Tulsa Women’s Tennis to Face Temple in AAC First Round

TULSA, Okla. — The No. 4 seed Tulsa women's tennis team (16-7) will take on 13^th-seeded Temple (7-12) in the first round of the American Athletic Conference Women's Tennis Championship at Memphis' Leftwich Tennis Center on Thursday, April 17, at 9 a.m. Central.

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Tulsa's Probable Lineups (Based on Previous Match):
Doubles
1. #43 Maria Berlanga/Lily Hutchings (18-7 Overall, 12-6 Dual)
2. Ana Naranjo/Mariana Velasquez (25-4 Overall, 18-1 Dual)
3. Isabella Basson/Tayla Wilmot (8-6 Overall, 8-6 Dual)

Singles
1. #86 Maria Berlanga Bandera (23-7 Overall, 16-5 Dual)
2. Mariana Manyoma Velasquez (16-5 Overall, 13-3 Dual)
3. Lily Hutchings (19-11 Overall, 13-7 Dual)
4. Tayla Wilmot (13-14 Overall, 6-11 Dual)
5. Ana Naranjo Martinez (13-4 Overall, 11-2 Dual)
6. Erin McKenzie (15-11 Overall, 7-8 Dual)

Tulsa in Conference Championships

The Golden Hurricane enter week's action seeking their fourth AAC title and ninth overall conference title, all of which have come under 20^th-year Head Coach Dean Orford.
Orford's squads have finished in the semifinal rounds or better in 17 of 18 conference tournaments played (there was no tournament in 2020 due to COVID).
TU is currently 17-6 all-time in the AAC Championship and holds the best winning percentage in the tournament of any team (.739)
Tulsa previously won The American in 2015, 2016 and 2018 for the most AAC titles of any team in history. Before that, the Hurricane won the C-USA Championship in 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011 and 2012.

The 2025 Bracket

The winner of Tulsa-Temple will take on the winner of No. 5 Wichita State and No. 12 East Carolina in the quarterfinals on Friday at 12 p.m. Central.
Taking the top seed in the field is 23^rd-ranked Florida Atlantic, who finished with a perfect 15-0 record during the regular season.
Rice (16-5) took the second seed and Charlotte (20-4) was awarded the No. 3 seed.

Scouting the Temple Owls

This will be just the sixth all-time meeting between the Tulsa and Temple women's teams.
Tulsa is undefeated at 5-0 against the Owls, never dropping more than two points in a match. Last year's matchup in Tulsa ended in the Hurricane's favor, 4-1.
The Owls finished last in the AAC this year at 7-12, earning the bottom seed of 13 in the championship.
Leading the singles lineup for the Owls is Irmak Ozturk, who is 14-12 overall and 8-9 in dual matches.
Ozturk and Nina Andreoni form the winningest doubles tandem for Temple, going 9-3 in the second and third positions.

Doubles Dominance

As a group, Tulsa is enjoying one of its best doubles showings in recent memory.
Of the Hurricane's 23 dual matches this season, TU has earned the doubles point 17 times.
Tulsa grabbed the doubles point in 15 of 16 team victories.
TU duos earned two major titles in the fall: the ITA Central Region Doubles Championship by seniors Maria Berlanga Bandera and Lily Hutchings and the AAC Doubles Championship by senior pair Ana Naranjo Martinez and Mariana Manyoma Velasquez.
Berlanga and Hutchings have clinched the doubles point six times for TU this spring with Naranjo and Velasquez matching with six doubles clinches as well.

Tulsa in the ITA Rankings

ITA Central Region-winning duo Maria Berlanga Bandera and Lily Hutchings stand as the 43th-ranked Division I duo according to the latest ITA Doubles Rankings.
The seniors are 18-7 overall together this year and 12-6 in dual matches. They ranked as high as No. 18 in the Feb. 5 ITA rankings.
Berlanga has been a consistent top-100 singles player in the country. She enters the AAC Championship ranked 86^th, the highest individual singles ranking in the conference.
Tuesday, April 22, will be the next team, singles and doubles rankings release by the ITA.

Seniors on All-Time TU Career Win Lists

Maria Berlanga Bandera has 81 singles wins for 11th in TU history. She needs two more to pass Thalia Diaz-Barriga's (2005-09) 82 victories for 10th.
Berlanga also has 76 career doubles wins entering the weekend's action, tied for No. 12 in program history with teammate Lily Hutchings and Jennifer DeSpain (1997-01).
Ana Naranjo Martinez leads the current roster with 79 doubles victories, which ties for ninth in program history with Jana Sedivec (1998-02) and All-American Martina Okalova (2016-21).

Last Time Out

Tulsa nabbed a 4-2 road win at Memphis to conclude the 2025 regular season.

Tulsa Women’s Tennis to Face Temple in AAC First Round

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Players Mentioned

Isabella Basson

Maria Berlanga Bandera

Lily Hutchings

Erin McKenzie

Ana Naranjo Martinez

Mariana Manyoma Velasquez

Tayla Wilmot

Tulsa Women’s Tennis to Face Temple in AAC First Round

Next Event

Players Mentioned

Isabella Basson

Maria Berlanga Bandera

Lily Hutchings

Erin McKenzie

Ana Naranjo Martinez

Mariana Manyoma Velasquez

Tayla Wilmot

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