Tulsa Women Take Care of Business with 7-0 Sweep of Oral Roberts

Friday, January 17

Tulsa, Okla.

2:00 p.m.

Tulsa

Oral Roberts

Photo by: Joshua Rogers

Tulsa Women Take Care of Business with 7-0 Sweep of Oral Roberts

1/17/2025 4:24:00 PM | Women's Tennis

TULSA, Okla. — The Tulsa women's tennis team got a tune-up Friday afternoon with a perfect 7-0 sweep over Oral Roberts on the indoor courts of the Michael D. Case Tennis Center.

TU's 44^th consecutive win over ORU puts the Golden Hurricane at 4-0 to start the year.

After sophomore Tayla Wilmot and freshman Isabella Basson cleared Doubles No. 3 with a 6-1 decision, 26^th-ranked Maria Berlanga Bandera and Lily Hutchings clinched the opening score with a 6-2 winner atop the lineup. The senior pair have earned their 10^th win together this season, improving to 10-1.

Senior duo Ana Naranjo Martinez and Mariana Manyoma Velasquez cleaned up the second doubles line with a 6-1 victory.

All of TU's singles players earned decisive straight-set victories. The first to finish was Wilmot, who had the best showing among all Hurricane athletes with a 6-1, 6-1 victory in the third spot.

After sophomore Erin McKenzie (6-3, 6-1) took care of the fourth slot, Naranjo clinched the team victory at 4-0 with a 6-1, 6-3 two-setter at Singles No. 5.

Loading up wins in the back half of singles action was Hutchings at No. 1, freshman Eda Numanoglu at No. 6 and Velasquez at No. 2, capping off the day with a 7-5, 6-2 win over Chara Grammtikaki.

Tulsa will be back in the Case Tennis Center on Sunday, Jan. 19, against Central Arkansas for a 10 a.m. tilt.

Singles
1. Lily Hutchings (Tulsa) def. Arina Sorokina (ORU) 6-2, 6-2
2. Mariana Manyoma-Velasquez def. Chara Grammatikaki (ORU) 7-5, 6-2
3. Tayla Wilmot (Tulsa) def. Luna Morini (ORU) 6-1, 6-1
4. Erin McKenzie (Tulsa) def. Ava Goodell (ORU) 6-3, 6-1
5. Ana Naranjo Martinez (Tulsa) def. Abby Wise (ORU) 6-1, 6-3
6. Eda Numanoglu (Tulsa) def. Cassie Cervantes (ORU) 6-1, 6-2

Doubles
1. #26 Berlanga/Hutchings (Tulsa) def. Grammatikaki/Morini (ORU) 6-2
2. Naranjo/Velasquez (Tulsa) def. Goodell/Sorokina (ORU) 6-1
3. Basson/Wilmot (Tulsa) def. Cervantes/Wise (ORU) 6-1

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