University of North Texas Athletics
Friday, March 12
Denton
3 PM
University of North Texas
1
vs
4
Tulane
Photo by: Mark Woods
Tennis Drops Match To Tulane
3/12/2021 4:18:00 PM | Women's Tennis
DENTON - The UNT tennis team fell to Tulane on Friday, dropping the match 4-1 despite several back-and-forth matches at Waranch Tennis Complex.
The doubles point went to Tulane by a narrow margin after the Green Wave took the No. 1 doubles match 6-2. The Nos. 2 and 3 matches both went to tiebreakers, and the team of Kexuan Zhou and Maria Ponomareva fell behind 5-1 in the tiebreaker before battling back and eventually losing 7-4 to clinch the doubles point for Tulane.
In singles competition, the Mean Green's top two players, Lucie Devier and Nidhi Surapaneni, each dropped second sets 7-5 while trying to force third and decisive sets. No. 3 singles player Maria Ponomareva claimed the Mean Green's lone point with a 6-4, 6-3 win in her singles match. In the No. 4 singles match, Kexuan Zhou won the first set 6-3 before dropping the second set 6-4, and Tulane clinched the match before play began in the third set. In the No. 5 singles match, Saki Oyama dropped a first-set tiebreaker 6-7 (5-7).
Next up
The Mean Green (2-8) begin Conference USA play at Rice on Thursday at a time still to be determined.Â
Singles results
1. MC Meredith (TUL) def. DEVIER, Lucie (UNT) 6-4, 7-5
2. Mackenzie Clark (TUL) def. SURAPANENI, Nidhi (UNT) 6-3, 7-5
3. PONOMAREVA, Maria (UNT) def. Adelaide Lavery (TUL) 6-4, 6-3
4. ZHOU, Kexuan (UNT) vs. Kristen Borland (TUL) 6-3, 4-6, unfinished
5. OYAMA, Saki (UNT) vs. Lahari Yelamanchili (TUL) 6-7 (5-7), 1-4, unfinished
6. Charlotte Russell (TUL) def. HUMMEL, Sophia (UNT) 6-3, 6-4
Doubles results
1. Mackenzie Clark/MC Meredith (TUL) def. DEVIER, Lucie/SURAPANENI, Nidhi (UNT) 6-2
2. Kristen Borland/Adelaide Lavery (TUL) def. ZHOU, Kexuan/PONOMAREVA, Maria (UNT) 7-6 (7-4)
3. OYAMA, Saki/HUMMEL, Sophia (UNT) vs. Lahari Yelamanchili/Charlotte Russell (TUL) 6-6 (0-1), unfinished
Match Notes: Tulane 9-4; North Texas 2-8Â
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2); Singles (1,6,3,2)
The doubles point went to Tulane by a narrow margin after the Green Wave took the No. 1 doubles match 6-2. The Nos. 2 and 3 matches both went to tiebreakers, and the team of Kexuan Zhou and Maria Ponomareva fell behind 5-1 in the tiebreaker before battling back and eventually losing 7-4 to clinch the doubles point for Tulane.
In singles competition, the Mean Green's top two players, Lucie Devier and Nidhi Surapaneni, each dropped second sets 7-5 while trying to force third and decisive sets. No. 3 singles player Maria Ponomareva claimed the Mean Green's lone point with a 6-4, 6-3 win in her singles match. In the No. 4 singles match, Kexuan Zhou won the first set 6-3 before dropping the second set 6-4, and Tulane clinched the match before play began in the third set. In the No. 5 singles match, Saki Oyama dropped a first-set tiebreaker 6-7 (5-7).
Next up
The Mean Green (2-8) begin Conference USA play at Rice on Thursday at a time still to be determined.Â
Singles results
1. MC Meredith (TUL) def. DEVIER, Lucie (UNT) 6-4, 7-5
2. Mackenzie Clark (TUL) def. SURAPANENI, Nidhi (UNT) 6-3, 7-5
3. PONOMAREVA, Maria (UNT) def. Adelaide Lavery (TUL) 6-4, 6-3
4. ZHOU, Kexuan (UNT) vs. Kristen Borland (TUL) 6-3, 4-6, unfinished
5. OYAMA, Saki (UNT) vs. Lahari Yelamanchili (TUL) 6-7 (5-7), 1-4, unfinished
6. Charlotte Russell (TUL) def. HUMMEL, Sophia (UNT) 6-3, 6-4
Doubles results
1. Mackenzie Clark/MC Meredith (TUL) def. DEVIER, Lucie/SURAPANENI, Nidhi (UNT) 6-2
2. Kristen Borland/Adelaide Lavery (TUL) def. ZHOU, Kexuan/PONOMAREVA, Maria (UNT) 7-6 (7-4)
3. OYAMA, Saki/HUMMEL, Sophia (UNT) vs. Lahari Yelamanchili/Charlotte Russell (TUL) 6-6 (0-1), unfinished
Match Notes: Tulane 9-4; North Texas 2-8Â
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2); Singles (1,6,3,2)
Players Mentioned
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/ Women's Tennis
/ Women's Tennis
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Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
1,2
#1 Singles Match
12
MC Meredith / 0 [TUL]
67
45
#2 Singles Match
12
Mackenzie Clark / 0 [TUL]
67
35
#3 Singles Match
12
Adelaide Lavery / 0 [TUL]
43
66
#4 Singles Match
123
Kristen Borland / 0 [TUL]
360
64UF
#5 Singles Match
123
Lahari Yelamanchili / 0 [TUL]
74UF
610
#6 Singles Match
12
Charlotte Russell / 0 [TUL]
66
34
Order of Finish:
1,6,3,2
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