TAMPA, MARCH 20, 2019 – USF won its fourth consecutive conference matchup after being down 3-1 against Tulsa, to improve to 4-0 in The American Wednesday afternoon at the USF Varsity Tennis Courts.
 
USF (9-7, 4-0 AAC) battled on courts two and three to clinch the doubles point over the Golden Hurricane (11-7, 0-2 AAC). The nation's No. 15 tandem won for Tulsa on court one, 6-1, but USF's Janvhi Clark (Tauranga, New Zealand) and Laura Pellicer Perello (Valencia, Spain) answered with a 6-4 win on court three. USF took a 5-3 lead on court two, but the Golden Hurricane would answer with two points to tie it up, 5-5 on the deciding doubles court. Senior Ana Roman Dominguez (Burgos, Spain) and freshman Amelie Boy (Trianon, Mauritis) won two straight games to close out the match 7-5 and clinch the doubles point.
 
Tulsa was ready to respond in singles, winning courts three, five and two in straight sets to take a 3-1 lead. Freshman Pellicer Perello won her seventh straight match with a three-set, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4, victory on court four to put the Bulls' first singles point on the board.
 
Sophomore Alexandria Mjos (Austin, Texas) won her second singles match of the season when she went to three sets on court six. She won 6-3 in her first set, dropped the second, 6-4, and went on to dominate her third set, 6-2, on court six and tied up the match for USF, 3-3.
 
USF looked to the top court where senior Roman Dominguez was also in her third set. With the match on the line Roman Dominguez battled in her third set and sent the match into the tiebreaker. During the tiebreaker, with Tulsa's Martina Okalova leading 6-5, Roman Dominguez scored a game point, and due to Okalova's language, the match was called in favor of Roman Dominguez, clinching the 3-1 comeback to win 4-3. After beating the No. 98 player 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(6), on court one, Roman Dominguez now has five ranked wins on the season.
 
Quotable
Head coach Cristina Moros on Wednesday's victory:
"This was definitely a warrior effort today to be able to put away a team like Tulsa. I'm just proud of our girls for staying with it."
 
Match Results:
Singles competition:
1. #46 ROMAN, Ana (USF) def. #98 Martina Okalova (TLSW) 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (8-6)
2. Martha Matoula (TLSW) def. KLARIC, Vanja (USF) 6-4, 7-6 (7-4)
3. Vera Ploner (TLSW) def. BOY, Amelie (USF) 6-0, 7-6 (7-4)
4. PELLICER PERELLO, L (USF) def. Shura Poppe (TLSW) 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
5. Megan Hopton (TLSW) def. DZENGA, Nicole (USF) 7-5, 6-3
6. MJOS, Alexandria (USF) def. Marina Davtyan (TLSW) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2
 
Doubles competition:
1. #15 Martina Okalova/Vera Ploner (TLSW) def. DZENGA, Nicole/KLARIC, Vanja (USF) 6-1
2. ROMAN, Ana/BOY, Amelie (USF) def. Martha Matoula/Manon Meulenberg (TLSW) 7-5
3. CLARK, Janvhi/PELLICER PERELLO, L (USF) def. Marina Davtyan/Megan Hopton (TLSW) 6-4
 
Match Notes:
Tulsa 11-7
South Florida 9-7; National ranking #45
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (3,5,2,4,6,1) Official: Kim Bonk T-4:00 A-97
 
Up Next:
USF will host Maryland for its final home match of the season on Saturday, March 23, at noon. Fans can enjoy free pizza at the match.

Be sure to follow USF women's tennis on social media (Twitter / Facebook / Instagram) and visit GoUSFBulls.com for the most up-to-date information. Head coach Cristina Moros will be in her fifth year at the helm, as she led the program to an American Athletic Conference Championship in 2017.