TAMPA, Fla., March 28, 2021 – The University of South Florida women's tennis team pick up its first conference win, 6-1, to defeat Tulane on Sunday at the USF Varsity Tennis Courts.
 
Laura Pellicer (Gandia, Valencia, Spain) and Grace Eland (Manchester, England) started off strong to take court two doubles, 6-1. Tulane (9-8) was able to take court one, 6-3, causing the doubles point to come down to the final court. All eyes on court three, Alex Mjos (Austin, Texas) and Margriet Timmermans (Bergen Op Zoom, Netherlands) were down 3-0, but fought back to clinch the doubles point for the Bulls, 6-4.
 
The Bulls (7-10) used the momentum from doubles and took five out of the six first sets. Timmermans was the first to take a singles court to pick up her seventh win of the season, 6-3, 6-3. Grace Schumacher defeated Tulane's M.C. Meredith in straight sets, 6-2, 6-4 on court two to extend the lead to three. Soon after, Pellicer clinched the match win in straight sets, 6-3, 6-3, followed by Evelyne Tiron (Bucharest, Romania) adding another point for South Florida and her fourth singles win, 6-3, 6-1.
 
As played continued, the Green Wave was able to take court five in a three-set tiebreaker to get their first point of the match. After dropping the first set, 7-5, Amelie Boy (Trianon, Mauritius) fought her way back to take the second set, 7-5, and eventually took the win a tiebreaker, 1-0(10-3).
 
Quotable
Head Coach Cristina Moros on Sunday's win:
"Really proud of our team today and the way they competed against a very dangerous Tulane team. They saw what they can truly accomplish when they decide to make the hard choices together as a group. We need to bring that kind of toughness to every match we play."
 
Match Results:
Singles competition:
1. Laura Pellicer (USF) def. Mackenzie Clark (TLN) 6-3, 6-3
2. Grace Schumacher (USF) def. M.C. Meredith (TLN) 6-2, 6-4
3. Amelie Boy (USF) def. Lahari Yelamanchili (TLN) 5-7, 7-5, 1-0 (10-3)
4. Evelyne Tiron (USF) def. Adelaide Lavery (TLN) 6-3, 6-1
5. Kristen Borland (TLN) def. Alexandria Mjos (USF) 2-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-4)
6. Margriet Timmermans (USF) def. Charlotte Russell (TLN) 6-3, 6-3
Order of Finish: (6,2,1,4,5,3)
 
 
Doubles competition:
1. Mackenzie Clark/M.C. Meredith (TLN) def. Amelie Boy/Grace Schumacher (USF) 6-3
2. Grace Eland/Laura Pellicer (USF) def. Kristen Borland/Adelaide Lavery (TLN) 6-1
3. Alexandria Mjos/Margriet Timmermans (USF) def. Lahari Yelamanchili/Charlotte Russell (TLN) 6-4
Order of Finish: (2,1,3)
 
Up Next:
South Florida goes on the road to Miami, Fla. to face No. 27 Rice on Saturday at 11 a.m. followed by FIU on Sunday at 12 p.m.
 
About Women's Tennis
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 sixth year at the helm, as she led the program to an American Athletic Conference Championship in 2017.