Women’s Tennis Set for NCAA First-Round Matchup with No. 20 Oklahoma State

TULSA, Okla. — The University of Tulsa women's tennis team (19-8) is set for its first-round matchup against No. 20 Oklahoma State (19-7) in the 2025 NCAA Women's Tennis Championship. The Golden Hurricane will kick off the Norman Regional at 11 a.m. on Friday, May 2, at the Oklahoma Sooners' Headington Family Tennis Center.

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Tulsa's Probable Lineups (Based on Previous Match):
Doubles
1. #50 Maria Berlanga/Lily Hutchings (21-8 Overall, 15-7 Dual)
2. #85 Ana Naranjo/Mariana Velasquez (26-5 Overall, 19-2 Dual)
3. Isabella Basson/Tayla Wilmot (10-7 Overall, 10-7 Dual)

Singles
1. #89 Maria Berlanga Bandera (26-8 Overall, 19-6 Dual)
2. Mariana Manyoma Velasquez (19-6 Overall, 16-4 Dual)
3. Lily Hutchings (21-12 Overall, 15-8 Dual)
4. Tayla Wilmot (13-17 Overall, 6-14 Dual)
5. Ana Naranjo Martinez (14-5 Overall, 12-3 Dual)
6. Erin McKenzie (17-13 Overall, 9-10 Dual)

Tulsa in the NCAA Tournament

The Golden Hurricane's at-large selection to the 2025 NCAA Women's Tennis Championship marks the program's 15th appearance in the Big Dance and 13th under Dean Orford in his 20th season leading the Hurricane.
It's the Hurricane's first bid to the tournament since 2018, where TU made a run to the Sweet 16, the furthest Tulsa has reached in the bracket.
Tulsa made 12 consecutive appearances under Orford from 2007-18, finishing in the first round six times, the second round five times and the Sweet 16 once.

The Norman Regional

The Golden Hurricane will take on No. 20 Oklahoma State (19-7) in first-round action on Friday, May 2, in Norman, Okla., with the winner taking on the Denver Pioneers (12-9) or the regional host, tournament's sixth seed and nationally fourth-ranked Oklahoma Sooners (19-6) in the second round on Saturday, May 3.
The first and second rounds of the 2025 NCAA Tournament this weekend are played at regional site hosts, with each regional consisting of four teams.
The Sweet 16 emerging regional winners will face off in Super-Regional matches during the weekend of May 9-11.
The eight advancing teams from there get to compete in the Women's Team Championship (quarterfinal, semifinal and championship) on Baylor's home courts in Waco, Texas, from May 15-18

Scouting the Oklahoma State Cowgirls

This will be the 38th all-time meeting between Tulsa and OSU, the third matchup between the two teams in the NCAA Tournament and the first to be played in Norman.
The Cowgirls defeated the Hurricane 4-0 in the 2016 second round before TU returned the favor for a 4-1 win in the 2018 second round.
OSU has won the last five meetings and nine of the last 10. Tulsa's last victory over the Cowgirls was in the NCAA second round in 2018.
Oklahoma State went 19-7 overall this season with a narrow semifinal exit against UCF in the Big 12 Championship.
OSU has five ranked singles players entering Friday's match, including No. 40 Ange Oby Kajuru, No. 77 Gracie Epps, No. 84 Anastasiya Komar, No. 115 Rose Marie Nijkamp, and No. 125 Marcela Lopez. Epps and Komar each lead with 25 total wins this year.
The Cowgirls boast the No. 6 duo in the land, Rose Marie Nijkamp and Anastasiya Komar, who are 20-2 together. Komar helps form another ranked duo with Ange Oby Kajuru (No. 82).

Doubles Dominance

As a group, Tulsa is enjoying one of its best doubles showings in recent memory.
Of the Hurricane's 27 dual matches this season, TU has earned the doubles point 20 times.
Tulsa grabbed the doubles point in 18 of 19 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.

Berlanga and Velasquez Take Home AAC Honors

Senior Maria Berlanga Bandera was named the 2025 Co-Player of the Year, while she and senior Mariana Manyoma Velasquez took home All-Conference honors as voted on by the league's coaches.
Berlanga went 26-8 overall with a 19-6 dual-match mark at No. 1 Singles, earning five wins over ranked opponents and clinching the Hurricane's 4-3 win at SMU. In doubles, she went 21-8 overall and held down the No. 1 spot with a 15-7 dual-match mark. She helped clinch eight doubles point and won the ITA Central Regional doubles title in the fall.
Velasquez earned a 19-6 overall singles record and a 16-4 mark across the second and third positions in dual matches for an .800 winning percentage. She helped form the Hurricane's winningest doubles tandem with senior Ana Naranjo Martinez, who went 26-5 overall (.838) and 19-2 at Doubles No. 2 (.904) together. They also won the AAC doubles title in the fall and clinched seven doubles points for TU.

Tulsa in the ITA Rankings

ITA Central Region-winning duo Maria Berlanga Bandera and Lily Hutchings stand as the 50th-ranked Division I duo according to the latest ITA Doubles Rankings.
The seniors are 21-8 overall together this year and 15-7 in dual matches. They ranked as high as No. 18 in the Feb. 5 ITA rankings.
Back in the double rankings for the first time since April 1 is senior pair Ana Naranjo Martinez and Mariana Manyoma Velasquez, who are No. 85 in the nation. Ranked as high as No. 58 this year, the two are 26-5 overall and 19-2 in dual-match action.
Berlanga has been a consistent top-100 singles player in the country. She enters the AAC Championship ranked 86th, the highest individual singles ranking in the conference.
The final ITA team, singles and doubles rankings will be released on the morning of May 21 after the NCAA championship match.

Seniors on All-Time TU Career Win Lists

Maria Berlanga Bandera has 84 singles wins for 10th in TU history.
Berlanga also has 79 career doubles wins entering the weekend's action, tied for No. 10 in program history with teammate Lily Hutchings, Jana Sedivec (1998-02) and All-American Martina Okalova (2016-21).
Ana Naranjo Martinez leads the current roster with 80 doubles victories, which ranks ninth in program history.

Last Time Out

After a stellar run in the AAC Championship that included a 4-3 semifinal upset over the No. 1-seeded FAU Owls, the 4-seed Hurricane came up short in the championship final, 4-2, against Memphis on the Tigers' home courts.

Women’s Tennis Set for NCAA First-Round Matchup with No. 20 Oklahoma State

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Isabella Basson

Maria Berlanga Bandera

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Erin McKenzie

Ana Naranjo Martinez

Mariana Manyoma Velasquez

Tayla Wilmot

Women’s Tennis Set for NCAA First-Round Matchup with No. 20 Oklahoma State

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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