Temple Defeats Tulane in Opening Round of AAC Tournament

Wednesday, April 19

USTA Tennis Center | Orlando, FL

9:00 AM

Temple University

Tulane

Photo by: Andrew Kim

Temple Defeats Tulane in Opening Round of AAC Tournament

4.19.23 | Women's Tennis

Box Score

ORLANDO, FL – Temple women's tennis (17-4) defeated the No. 9 seed Tulane Green Wave (7-11) by a final score of 4-2 in the opening round of the AAC Conference Tournament. The Owls will now move onto the second round to face No. 1 SMU on Thursday, April 20. The victory today marked Temple's first win in the AAC Tournament since 2015.

NOTES:

Temple found themselves down 1-0 in the match after dropping the doubles point to begin play this morning. Tulane's duo of Borland/Theis defeated Kawaratani/Takebe in a 6-0 shutout to pick up the first doubles win. Yelamanchili/Russell then defeated Uchijima/J. Wei in the first position to help Tulane gain the 1-0 advantage.
Temple's Maiko Uchijima and Sena Takebe were the first to overcome their opponents in singles' play from the sixth and third positions respectively.
Jiayun Zhu was the sole player for Tulane to win a singles match against Evie Wei in the fifth position. Zhu's win made the score 3-2 at that point with Temple still ahead by one.
Thamara Frasser Kawaratani secured the fourth and final point for Temple from the first position defeating Lahari Yelamanchili in three sets after the second set went to a tiebreak.

RESULTS:
Doubles:

Yelamanchili/Russell (TLN) def. J. Wei/Uchijima (TEM) 6-3
Lavery/Zhu (TLN) vs. Kulhava/Wei (TEM) DNF
Borland/Theis (TLN) def. Kawaratani/Takebe (TEM) 6-0

Singles:

Kawaratani (TEM) def. Yelamanchili (TLN) 2-6, 7-6 (7), 6-4
Lavery (TLN) vs. J. Wei (TEM) DNF
Takebe (TEM) def. Borland (TLN) 6-2, 6-4
Kulhava (TEM) def. Russell (TLN) 6-3, 6-4
Zhu (TLN) def. E. Wei (TEM) 6-3, 6-2
Uchijima (TEM) vs. Theis (TLN) 6-2, 6-2

ORDER OF FINISH:
Doubles: 3, 1
Singles: 6, 3, 4, 5, 1

QUOTE FROM COACH:
"It was a great win against a very tough Tulane opponent," head coach Steve Mauro said. "We started off slow in doubles, but our team stepped up in singles and fought hard. I'm very happy with how we performed as a team. Our spirits are high and we look forward to our next match against SMU."

NEXT UP:
The Owls will move onto the second round of the tournament with a match scheduled against No. 1 SMU, who had a bye in the first round of the tournament. The match is scheduled for Thursday morning, April 20, and will begin at 9:00 a.m. Links for live statistics and a live stream can be found on OwlSports.com.