No. 68 Women’s Tennis to Face No. 51 Denver and Cincinnati in Home Finale

Tulsa vs Denver Live Stream
Tulsa vs Cincinnati LIve Stream
Women's Tennis Notes (PDF)

TULSA, Okla. — The University of Tulsa women's tennis team (11-8) returns home after a month on the road to wrap up the home slate of the 2022-23 season against No. 51 Denver (13-4) and Cincinnati (7-12) at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center.

First, the Golden Hurricane will take on Denver on Friday, Apr. 7, at 5 p.m. Then, Tulsa will honor seniors Lian Benedejcic and Laia Conde Monfort before Saturday's Senior Day match with Cincinnati scheduled for 2:30 p.m.

Lian Benedejcic is a four-year letterwinner from Ancarano, Slovenia. She is 56-28 in singles play and 11-6 in doubles play for 67 total wins for Tulsa. She has recorded double-digit singles wins in every year of competition at TU, including a 2021 campaign in which he led the team with a 14-3 singles record.

Laia Conde Monfort is a four-year letterwinner from Castelló, Spain. She is 62-27 in singles play and 50-38 in doubles play for 112 total wins for the Hurricane. She was a unanimous All-Conference selection in 2022 on the way to being named the American Athletic Conference Player of the Year. She was also a 2021 All-Conference selection.

Both matches will stream on Track.Tennis.

The 13-4 Pioneers are coming off back-to-back 7-0 sweeps over Kansas City (7-9) and South Dakota (3-12) at home last week. On the road, they are 2-4 overall and 1-2 against ranked opponents.

No. 93 Taylor Melville leads the way with a 12-3 overall record in singles play, all at the No. 1 position. Andrea Burguete Beltran is 11-4 overall and 8-1 in her last 10 head-to-head matches in the second position. Burguete Beltran and Claudia Martinez de Velasco lead the charge in doubles play with a 5-3 overall record across the first and second positions.

Denver leads the overall series 2-1. Last year, Tulsa dominated the Pioneers 4-0 at home due in part to wins by Laia Conde Monfort (No. 1), Maria Berlanga Bandera (No. 3) and Ana Naranjo Martinez (No. 6) in singles play.
Last week, the 7-12 Bearcats competed in four home matches, going 2-2. They suffered a 4-3 loss to Xavier (9-7) and a 4-0 sweep to Wichita State (11-8), and they earned 6-1 and 5-2 wins over Northern Kentucky (8-5) and DePaul (9-8).

Cincinnati is 1-8 on the road and 0-2 against American Athletic Conference opponents.

Leading the way for the Bearcats is Kelli Niehaus, who is 9-7 overall and 9-6 from the No. 3 Singles spot. Callie Flanagan and Cassie McLay form Cincinnati's premier doubles team with a 6-3 record at the No. 1 position.

The Hurricane is 2-0 all-time versus the Bearcats with 4-0 and 7-0 sweeps in 2017 and 2021.

No. 68 Women’s Tennis to Face No. 51 Denver and Cincinnati in Home Finale

Next Event

Players Mentioned

Lian Benedejcic

Maria Berlanga Bandera

Laia Conde Monfort

Ana Naranjo Martinez