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MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Top-seeded Tulsa won its second consecutive American Athletic Conference Women’s Tennis Championship with a 4-0 win against No. 2 seed USF on Saturday afternoon at the Dunavant-Wellford Tennis Center on the campus of the Memphis University School.
The Golden Hurricane’s Renata Kuricova outlasted Vanja Klaric, 6-4, 7-6 (7-5) at No. 5 singles to clinch the match and the NCAA automatic qualifier. Saana Saarteinen was chosen as the tournament’s Most Outstanding Performer as she combined for a 3-0 record at No. 1 singles and No. 3 doubles in the tournament.
Tulsa began the match by taking the doubles point with victories from its top-two doubles teams. Rongrong Leenabancho and Martah Matoula produced a 6-3 win at No. 2 over Bulls’ Jessica Chaves and Juliana Cardoso, before Ksenia Laskutova andKuricova clinched the doubles point with a 6-4 win against USF’s Vera Bessonova and Olga Martinez at No. 1.
In singles play, Laskutova defeated Bessonova, 6-2, 6-4, at No. 2 and Matoula won at No. 6 (6-2, 1-6, 6-1) before Kuricova’s clinching win.
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Doubles Competition (Order of Finish: 2, 1)
1. Ksenia Laskutova/Renata Kuricova (TLS) def. Vera Bessonova/Olga Martinez (USF) 6-4
2. Rongrong Leenabancho/Martah Matoula (TLS) def. Jessica Chaves/Juliana Cardoso (USF) 6-3
3. Saana Saarteinen/Mahitha Dadireddy (TLS) vs. Nicole Dzenga/Chloe Murphy (USF) 5-4, unfinished
Singles Competition: (Order of Finish: 2, 6, 5)
1. #104 Saana Saarteinen (TLS) vs. Jessica Chaves (USF) 6-4, 4-6, 1-1, unfinished
2. #121 Ksenia Laskutova (TLS) def. Vera Bessonova (USF) 6-2, 6-4
3. Rongrong Leenabancho (TLS) vs. Ana Roman Dominguez (USF) 7-5, 5-2, unfinished
4. Marcelina Cichon (TLS) vs. Olga Martinez (USF) 6-7 (2-7), 4-5, unfinished
5. Renata Kuricova (TLS) def. Vanja Klaric (USF) 6-4, 7-6 (7-5)
6. Martah Matoula (TLS) def. Juliana Cardoso (USF) 6-2, 1-6, 6-1
Most Outstanding Performer
Saana Saarteinen, Tulsa