Hurricane Earns 4-0 Shutout Over Blue Demons

BOX SCORE | SEASON RESULTS

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The University of Tulsa women's tennis team earned a decisive 4-0 victory over the DePaul Blue Demons (1-4) Saturday in Purdue's Schwartz Tennis Center.
 
The win improves the Golden Hurricane's record to 5-2 on the year.
 
The doubles point came down to the No. 1 position, where sophomore duo Maria Berlanga Bandera and Lily Hutchings battled to a 6-4 win over DePaul's Lenka Antonijevic and Yuliya Kizelbasheva.
 
TU kept the momentum in singles play, getting three straight wins from Laia Conde Monfort (No. 1), Hutchings (No. 3) and Amy Leather (No. 6) to seal the dual-match win for the Hurricane. All three athletes needed only two sets to take down their opponents.
 
Leather's win streak in singles play improves to seven in a row, including four straight victories at the No. 6 position. Hutchings moves to a team-best 12-3 in singles play on the year.
 
Tulsa stays in West Lafayette to play Purdue (5-0) tomorrow at 11 a.m.
 
Singles
1. Laia Conde Monfort (TU) def. Yuliya Kizelbasheva (DEP) 6-3, 6-2
2. Maria Berlanga (TU) vs. Hannah Smith (DEP) 6-3, 5-3, unfinished
3. Lily Hutchings (TU) def. Eleanor Nobbs (DEP) 6-1, 6-4
4. Lian Benedejcic (TU) vs. Lenka Antonijevic (DEP) 2-6, 2-4, unfinished
5. Myroslava Zelenchuk (TU) vs. Valentina Martin (DEP) 3-6, 4-2, unfinished
6. Amy Leather (TU) def. Greta Carbone (DEP) 7-5, 6-1
 
Doubles
1. Maria Berlanga/Lily Hutchings (TU) def. Lenka Antonijevic/Yuliya Kizelbasheva (DEP) 6-4
2. Greta Carbone/Hannah Smith (DEP) def. Laia Conde Monfort/Ana Naranjo Martinez (TU) 6-2
3. Amy Leather/Myroslava Zelenchuk (TU) def. Valentina Martin/Maddie Yergler (DEP) 6-0
 
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (1,3,6)