Tulane Women's Tennis Takes Down Tulsa
Micah Pierce finished her No. 5 singles match strong, winning 5-7, 6-2, 6-1 to lock down a 4-2 triumph for visiting Tulane over Tulsa Friday evening at Michael D. Case Tennis Center.
The Green Wave improved to 3-4 overall, while Tulsa fell to 4-5.
All three doubles matches ended with 6-4 scores, but it was Tulane clinching the point with a win at No. 3 by Natalia Fantini and Natalia Perez.
In singles, Campbell Ricci rebounded from a tough first set to win 6-1 in the remaining two sets to get the win at No. 1. Summer Chandler, who teamed with Leigh Van Zyl to win at No. 1 doubles, won her No. 2 singles affair in straight sets, which included a tiebreaker.
The Green Wave stays on the road Sunday when it visits Wichita State for a 10 a.m. match. The Shockers (8-3) won their sixth straight contest on Friday, courtesy of a 4-2 decision at Kansas State.
Tulane 4, Tulsa 2
Doubles
1. Summer Chandler and Leigh Van Zyl (TULW) def. Maria Santos and Carolina Alonso (TULS) 6-4
2. Tayla Wilmot and Coral Valle (TULS) def. Micah Pierce and Campbell Ricci (TULW) 6-4
3. Natalia Fantini and Natalia Perez (TULW) def. Lilitha Ndungane and Erin McKenzie (TULS) 6-4
Singles
1. Campbell Ricci (TULW) def. Maria Santos (TULS) 0-6, 6-1, 6-1
2. Summer Chandler (TULW) def. Carolina Alonso (TULS) 6-2, 7-6 (7-4)
3. Alice Baba (TULS) vs. Natalia Perez (TULW) match was unfinished 7-5, 3-6, 2-4
4. Lilitha Ndungane (TULS) def. Leigh Van Zyl (TULW) 7-5, 6-3
5. Micah Pierce (TULW) def. Coral Valle (TULS) 5-7, 6-2, 6-1
6. Erin McKenzie (TULS) def. Natalia Fantini (TULW) 6-3, 0-6, 6-4
Portions Courtesy Tulane Athletics
Doug has covered a gamut of sporting events in his fifty-plus years in the field. He started doing sideline reporting for Louisiana Tech football games for the student radio station. Doug was Sports Director for KNOE-AM/FM in Monroe in the mid-80s, winning numerous awards from the Louisiana Sports Writers Association for Best Sportscast and Best Play-by-Play. High school play-by-play for teams in Monroe, Natchitoches, New Orleans, and Thibodaux, LA dot his resume. He did college play-by-play for Northwestern State University in Natchitoches for nine years. Then, moving to the Crescent City, Doug did television PBP of Tulane games and even filled in for legendary Tulane broadcaster, Ken Berthelot in the only game Kenny ever missed while doing the Green Wave games. His father was an alumnus of Tulane in the 1940s, so Doug has attended Tulane football games in old Tulane Stadium, the Superdome, and Yulman. He was one of the 86,000 plus on December 1, 1973, sitting in the North End Zone to seeTulane shutout the LSU Tigers, 14-0. He was there when the Posse ruled Fogelman and in Turchin when the Wave made it to the World Series. He currently is the public address voice of the Tulane baseball team.