grabbed an 8-3 win at the number three.

Grimes took out Zi Wang 6-2, 6-1 at the number two singles.

All four of Tulsa's other wins came by the identical score of 6-2, 6-4, with Delport defeating Irina Kalashnikova at the three, Agostina Santoro defeating Eveline Rusdianto, Jenna Webster taking out Sloboth and Kuruc topping WIlkie in the number six.

Tulsa will next face Kansas on Sunday in Lawrence, Kan.

Tulsa 6, Drake 1
Jan. 20, 2007 (Lawrence, Kan.)
Records: Tulsa (3-0), Drake (0-2)
Singles:
No. 1 Veronika Leszayova (DU) def. Carla Zabaleta (UT), 7-6 (4), 6-3
No. 2 Kindsay Grimes (UT) def. Zi Wang (DU), 6-2, 6-1
No. 3 Santie Delport (UT) def. Irina Kalashnikova (DU), 6-2, 6-4
No. 4 Agostina Santoro (UT) def. Eveline Rusdianto (DU), 6-2, 6-4
No. 5 Jenna Webster (UT) def. Kari Sloboth (DU), 6-2, 6-4
No. 6 Eleonora Kuruc (UT) def. Allison Wilkie (DU), 6-2, 6-4
Doubles:
No. 1 Grimes/Zabaleta (UT) def. Leszayova/Sarah Plowman (DU), 8-5
No. 2 Delport/Marta Marcinkowska (UT) def. Wilkie/Sloboth (DU), 8-1
No. 3 Thalia Diaz-Barriga/Jie Zeng (UT) def. Kalashnikova/Rusdianto (DU), 8-3