#18 UCF Downs Tulsa Women’s Tennis 4-2

Monday, April 19

Orlando, Fla.

11:00 AM

Tulsa

#18 UCF

Photo by: Campbell Rogerson

#18 UCF Downs Tulsa Women’s Tennis 4-2

4/19/2021 7:30:00 PM | Women's Tennis

ORLANDO, Fla. –– The 46^th-ranked Tulsa women's tennis team dropped a 4-2 decision to the 18^th-ranked UCF Knights on Monday afternoon at the USTA National Campus. The match was delayed for 4 hours and 15 minutes due to rain and wet courts.

Tulsa ends the regular season with a 13-6 record, while UCF improved to 15-4 as the two teams head into the American Athletic Conference Championship later this week.

Tulsa won the first two singles matches after UCF claimed a 1-0 lead by winning the doubles point.

Valeryia Roozenkova evened the match at 1-1 with a 6-1, 6-4 win at the No. 5 spot, while the Hurricane took a 2-1 lead when Tulsa's Laie Conde Monfort defeated the nation's 28^th-ranked Rebeka Stolmar in straight sets by scores of 6-2 and 6-4 at the No. 2 singles position.

UCF racked up wins at the No. 4, 3 and 5 spots to clinch the 4-2 victory for the home team.

Despite losing the doubles point, Tulsa's No. 1 tandem of Martina Okalova and Vera Ploner, ranked 77^th nationally, upset the nation's 44^th-ranked team of Marie Mattel and Rebeka Stolmar for Tulsa's lone doubles victory.

Tulsa opens play in the AAC Championship this Thursday, April 22, in Orlando, Fla.

#18 UCF 4, #46 Tulsa 2
SINGLES
#1 #89 Martina Okalova (Tulsa) vs. #22 Valeriya Zeleva (UCF) 6-3, 4-6, 0-3, unfinished
#2 Laia Conde Monfort (Tulsa) def. #28 Rebeka Stolmar (UCF) 6-2, 6-4
#3 #110 Evgeniya Levashova (UCF) def. Shura Poppe (Tulsa) 6-3, 6-1
#4 Ksenia Kuznetsova (UCF) def. Vera Ploner (Tulsa) 6-2, 6-4
#5 Valeryia Rozenkova (Tulsa) def. Nadja Bay Christians (UCF) 6-1, 6-4
#6 Nandini Sharma (UCF) def. Lian Benedejcic (Tulsa) 6-1, 6-4
Order of Finish: 5, 2, 4, 3, 6

DOUBLES
#1 #77 Martina Okalova/Vera Ploner (Tulsa) def. Marie Mattel/Rebeka Stolmar (UCF) 6-1
#2 Ksenia Kuznetsova/ Valeriya Zeleva (UCF) def. Shura Poppe/Valeryia Rozenkova (Tulsa) 6-3
#3 Nadja Bay Christians/Evgeniya Levashova (UCF) def. Megan Hopton/Laie Conde Monfort (Tulsa) 6-1
Order of Finish: 1, 3, 2