Tulsa Women Stay Perfect With 4-3 Win Over Rice

Saturday, February 3

Tulsa, Okla.

1:00 PM

Tulsa

Rice

Tulsa Women Stay Perfect With 4-3 Win Over Rice

2/3/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis

Feb. 3, 2007

Santie Delport picked up the clinching victory in Tulsa's 4-3 win over Rice.

Tulsa, Okla. - The University of Tulsa women's tennis team (7-0) kept its record clean by grabbing a 4-3 win over No. 64 Rice on Saturday afternoon at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center.

Tulsa Jumped to the 1-0 lead after sweeping the doubles matches. Kindsay Grimes and Carla Zabaleta took the first win at the two position, 8-3, over Dominique Karas and Rebecca Lin. Thalia Diaz-Barriga and Jie Zeng won the point clincher with an 8-6 win over Emily Braid and Christine Dao, while Santie Delport and Marta Marcinkowska completed the sweep with an 8-6 defeat of Tiffany Lee and Julie Chao at the one position.

TU moved ahead 2-0 with a 6-3, 6-2 win at the two position by Zabaleta over Dao, and went to 3-0 when Agostina Santoro dispensed with Braid at the six spot, 6-0, 6-3.

Rice answered with a 6-3, 6-3 win by Karas over Eleonora Kuruc at the five position to cut the TU lead to 3-1.

The Golden Hurricane clinched the win with a win at the three position by Delport over Lee, 6-2, 3-6, 7-5.

Rice closed the final score to 4-3 with wins at the one position and four position.

Tulsa will be back in action on February 13 when it takes on Oklahoma at 3 p.m. at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center.

Tennis Match Results
Rice vs Tulsa
2/3/2007 at Tulsa, Okla.
#53 Tulsa 4, #64 Rice 3
 Singles competition
1. Julie Chao (RICE) def. Kindsay Grimes (TLS) 5-7, 6-3, 10-5
2. Carla Zabaleta (TLS) def. Christine Dao (RICE) 6-3, 6-2
3. Santie Delport (TLS) def. Tiffany Lee (RICE) 6-2, 3-6, 7-5
4. Rebecca Lin (RICE) def. Thalia Diaz-Barriga (TLS) 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-5)
5. Dominique Karas (RICE) def. Eleonora Kuruc (TLS) 6-3, 6-3
6. Agostina Santoro (TLS) def. Emily Braid (RICE) 6-0, 6-3
 Doubles competition
1. Santie Delport/Marta Marcinkowska (TLS) def.
   Tiffany Lee/Julie Chao (RICE) 8-6
2. Kindsay Grimes/Carla Zabaleta (TLS) def.
   Dominique Karas/Rebecca Lin (RICE) 8-3
3. Thalia Diaz-Barriga/Jie Zeng (TLS) def.
   Emily Braid/Christine Dao (RICE) 8-6
Match Notes:
Rice 2-2; National ranking #64
Tulsa 7-0; National ranking #53
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (2,6,5,3,1,4)
T-4:20  A-60