Leather Defeats Nationally Ranked Singles Player During Tulsa’s 6-1 Loss to #13 Oklahoma State

Saturday, January 21

Tulsa, Okla.

1:00 p.m.

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#13 Oklahoma State

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Leather Defeats Nationally Ranked Singles Player During Tulsa’s 6-1 Loss to #13 Oklahoma State

1/21/2023 4:57:00 PM | Women's Tennis

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TULSA, Okla. — True freshman Amy Leather of The University of Tulsa women's tennis team took down Raquel Gonzalez—ranked No. 121 in the country—during the Golden Hurricane's 6-1 loss to No. 13 Oklahoma State (1-0) Saturday in the Michael D. Case Tennis Center.

The first loss of the year puts the Hurricane at 3-1 overall.

Leather, from Bath, England, earns her first career win against a nationally ranked player at the No. 6 position. In the first set, Leather took the first game point and did not look back, winning 6-4 in a stanza that only had one tie score at 1-1. Her lead never extended past two points during the set win.

In the second set, Leather found herself in an initial 3-0 deficit. Gonzalez maintained a three-point lead at 4-1 and 5-2 before Leather rattled off three points in a row to tie it at five all. Gonzalez took the advantage at 6-5 before Leather captured another point, forcing a tiebreaker set at 6-6.

Leather won the tiebreaker by a score of 7-5, making it her second tiebreaker win of the year and first of the dual-match season. She is now undefeated in her last five singles matches, all of which were won in straight sets.

Tulsa will return to action on the road to face Texas Tech (1-0) on Saturday, Jan. 28, during ITA Kick Off Weekend in Norman, Okla.

Singles
1. Kristina Novak (OSU) def. Laia Conde Monfort (TU) 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
2. #108 Alana Wolfberg (OSU) def. Maria Berlanga Bandera (TU) 6-3, 6-4
3. #72 Sofia Rojas (OSU) def. Lily Hutchings (TU) 7-6 (7-3), 6-2
4. Lucia Peyre (OSU) def. Lian Benedejcic (TU) 6-0, 6-2
5. Ayumi Miyamoto (OSU) def. Myroslava Zelenchuk (TU) 6-2, 6-4
6. Amy Leather (TU) def. #121 Raquel Gonzalez (OSU) 6-4, 7-6 (7-5)

Doubles
1. Ayumi Miyamoto/Lucia Peyre (OSU) def. Maria Berlanga Bandera/Lily Hutchings (TU) 6-2
2. Kristina Novak/Alana Wolfberg (OSU) def. Laia Conde Monfort/Ana Naranjo Martinez (TU) 6-2
3. Amy Leather/Myroslava Zelenchuk (TU) def. Sofia Rojas/Raquel Gonzalez (OSU) 6-2

Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (4,2,5,3,6,1)