The Bulls have won nine of their last 10 matches
Box Score Match Details
South Florida 4, Tulane 2
USF (13-6), Tulane (7-10)
Saturday, April 8, 2023 | 12:00 p.m.
Tampa, Fl. | USF Varsity Tennis Courts
Tampa, Fla. (April 8, 2023) – No. 55 USF Women’s Tennis gutted out a win in a back-and-forth match with Tulane, 4-2. In a tightly contested contest, five of the six singles matches went to a third set. USF has now won nine of their last 10 matches to improve to 13-6 on the season.
The Bulls surrendered the first point as Tulane took the doubles matches 2-1. The teams split the first two and Tulane needed a hard fought 7-5 win on Court 3 to earn the point.
On Court 2 Nadja Bay-Christians and Marta Falceto-Font won their match 6-1 to give the Bulls an early lead.
The Green Wave evened things up on Court 1 as Sierra Berry and Grace Schumacher fell 3-6.
In the deciding doubles match, Laura Pellicer and Margriet Timmermans, who were down 4-1, evened the match at 5-5. Their comeback fell short as Tulane won the last two games for the 7-5 win and first point.
In singles, Laura Pellicer put the Bulls on the board winning in straight sets, 6-3, 6-4. Pellicer improves her singles record to 10-8 on the season.
The Bulls took a 2-1 lead with a win by Marta Falceto-Font. After a close 5-7 loss in the first set, Falceto-Font took the next 6-2, 6-1.
Tulane knotted the score at 2-2 as Sabrina Ibarra was on the wrong end of a 6-4, 5-7, 1-6 score in her match.
Sierra Berry put the Bulls ahead 3-2 with a rousing comeback victory, Berry dropped the first set 1-6 and overcame a 1-4 deficit and fought off a set point at 4-5 to win the second set in a tiebreaker 7-5 (7-2). She rode the momentum to a 6-2 win in the deciding third set. Berry improves her singles record to 14-2.
The match was sealed by Grace Schumacher in a three-set win. Schumacher lost the first set 5-7. She came back to win the second set in a tiebreaker 7-6 (7-2) and pulled away in the third set 6-2.
In the final match of the day, Cliona Walsh split the first two sets, winning 6-4 and dropping the second 4-6. Walsh was leading in the third set 4-3 when the match concluded with her match unfinished.
Up Next
USF returns to action April 13 at 3:00 p.m. when they travel to Orlando to take on UCF.
Doubles competition
1. Lahari Yelamanchili/Charlotte Russell (TLN) def. Sierra Berry/Grace Schumacher (USF) 6-3
2. Nadja Bay Christians/Marta Falceto Font (USF) def. Adelaide LaveryJiayun Zhu (TLN) 6-1
3. Kristen Borland/Brooke Theis (TLN) def. Laura Pellicer/Ireland Simme (USF) 7-5
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1,3)
Singles competition
1. Sierra Berry (USF) def. vs. Lahari Yelamanchili (TLN) 1-6, 7-6 (7-2), 3-1-
2. Grace Schumacher (USF) def. Adelaide Lavery (TLN) 5-7, 7-6 (7-2), 6-2
3. Laura Pellicer (USF) def. Kristen Borland (TLN) 6-3, 6-4
4. Marta Falceto Font (USF) def. Charlotte Russell(TLN) 5-7, 6-2, 6-1
5. Cliona Walsh (USF) vs. Jiayun Zhu (TLN) 6-4, 4-6, 4-3 (unfinished)
6. Brooke Theis (TLN) def. Sabrina Ibarra (USF) 6-4, 5-7, 1-6
Order of finish: Singles (3,4,6,1,2)
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