Tulsa Falls to Florida Atlantic, 4-0

Saturday, April 5

New Orleans, La.

12:00 p.m.

Tulsa

Florida Atlantic

Photo by: Alina Lebedeva

Tulsa Falls to Florida Atlantic, 4-0

4/5/2025 5:20:00 PM | Women's Tennis

NEW ORLEANS, La. — The Tulsa women's team took on the American Athletic Conference's top team in Florida Atlantic on Saturday, falling in a 4-0 decision to the undefeated 14-0 Owls on Tulane's home courts in New Orleans. The Golden Hurricane dropped to 15-6 overall with two regular-season matches left to play.

Doubles play came down to the wire as positions one and three went to a seven-point tiebreaker set at six games all. Tulsa had a court advantage after a 6-1 win by seniors Ana Naranjo Martinez and Mariana Manyoma Velasquez in the two-spot, but Florida Atlantic would close out 7-6 victories to escape with the coveted doubles point.

The Owls rode the momentum into singles play, earning straight-set wins in the Nos. 2-4 positions. Naranjo and senior Maria Berlanga Bandera were each in their third set when the match was clinched and the action was over.

The Tulsa women will stay in New Orleans to face 10-10 Tulane on Sunday, April 6, at noon Central. The match will stream on ESPN+.

Singles
1. #70 Maria Berlanga Bandera (TU) vs. Panna Bartha (FAU) 6-1, 5-7, 3-2, unfinished
2. Victoria Gomez O'Hayon (FAU) def. Mariana Manyoma Velasquez (TU) 6-1, 6-3
3. Lara Smejkal (FAU) def. Lily Hutchings (TU) 6-2, 7-6 (7-4)
4. Malwina Rowinska (FAU) def. Tayla Wilmot (TU) 6-4, 6-1
5. Ana Naranjo Martinez (TU) vs. Lexi Silna (FAU) 6-3, 4-6, unfinished
6. Erin McKenzie (TU) vs. Millie-Mae Matthews (FAU) 2-6, 4-5, unfinished

Doubles
1. Rowinska/Smejkal (FAU) def. #33 Berlanga/Hutchings (TU) 7-6
2. #85 Naranjo/Velasquez (TU) def. Matthews/Gomez (FAU) 6-1
3. Bartha/Silna (FAU) def. Basson/Wilmot (TU) 7-6