Tulsa Women’s Tennis Downs Wichita State 4-2

Saturday, March 27

Case Tennis Center

12:30 PM

Tulsa

Wichita State

Photo by: Dave Crenshaw

Tulsa Women’s Tennis Downs Wichita State 4-2

3/27/2021 3:50:00 PM | Women's Tennis

TULSA, Okla. –– The Tulsa women's tennis team downed the Wichita State Shockers 4-2 Saturday afternoon at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center.

Tulsa fought back from a 1-0 deficit after dropping the doubles point and improved to 9-4 on the season with the victory. Wichita State dropped to 7-13.

Lian Benedejcic's 6-2, 6-2 straight set win at the No. 6 singles position knotted the score for the Hurricane at 1-1, before the Shockers went back ahead 2-1 with a victory at the No. 4 spot. Valeryia Rozenkova tied the score 2-2 when she posted a 6-4, 6-2 win at the No. 5 slot.

The Hurricane took the lead for good with Shura Poppe's 6-2, 6-2 win at the No. 3 position for a 3-2 Tulsa lead and the nation's 81^st-ranked player Martina Okalova clinched the match with a 6-3, 6-2 win at the No. 1 spot for the 4-2 win.

Tulsa will close-out a 10-match home-stand at the Case Tennis Center when the Golden Hurricane hosts the Big 12's Kansas State Wildcats on Wednesday, March 31. Match time is TBA.

TULSA 4, WICHITA STATE 2
SINGLES
#1 #81 Martina Okalova (Tulsa) def. Sarvinoz Saidhujaeva (WSU) 6-3, 6-2
#2 Laia Conde Monfort (Tulsa) vs. Marta Belluco (WSU) 7-6 (7-5), 2-1 UNFINISHED
#3 Shura Poppe (Tulsa) def. Ting-Ya Hsu (WSU) 6-2, 6-2
#4 Natsumi Kurahashi (WSU) def. Vera Ploner (Tulsa) 6-2, 6-1
#5 Valeryia Rozenkova (Tulsa) def. Jessie Zheng (WSU) 6-4, 6-2
#6 Lian Benedejcic (Tulsa) def. Alexandra Lazarova (WSU) 6-2, 6-2
Order of Finish: 6, 4, 5, 3, 1

DOUBLES
#1 #27 Martina Okalova/Vera Ploner (Tulsa) def. Marta Belluco/Sarvinoz Saidhujaeva (WSU) 6-4
#2 Ting-Ya Hsu/Jessie Zheng (WSU) def. Shura Poppe/Valeryia Rozenkova (Tulsa) 7-6 (7-5)
#3 Natsumi Kurahashi/Alexandra Lazarova (WSU) def. Megan Hopton/Laie Conde Monfort (Tulsa) 7-6 (6-2)
Order of Finish: 1, 3, 2