No. 68 Tulsa Falls to No. 51 Denver, 4-2

Friday, April 7

Tulsa, Okla.

5:00 p.m.

Tulsa

#51 Denver

Photo by: Paris Moua

No. 68 Tulsa Falls to No. 51 Denver, 4-2

4/7/2023 9:00:00 PM | Women's Tennis

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TULSA, Okla. — The University of Tulsa women's tennis team won the doubles point but could not keep the momentum in singles play, falling 4-2 to the No. 51 Denver Pioneers (14-4) Friday at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center.

The loss drops the 68^th-ranked Golden Hurricane to 11-9 on the season.

Tulsa handily won the doubles point thanks to a 6-0 sweep by Laia Conde Monfort and Ana Naranjo Martinez in the second position followed by a 6-4 win by Amy Leather and Myroslava Zelenchuk in the No. 3 spot. Leather and Zelenchuk erased a 2-4 deficit to clinch the doubles point for TU, leaving the No. 1 position unfinished.

In singles play, Denver responded with straight-set victories at the No. 5 and 6 positions to go up 2-1 on Tulsa.

Sophomore Maria Berlanga Bandera tied it up at 2-2 when she took down the Pioneers' Andrea Burguete Beltran in two sets. Berlanga won the first set 6-2 and forced a tiebreaker set at 6-6 in the second set. In the tiebreaker, Burguete reached four referee overrules, awarding Berlanga a game point to give her the 7-6 set win and the head-to-head match victory.

The Pioneers would win the fourth and first positions to seal away the 4-2 decision over Tulsa, leaving position No. 3 unfinished.

Tulsa will take on Cincinnati (7-12) tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. for Senior Day. Free smoothies will be given to the first 100 students attending tomorrow's match.

Singles
1. Taylor Melville (DEN) def. #93 Laia Conde Monfort (TU) 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
2. Maria Berlanga Bandera (TU) def. Andrea Burguete (DEN) 6-2, 7-6 (7-0)
3. Lily Hutchings (TU) vs. Britt Pursell (DEN) 7-6, 5-7, 2-0, unfinished
4. Louise Wikander (DEN) def. Myroslava Zelenchuk (TU) 6-4, 6-3
5. Caroline Driscoll (DEN) def. Ana Naranjo Martinez (TU) 6-2, 6-4
6. Claudia Martinez (DEN) def. Amy Leather (TU) 6-1, 6-4

Doubles
1. #88 Maria Berlanga Bandera /Lily Hutchings (TU) vs. Taylor Melville/Britt Pursell (DEN) 5-3, unfinished
2. Laia Conde Monfort/Ana Naranjo Martinez (TU) def. Claudia Martinez/Andrea Burguete (DEN) 6-0
3. Amy Leather/Myroslava Zelenchuk (TU) def. Louise Wikander/Caroline Driscoll (DEN) 6-4

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