Tulsa Edges Past No. 59 Kansas, 4-3

Sunday, January 21

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Tulsa Edges Past No. 59 Kansas, 4-3

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

Jan. 21, 2007

Tulsa, Okla. - The Tulsa women's tennis team (4-0) got big wins at the three, four and six singles positions to edge out No. 59 Kansas, 4-3 on Sunday night in Lawrence, Kan.

TU picked up the doubles point with Santie Delport and Marta Marcinkowska handling Lauren Hommell and Kunigunda Dorn, 8-1, at the two position, while Thalia Diaz-Barriga and Jie Zeng grabbed an 8-6 win at the number three over Ksenia Bukina and Yulianna Svistun at the number three.

Tulsa moved out to a 2-0 lead when Bukina was unable to play in the number two position against Jenna Webster.

Delport picked up a 6-3, 6-3 win over Edina Horvath, while Diaz-Barriga clinched the 4-3 victory with a 6-1, 6-2 win over Lauren Hommell.

Tulsa will next be in action on January 28 when it plays host to Arkansas at noon at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center.

Tulsa 4, #59 Kansas 3
Jan. 21, 2007 (Lawrence, Kan.)
Records: Tulsa (4-0), #59 Kansas (1-2)
Singles:
1)  Elizaveta Avdeeva (KU) def. Carla Zabaleta (TU), 6-0, 6-2
2)  Kunigunda Dorn (KU) def. Kindsay Grimes (TU), 3-6, 6-4, 6-0
3)  Santie Delport (TU)def. Edina Horvath (KU), 6-3, 6-3
4)  Thalia Barriga (TU) def. Lauren Hommell (KU), 6-1, 6-2
5)  Yuliana Svistun (KU) def. Zeng (TU), 6-3, 6-2
6)  Jenna Webster (TU) def. Bukina, Inj. Def.
Doubles:
1)  Avdeeva/Horvath (KU) def. Grimes/Zabelata (TU), 8-2
2)  Delport/Marcinkowska (TU) def. Hommell/Dorn (KU), 8-1
3)  Barriga/Zeng (TU) def. Bukina/Svistun (KU), 8-6