Tulsa Women’s Tennis Defeats Charleston Southern, 6-1, Monday Afternoon

Monday, March 14

Charleston, SC

2:00 p.m.

Tulsa

Charleston Southern

Tulsa Women’s Tennis Defeats Charleston Southern, 6-1, Monday Afternoon

3/14/2016 4:51:00 PM | Women's Tennis

By: Drake Allen

CHARELSTON, S.C. – The University of Tulsa women's tennis team defeated Charleston Southern in a 6-1 decision at the Buccaneer Tennis Complex Tuesday afternoon. The No. 18 Golden Hurricane improves to 14-2 overall, while Charleston Southern falls to 7-1 overall.

Doubles play was controlled by Tulsa as Rongrong Leenabanchong and Martha Matoula (No. 2) defeated Brianna Thompson and Kimberley Koerner in a 6-1 decision. Ksenia Laskutova and Renata Kuricova (No. 1) defeated Valeria Koussenkova and Nicolin Luecke, 6-4, to clinch the doubles point giving Tulsa a 1-0 match lead going into singles play. TU's Saana Saarteinen and Mahitha Dadireddy (No. 3) defeated Sophie Cloessner and Gabriela Srodowski, 6-2, to complete the doubles sweep.

Singles play was similar to doubles play as Marcelina Cichon (No. 4) defeated Gabriela Srodowski, 6-1, 6-1, before Martha Matoula (No. 6) defeated Valeria Koussenkova, 6-3, 6-0, to extend the Tulsa match lead to 3-0. CSU's Nicolin Luecke (No. 1) defeated Saana Saarteinen, 6-4, 6-0, to make the match score 3-1. Ksenia Laskutova (No. 2) defeated Sophie Cloessner, 6-1, 6-4, to clinch the Tulsa match victory. Renata Kuricova (No. 5) went on to defeated Kimberley Koerner, 6-3, 7-5, before Rongrong Leenabanchong (No. 3) defeated Brianna Thompson, 3-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-0) to end the match.

The Hurricane is back in action again on Thursday, March 17, when it travels to Charleston, S.C. to take on College of Charleston at 1:00 p.m.

Tulsa 6, Charleston Southern 1
SINGLES
1. Nicolin Luecke (CSU) def. Saana Saarteinen (Tulsa), 6-4, 6-0
2. Ksenia Laskutova (Tulsa) def. Sophie Cloessner (CSU), 6-1, 6-4
3. Rongrong Leenabanchong (Tulsa) def. Brianna Thompson (CSU), 3-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-0)
4. Marcelia Cichon (Tulsa) def. Gabriela Srodowski (CSU), 6-1, 6-1
5. Renata Kuricova (Tulsa) def. Kimberley Koerner (CSU), 6-3, 7-5
6. Martha Matoula (Tulsa) def. Valeria Koussenkova (CSU), 6-3, 6-0
Order of singles finish: 4, 6, 1, 2, 5, 3

DOUBLES
1. Laskutova/Kuricova (Tulsa) def. Luecke/Koussenkova (CSU), 6-4
2. Leenabanchong/Matoula (Tulsa) def. Thompson/Koerner (CSU), 6-1
3. Dadireddy/Saarteinen (Tulsa) def. Cloessner/Srodowski (CSU), 6-2
Order of doubles finish: 2, 1, 3

Records: Tulsa 14-2, Charleston Southern 7-1

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The University of Tulsa's Michael D. Case Tennis Center is host site for the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Tennis Championships, May 19-30