Women's Tennis Defeats In-State Rival Oklahoma 4-1

Saturday, February 18

Norman, Okla.

12 p.m.

Tulsa

Oklahoma

Women's Tennis Defeats In-State Rival Oklahoma 4-1

2/18/2017 3:27:00 PM | Women's Tennis

By: Riley Ubben

NORMAN, Okla. – The University of Tulsa Women's Tennis team earned their ninth win of the season on Saturday afternoon as they defeated in-state rival Oklahoma 4-1 on the road at the Gregg Wadley Tennis Pavilion.

Tulsa won doubles matches at No. 2 and No. 3 to jump out to a 1-0 lead over Oklahoma on 6-4 wins by #59 Rongrong Leenabanchong and Martha Matoula along with Mahitha Dadireddy and Marcelina Cichon.

In singles play, Matoula picked up her 18^th singles victory of the season in a convincing 6-1, 6-1 win over Oklahoma's Julie Byrne to put Tulsa ahead 2-0 in the dual.

Ksenia Laskutova fell to OU's No. 16-ranked Lily Miyazaki as the Sooners picked up their lone point of the day. Laskutova held strong in the opening set, but lost 6-4 before a 6-0 second set.

Leenabanchong put Tulsa within one point of sealing the win against Mimi Fotopoulos, winning the first set 6-1 before taking the second 6-3.

Cichon sealed the win for the Hurricane at the No. 6 spot in the lineup with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Ann Selim.

Tulsa will take a break from dual play next weekend when they travel to Montgomery, Ala. for the Blue & Gray Invite on Feb. 24-25.

Singles
1. #16 Lily Miyazaki (OU) def. Ksenia Laskutova (TU) 6-4, 6-0
2. Rongrong Leenabanchong (TU) def. Mimi Fotopoulos 6-1, 6-3
3. Martina Okalova (TU) vs. Malene Stripp (OU) 6-1, 6-6
4. Mahitha Dadireddy (TU) vs. Serena Nash (OU) 4-6, 5-2
5. Martha Matoula (TU) def. Julie Bryne (OU) 6-1, 6-1
6. Marcelina Cichon (TU) def. Ann Selim (OU) 6-3. 6-3

Doubles
1. Julie Bryne/Malene Stripp (OU) def. Ksenia Laskutova/Martina Okalova (TU) 6-2
2. #59 Rongrong Leenabanchong/Martha Matoula (TU) def. Lily Miyazaki/Mimi Fotopoulos 6-4
3. Mahitha Dadireddy/Marcelina Cichon (TU) def. Serena Nash/Ann Selim (OU) 6-4