Women’s Tennis: Louisiana Drops Sunday Match at Tulane

NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana Women’s Tennis team dropped a hard-fought match at Tulane on Sunday, falling 7-0 in New Orleans. 
 
Even though Louisiana did not win a point, the score did not reflect the effort put into Sunday’s match. The Ragin’ Cajuns were competitive in all of their matches, especially at No. 1 singles, where Floriane Picaut fell to Tulane’s Mary Caroline Meredith, 6-4, 6-7 (8-6). 
 
The doubles portion of the match was the same story. Although Louisiana was unable to leave with a win, the No. 3 doubles pairing of Burgersdijk/Raquin battled but eventually fell, 7-5. The Ragin’ Cajuns dropped the No. 1 doubles, 6-1, but went 6-6, UF at the No. 2 doubles position. 
 
Final Results
Singles
Meredith def. Floriane Picaut 6-4, 7-6, 8-6 tiebreaker
Lavery def. Clara Mantaux 6-3, 6-4
Borland def. Lucie Raquin 6-4, 5-4
Yelamanchili def. Christina Jordan 7-5, 7-5
Russell def. Isabella Kierkegaard 6-4, 6-3  
Barber def. Dana Radovanovic 6-0, 6-4

Doubles
Meredith/Lavery def. Mantaux/Kierkegaard, 6-1
Borland/Russell vs. Picaut/Radovanovic 6-6, UF
Yelamanchili/Barber def. Burgersdijk/Raquin 7-5
 
Louisiana will have a little more than a week-long break before taking on Northwestern State in Natchitoches, La., on Saturday, Feb. 19, at 1 p.m.