University of Houston
No.1 Tulsa
Cougars Fall in American Championship Semifinals
4/22/2016 12:00:00 AM | Tennis
MEMPHIS -- After an upset win on Thursday to advance to the American Athletic Conference Championship semifinals, the Houston Women's Tennis Team's tournament run came to an end with a 4-2 loss to No. 1 seed Tulsa on Friday.
The Cougars got off to a quick start by securing the doubles point for the second consecutive day with wins on courts one and two. Despoina Vogasari and Rocio Martin teamed up to defeat Ksenia Laskutova-Renata Kuricova 6-3 on the top court, while Mina Markovic and Tina Rupert beat Rongrong Leenabanchong and Martah Matoula 6-1, on court two. Maria Cardenas and Angela Lorenzo led Saana Saarteinen and Mahitha Dadireddy 5-4, when the doubles point was decided.
The Golden Hurricane tied the score at one apiece to start singles play when Leenabanchong defeated Martin, 6-1, 6-1, on court three. However, the Cougars responded to reclaim the lead when Cardenas beat Kuricova in straight sets 6-3, 6-3, on court five.
Tulsa again came back to even the score at two, when Cichon pulled out a win on court four 6-1, 6-4, over Rupert. The Golden Hurricane claimed the lead for the first time with a court two win for No. 121 Laskutova over Markovic 7-6, 6-1.
On the top court, No. 118 Vogasari dropped the first set to No. 104 Saarteinen 6-3 and battled in the second set before eventually falling 7-5 to give Tulsa the decisive point. Lorenzo and Matoula had just begun play on court six when the match was decided.
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