No. 28 Tulsa Women’s Tennis Defeats No. 24 Kansas, 4-2, Friday Night

Friday, March 25

Tulsa, Okla.

5:00 p.m.

Tulsa

Kansas

No. 28 Tulsa Women’s Tennis Defeats No. 24 Kansas, 4-2, Friday Night

3/25/2016 8:47:00 PM | Women's Tennis

By: Drake Allen

TULSA, Okla. – On Friday night, The University of Tulsa women's tennis team defeated No. 24 Kansas in a 4-2 decision at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center. The No. 28 Golden Hurricane improves to 16-2 overall, while Kansas falls to 12-3 overall.

Tulsa started doubles play strong as Ksenia Laskutova and Renata Kuricova (No. 1) defeated KU's No. 68 Janet Koch and Nina Khmelnitckaia, 6-2, to take a 1-0 doubles point lead. Kansas bounced back to tie the doubles score at 1-1 as Summer Collins and Maria Jose Cardona (No. 2) defeated Rongrong Leenabanchong and Martha Matoula in a 6-4 decision. With the doubles point on the line, Anastasiya Rychagova and Smith Hinton (No. 3) defeated Saana Saarteinen and Mahitha Dadireddy, 7-5, to give the Jayhawks a 1-0 match lead going into singles play.

The Hurricane battled back to tie the match score at 1-1 in singles play as Ksenia Laskutova (No. 2) of Tulsa defeated Smith Hinton, 6-3, 6-3. KU's No. 96 singles player Anastasiya Rychagova (No. 1) Saana Saarteinen, 6-0, 7-5, to give the Jayhawks a 2-1 match lead. The Hurricane tied the match score back at 2-2 as Martha Matoula (No. 6) defeated Maria Jose Cardona, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2. Marcelina Cichon (No. 4) defeated Nina Khmelnitckaia, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3, to give the Hurricane a late 3-2 match lead. Renata Kuricova (No. 5) went on to defeat Summer Collins, 6-7, 7-5, 6-3, to clinch the Tulsa match victory over the No. 24 Jayhawks.

Tulsa travels to Stillwater, Okla., on Tuesday, March 29, to take on in-state rival Oklahoma State at the Greenwood Tennis Center.

Tulsa 4, Kansas 2
SINGLES
1. Anastasiya Rychagonva (Kansas) defeated Saana Saarteinen (Tulsa), 6-0, 7-5
2. Ksenia Laskutova (Tulsa) defeated Smith Hinton (Kansas), 6-3, 6-3
3. Rongrong Leenabanchong (Tulsa) vs. Janet Koch (Kansas), DNF 6-7, 7-6, 2-1
4. Marcelina Cichon (Tulsa) defeated Nina Khmelnitckaia (Kansas), 2-6, 6-3, 6-3
5. Renata Kuricova (Tulsa) defeated Summer Collins (Kansas), 6-7, 7-5, 6-3
6. Martha Matoula (Tulsa) defeated Maria Jose Cardona (Kansas), 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
Order of singles finish: 2, 1, 6, 4, 5, 3

DOUBLES
1. Laskutova/Kuricova (Tulsa) defeated Koch/Khmelnitckaia (Kansas), 6-2
2. Collins/Cardona (Kansas) defeated Leenabanchong/Matoula (Tulsa), 6-4
3. Rychagova/Hinton (Kansas) defeated Saarteinen/Dadireddy (Tulsa), 7-5
Order of doubles finish: 1, 2, 3

Records: Tulsa 16-2, Kansas 12-3

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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