2013 Tulsa Women's Tennis
2013 Tulsa Women’s Tennis Contact: AJ Harrison l Phone: 918.631-3720 l Email: [email protected] l Twitter: @ajharrison1 TulsaHurricane.com l Facebook.com/TulsaWTennis l Twitter.com/TulsaWTennis Release No. 7 l February 28, 2013
Five Conference USA Championships l Eight NCAA Tournament Appearances 2013 Schedule Date Opponent/Event SEPTEMBER 21-23 @ Aces For The Cure
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Location
OCTOBER 5-7 @ Razorback Invitational 18-22 USTA/ITA Central Regional
Time/Res.
Kansas City, Kan.
All Day
Fayetteville, Ark. Case Tennis Center
All Day All Day
NOVEMBER 2-4 @ Memphis Invitational Memphis, Tenn. 8-11 @ USTA/ITA National Indoor Championship Flushing, N.Y.
All Day All Day
JANUARY 20 UALR 20 Oral Roberts 26 vs. No. 20 Clemson! 27 vs. No. 55 Memphis! 31 No. 64 Wichita State
Case Tennis Center Case Tennis Center Tuscaloosa, Ala. Tuscaloosa, Ala. Case Tennis Center
W, 7-0 W, 7-0 L, 4-0 W, 4-3 W, 6-1
Case Tennis Center Manhattan, Kan. Lawrence, Kan. Norman, Okla. Fayetteville, Ark. Fayetteville, Ark.
W, 5-2 L, 4-3 W, 6-1 L, 4-3 W, 6-1 L, 4-3
Stillwater, Okla. Case Tennis Center Dallas, Texas Denton, Texas San Francisco, Calif. San Francisco, Calif. Case Tennis Center
3 pm 12 pm 12 pm 12 pm 2 pm 1 pm 12 pm
Case Tennis Center Case Tennis Center Case Tennis Center Case Tennis Center Houston, Texas
4 pm 11 am 4 pm 11 am TBA
FEBRUARY 3 No. 32 Rice 9 @ No. 61 Kansas State 10 @ Kansas 16 @ No. 41 Oklahoma 23 vs. No. 61 Ohio State 24 @ No 44 Arkansas MARCH 1 @ No. 27 Oklahoma State 3 South Alabama 8 @ SMU* 9 @ North Texas 18 @ San Francisco 19 @ Saint Mary’s 30 Notre Dame APRIL 5 7 12 14 18-21
Louisville Houston* UTA Memphis* @ Conference USA Championship$
MAY 10-27 NCAA Division I Men’s Tennis Championship * Conference USA Match ! ITA National Team Indoor Championship $ Conference USA Championship, hosted by Houston All Times Central Standard Time
Name Carol Benito Isaura Enrique Michelle Farley Renata Kuricova Belén Rivera Saana Saarteinen Maria Sant’Anna Samantha Vickers
Ht 5-5 5-3 5-7 5-7 5-5.5 5-9 5-4 5-9
Tulsa
2013 Record: 7-4 ITA Team Ranking: No. 28 Head Coach: Dean Orford Career Record: 158-46 Nationally Ranked Players: Singles: No. 124 Samantha Vickers Doubles: No. 9 Samantha Vickers/ Isaura Enrique
Oklahoma State
2013 Record: 6-1 ITA Team Ranking: No. 27 Head Coach: Chris Young Nationally Ranked Players: Singles No. 58 Malika Rose
2013 Record: 4-3 ITA Team Ranking: N/A Head Coach: Jacko Keyser Nationally Ranked Players: N/A
TULSA RETURNS HOME FOR PAIR OF MATCHES The University of Tulsa women’s tennis team returns home after a five-match road swing. TU will open the weekend facing No. 27 Oklahoma State in a 4 p.m. tilt on Friday, March 1 before wrapping the weekend up with a noon tilt on Sunday, March 3, against South Alabama. THE FIRST SERVE • Under Head Coach Dean Orford, TU holds a 5-1 record against Oklahoma State, and is 1-0 against South Alabama. • The Golden Hurricane is riding a 39-home match winning streak and TU is a perfect 4-0 at home this season. • Samantha Vickers is 8-1 in singles matches during the spring campaign, while Isaura Enrique also holds an 8-1 ledger. • The doubles tandem of Samantha Vickers and Isaura Enrique hold a 7-2 record through four matches of play this year. • After this weekend,Tulsa will hit the road for the final time during the regular season. The Hurricane will travel to Texas to Face SMU and North Texas next weekend, and will travel to San Francisco to face San Francisco and Saint Mary’s March 18 and 19.
2013 Tulsa Golden Hurricane Roster
Cl-Exp Fr-HS So-1L Sr-3L Fr-HS Fr-HS Fr-HS Jr-2L Jr-2L
South Alabama
Hometown/Previous School New Dehli, India (Vasant Valley School) Villarrica, Paraguay (Gimnasio Paulino) Dorset, England (Ferndown Upper School) Zilina, Slovakia (Sportove Gymnazium) Salta, Argentina (Centro Educacional Jaime Escalante) Tampere, Finland (Sammon Keskuslukio) Sao Paulo, Brazil (Libere Vivere HS) Lincolnshire, England (Loughborough College)
Coaches Dean Orford (Tulsa, ’92), 8th Year – Head Coach Kali Krisik (Notre Dame, ’10), 2nd Year – Assistant Coach
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Conference Championships: 5 (C-USA - 2007-08, 2010-12)) NCAA Tournament Appearances: 8 (2000, 2004, 2007-12)
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Rk. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48
Avg 90.24 77.05 75.73 71.12 60.60 59.63 58.80 56.80 52.22 51.55 50.07 47.86 47.67 39.36 39.24 35.13 34.63 34.52 30.75 28.19 26.82 26.33 26.12 25.37 25.23 24.77 24.27 23.85 22.74 21.28 19.19 19.10 18.95 18.79 18.65 16.96 16.23 16.09 15.90 15.69 15.58 13.69 13.68 13.66 13.30 12.82 12.76 12.69
School North Carolina Duke University UCLA University of Florida University of Alabama Texas A&M University University of Georgia Northwestern University California University of Nebraska University of Southern California Vanderbilt University University of Michigan Purdue University University of Miami (Florida) Florida State University Auburn University University of Notre Dame Texas Tech University TCU Arizona State University Univ. of Memphis Clemson University Baylor University College of William and Mary Stanford Oklahoma State University University of Tulsa University of Texas at Austin UC Irvine Yale University Kansas State University of Illinois Rice University Penn State University University of Washington University of Oklahoma Georgia State University Long Beach State University San Diego State University Georgia Tech University of Mississippi University of South Carolina Saint Mary’s College of California North Carolina State Columbia University University of North Texas University of Virginia
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12.61 12.57
University of San Diego University of Arkansas
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STREAKING AT HOME Tulsa is currently riding a 39-match win streak at the friendly confines of Case Tennis Center. The streak began Feb. 21, 2010 with a 6-1 triumph over Kansas. The Golden Hurricane won its last 10 home matches in 2010, which included all three matches in the 2010 Conference USA Championship. Tulsa followed that up with an unblemished 14-0 mark at home in 2011, and the team won all 11 matches at home last season. TU is also a perfect 4-0 at home this season. The last time TU fell at Case Tennis Center was Feb. 17, 2010, when the blue and gold dropped a narrow 4-3 decision to in-state rival Oklahoma. Coach Dean Orford has posted a ridiculous 100-11 (.901) home record during his seven-plus seasons at the helm of the women’s program. LAST TIME OUT: No. 61 Ohio State (February 23, 2013) The Tulsa women’s tennis squad, ranked No. 33 in the country, picked up a 6-1 victory over No. 61 Ohio State in a neutral-site match at the Billingsley Tennis Center on Saturday. In doubles play, junior Samantha Vickers and sophomore Isaura Enrique, ranked No. 12 in the nation, dispatched Kelsey Dieters and Kara Cecil, 8-2 at the No. 1 flight. TU secured the point at No. 2 doubles as senior Michelle Farley and freshman Saana Saarteinen took down Fidan Manashirova and Gabby Steele, 8-6. At No. 1 singles, in a duel featuring two top-60 singles player in No. 53 Dieters of OSU and No. 55 Vickers of TU, Vickers cruised to a 6-2, 6-2, triumph to give TU a 2-0 lead. The Buckeyes cut the TU lead in half as Manashirova, ranked No. 93 in singles play, defeated Tulsa junior Maria Sant’Anna, 6-3, 6-4 at the No. 4 flight. Farley gave the Hurricane a 3-1 advantage defeating Steel at No. 3 singles, 6-3, 7-5, and Saarteinen clinched the win for TU with a 7-5, 8-6 win over Grainne O’Neal at the No. 5 flight. Also picking up wins for TU were freshman Carol Benito, who claimed a 7-5, 6-2 win over Noelle Malley at No. 6 singles, and Enrique, who defeated Cecil 6-0, 4-6, 6-1 at No. 2 singles No. 44 Arkansas (February 24, 2013) The No. 33-ranked Tulsa women’s tennis squad dropped a 4-3 decision to No. 44 Arkansas at the Billingsley Tennis Center. The Golden Hurricane (7-4) picked up the doubles point and wins at the top of the singles lineup, but Arkansas (5-5) rallied earning triumphs at the bottom four singles flights. In doubles action, No. 12-ranked Samantha Vickers and Isaura Enrique picked up an 8-4 victory over Kimberly-Ann Surin and Sarah McLean at the No. 1 flight, and Michelle Farley and Saana Saarteinen earned a 9-8 (7-5) win over Claudine Paulson and Ana Hernandez at the No. 2 slot to give TU a 1-0 lead. Arkansas took a 2-1 lead picking up wins at the No. 4 and 5 flights, but TU fought back to take a 3-2 lead. Enrique defeated Claudine Paulson 6-3, 6-3 to knot the match at two apiece, and Vickers, ranked No. 55 in the country, defeated Yang Pang 6-2, 6-3 to put the Hurricane up 3-2. The Razorbacks tied the match up at three after McLean beat Farley, 6-3, 6-3 at No. 3 singles. At No. 6 singles, TU freshman Carol Benito won the first set 6-3, but Brittany Huxley of Arkansas rallied to defeat Benito 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 to clinch the match for the Razorbacks. TREACHEROUS SLATE AWAITS GOLDEN HURRICANE Tulsa will face 13 ranked foes this year. TU has four more matches against ranked foes at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center in No. 27 Oklahoma State, No. 18 Notre Dame, No. 70 Louisville and No. 22 Memphis. OSU MATCH MOVED TO MICHAEL D. CASE TENNIS CENTER he University of Tulsa women’s tennis match scheduled against Oklahoma State on Friday, March 1, has been moved to the Michael D. Case Tennis Center, it was announced today. The Golden Hurricane will face the Cowgirls in a 4 p.m. tilt inside the confines
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Twitter.com/TulsaHurricane • Twitter.com/TulsaWTennis of the Case Tennis Center. The match was originally scheduled for a 3 p.m. start in Stillwater, Okla. TU will wrap up the weekend facing South Alabama in a 12 p.m. affair on Sunday, March 3. VICKERS NAMED C-USA PLAYER OF THE WEEK Junior Samantha Vickers was named C-USA Player of the week for her play during the week of Jan. 28- Feb 3, the league annouced. Vickers led the Golden Hurricane to two victories over ranked opponents that weekend as the No. 124 singles player in the nation went 4-0. Vickers defeated Lucia Kovalova of Wichita State 6-2, 6-1 as TU defeated No. 64 Wichita State 6-1. Against No. 32 Rice, Vickers defeated No. 50 ranked Natalie Beazant 6-2, 6-0. She teamed up with sophomore Isaura Enrique to win both doubles matches. The Tulsa tandem defeated Lucia Kovalova and Veronika Blaskova of WSU 8-2, and took down No. 56 Natalie Beazant and Dominque Harmath of Rice 8-3. Vickers and Enrique were ranked No. 9 in the nation and are a perfect 4-0 on the season. LAST TIME AGAINST THIS WEEK’S OPPONENTS Oklahoma State (March 27, 2013) The No. 29-ranked University of Tulsa women’s tennis team defeated No. 41 Oklahoma State 5-2 Tuesday afternoon at DeBois Tennis Complex. TU (13-3) has now won six of its last seven matches, while the Cowgirls (10-4) saw their recent four-match win streak come to an end. The Golden Hurricane started play by taking the doubles point. The No. 60-ranked senior team of Anastasia Erofeeva and Ewa Szatkowska topped Kanyapat Narattana and Malika Rose 8-2 on the top court. Junior Michelle Farley and sophomore Maria Sant’Anna secured the opening point of the match by defeating C.C. Sardinha and Isabela Miro 8-5 at the third flight. Senior Bonny Davidson and sophomore Samantha Vickers were unable to make it a clean sweep as they fell 8-4 to Meghan Blevins and Mary Jeremiah on the second court. Jeremiah opened singles play with a 6-3, 6-2 triumph over Davidson on the sixth singles court. Oklahoma State went ahead 2-1 after Blevins defeated Szatkowska 6-2, 6-2 at the third position, but the Golden Hurricane was able to bring the proceedings back on even terms after Farley dropped Miro 6-1, 6-4 at the fifth flight. Tulsa took the final four courts, and freshman Isaura Enrique gave the road side a 3-2 advantage after she defeated Narattana 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 at the fourth position. No. 91-ranked Erofeeva clinched the team victory after she took down No. 114-ranked Sardinha 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 at the top of the lineup. Erofeeva’s two victories give her a school-record 205 combined wins for her career. She broke a tie for first place at 203 wins with Aleksandra Durska (1999-03). Erofeeva is 12-3 in singles play this spring. No. 67 Vickers made the final score 5-2 after she defeated Rose 4-6, 6-4, 6-0 on Court 2. She now owns an 11-2 record this spring. South Alabama (March 29, 2008) The University of Tulsa’s women’s tennis team upset the No. 52 South Alabama Jaguars, 5-2, on a cold and windy Saturday morning at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center. The Golden Hurricane won the dual by winning five of the six singles matches, after dropping the doubles point. Junior Carla Zabaleta clinched the match for Tulsa at the No. 3 position, defeating Erica Krisan after losing the first set, 1-6, 6-3, 6-1. TU’s first singles victory came from sophomore Marta Marcinkowska, who beat Sylvanie Spangenberg, 6-2, 6-2 at the No. 5 position. Marcinkowska is now 9-3 on the season after her victory. Freshman Alexandra Kichoutkin picked up Tulsa’s second victory and her 17th of the season. Kichoutkin downed Adrianna Solarova, 6-1, 7-5, at the No. 1 position. The Golden Hurricane’s third singles win came at the No. 4 position, with sophomore Rebecca Row defeating Katie Welch, 6-2, 6-3. With the win, Row is now 11-6 on the season. Tulsa’s final singles victory came from junior Thalia Diaz-Barriga at the No. 2 position, who upset No. 123 Michaela Babicova, 1-6, 7-6 (8-6), 1-0 (11-9). In TU’s lone singles defeat, senior Agostina Santoro fell to Jelena Krivacevic, 7-5, 6-4, at the No. 6 position. TU lost the doubles point after dropping two of the three matches. The Golden
2013 Golden Hurricane Women’s Tennis Tulsa in the NCAA Tournament Year Opponent Result 2012 Stephen F. Austin W, 4-0 Baylor L, 4-0 2011
Nebraska Michigan
W, 4-2 L, 4-1
2010
North Texas Baylor
W, 4-2 L, 4-0
2009
TCU
2008
TCU Baylor
2007
Tennessee
L, 4-0
2004
Oklahoma
L, 4-1
2000
Minnesota Northwestern
W, 4-3 L, 4-1
W, 5-3 L, 5-0
Tulsa Class Breakdown Seniors Michelle Farley Juniors Maria Sant’Anna Samantha Vickers Sophomore Isaura Enrique Freshmen Carol Benito Renata Kuricova Belen Rivera Saana Saarteinen
The Tulsa Key We are...The University of Tulsa, not Tulsa University. We are...TU, not UT. We are...the Golden Hurricane, not Hurricanes (no “s”).
Conference Championships: 5 (C-USA - 2007-08, 2010-12)) NCAA Tournament Appearances: 8 (2000, 2004, 2007-12)
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OPPONENT RECORD Arizona 0-1 Arkansas 2-5 Arkansas-Little Rock 7-0 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 1-0 Arkansas State 1-0 Baylor 0-3 Boston College 0-1 Brown 1-0 Cameron 1-0 Central Oklahoma 1-0 Clemson 0-1 Colorado State 1-0 Creighton 1-0 Denver 0-1 Drake 1-0 East Central 2-0 East Carolina* 3-0 Florida International 1-1 Harvard 0-1 Houston* 3-1 Indiana State 2-0 Iowa 1-1 Iowa State 1-0 Kansas 7-1 Kansas State 6-2 Lamar 1-0 Louisiana-Lafayette 2-0 Louisville 4-1 Loyola Marymount 1-0 LSU 4-3 Marshall* 6-0 Memphis* 5-0 Michigan 0-1 Middle Tennessee State 1-0 Mississippi State 2-0 Missouri State 1-0 N.C. State 1-0
OPPONENT Nebraska New Mexico North Texas Northern Illinois Northwestern Notre Dame Ohio State Oklahoma Oklahoma Baptist Oklahoma State Ole Miss Oral Roberts Pacific Pepperdine Prairie View A&M Rice* Saint Louis Sam Houston State Seminole State SMU* South Alabama Southern Miss* Stephen F. Austin TCU Tennessee Texas Texas A&M Texas Southern Texas Tech Tulane* UAB* UC Davis UCF* UCLA UTEP* UT Arlington Washington State Wichita State
Orford’s Overall Record - 158-46 (.784) Orford’s Overall Home Record - 100-11 (.901) Pronunciation Guide
Isaura (e-SAH-ruh) Enrique (in-REEK-ay) Saana (like Sauna) Saarteinen (SAR-tea-en-in) Belen (be-LIN) Rivera Maria Sant’Anna (like Santana)
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RECORD 4-1 1-0 7-0 1-0 0-1 0-1 1-0 4-4 2-0 5-1 1-1 14-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 9-1 4-0 1-0 2-0 6-4 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-2 0-2 1-0 0-1 1-0 1-0 2-0 1-0 0-0 2-0 0-1 1-0 2-0 1-0 5-2
Hurricane’s lone doubles win came at the No. 2 position, with the pair of Diaz-Barriga / Marcinkowska beating the team of Babicova / Welch, 8-1. But after winning the first doubles match, TU fell in the next two. At the No. 1 position, Row / Zabaleta lost to the 35th-ranked pair of Solarova / Spangenberg, 8-3. The duo of Kichoutkin / Webster fell to Krisan / Krivacevic, 8-4. TULSA EARNS NO. 25 PRESEASON RANK The University of Tulsa will begin the 2012 spring campaign as the No. 25-ranked team in the nation, according to the Intercollegiate Tennis Association rankings released January 3. Junior Samantha Vickers and sophomore Isaura Enrique were ranked No. 9 in doubles, the highest ranking in program history. Vickers also checked in at the No. 124 spot in singles. VICKERS, ENRIQUE SHINE AT NATIONAL INDOORS Junior Samantha Vickers and sophomore Isaura Enrique advanced to the quarterfinals of the National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships in Flushing, N.Y. After receiving a first round bye, the Tulsa tandem dispatched USC’s Gabriella DeSimone and Zoe Scandalis before falling to the tournament runner-ups Li Xi and Stephanie Nauta in the quarterfinals. VICKERS, ENRIQUE WIN DOUBLES TITLE AT USTA/ITA CENTRAL REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Junior Sam Vickers and sophomore Isaura Enrique defeated Kansas State’s Petra Niedermayerova and Ivana Kubicova in the doubles finals at the USTA/ITA Central Regional Championship. The Tulsa tandem dispatched the Wildcats 8-3 in the finals to secure a berth to the National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships. Vickers and Enrique are the first Golden Hurricane players since Jana Sedivecc and Jennifer DeSpain to win the regional title in doubles play. In singles play, Vickers, ranked No. 44 in the preseason ITA rankings, faced Niedermayerova in a tilt featuring the tournament’s number one and number two seeds. Vickers fell to Nidermayerova, the No. 14 ranked player in the nation, 6-1, 7-5. TULSA WINS FIFTH CONFERENCE USA CHAMPIONSHIP IN LAST SIX YEARS The Golden Hurricane went to Memphis, Tenn., looking to defend its league title, and the team did exactly that by winning the 2012 Conference USA Women’s Tennis Championship. TU took down No. 40 Rice in the championship match April 22 by a 4-2 margin. Tulsa won its third-straight league crown and its fifth title in the last six years, marking the most dominant stretch in C-USA history. The five championships are the most by any team in league history, and Tulsa became just the second program in league history to claim three-straight championships (Tulane 2003-05). The Golden Hurricane topped East Carolina 4-0 in the quarterfinals and then survived a 4-3 scare from Memphis in the semifinals before beating the Owls in the finals.
Conference Championships: 5 (C-USA - 2007-08, 2010-12)) NCAA Tournament Appearances: 8 (2000, 2004, 2007-12)
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Twitter.com/TulsaHurricane • Twitter.com/TulsaWTennis ENTIRE TU SINGLES LINEUP GARNER POSTSEASON HONORS, ORFORD NAMED COACH OF YEAR A league-record six members of the Tulsa women’s tennis team earned Conference USA postseason accolades. The number tied last year’s Tulsa squad and Tulane’s 2004 team with the most honorees by one team in league history. Senior Anastasia Erofeeva and sophomore Samantha Vickers led the way for the Golden Hurricane, as both members of the team were named to the All-Conference USA Singles First Team for the first time in their respective careers. Senior Ewa Szatkowska and freshman Isaura Enrique were both named to the All-Conference USA Singles Second Team, while senior Bonny Davidson and junior Michelle Farley were both named to the All-Conference USA Third Team. Szatkowska was on the third team and Farley made the second team last season. Davidson and Enrique earned their first-career laurels. The doubles team of Erofeeva and Szatkowska were named to the All-Conference USA Doubles Second Team. Coach Dean Orford shared Conference USA Coach of the Year honors with Rice’s Elizabeth Schmidt. This was his first time splitting the award, and he has been named coach of the year five of the last six seasons. TULSA AT THE C-USA CHAMPIONSHIP Tulsa has competed in seven C-USA Championships since joining the league in 2005-06, and the Golden Hurricane has captured five of the last six titles. TU began its run in 2007, when the team defeated third-seed Marshall 4-0 in the finals. The Golden Hurricane has been the No. 1 seed in four of the last six tournaments (2007-08, 2011-12) and the No. 2 seed the other two years (2009-10). Tulsa defeated Marshall in the championship match during its first three title runs (2007-08, ‘10), the team topped SMU 4-3 in last year’s final, and the Golden Hurricane defeated Rice 4-2 to win the 2012 championship. Tulsa owns an all-time record of 18-2 (.900) in the Conference USA Championship, and the team has advanced to the finals each of the last five years.
Tulsa In The ITA Rankings Team Rankings Jan. 3 #25 Jan. 22 #24 Jan. 30 #23 Feb. 12 #28 Feb. 19 #33 Feb. 26 #28 Singles Rankings Jan. 3 Samantha Vickers Isaura Enrique NR Michelle Farley NR Feb. 12 Samantha Vickers Feb. 26 Samantha Vickers Doubles Rankings Jan. 3 Samantha Vickers/Isaura Enrique Michelle Farley/Saana Saarteinen Feb. 12 Samantha Vickers/Isaura Enrique Feb. 26 Samantha Vickers/Isaura Enrique
R/N 5/124 12/ 13 / -/55 -/59 R/N 1/9 8/NR -/12 -/19
EROFEEVA ENDS HER CAREER WITH 2 SCHOOL RECORDS Senior Anastasia Erofeeva ended her illustrious career as Tulsa’s all-time record holder for career doubles wins (107) and career combined wins (218). She is also second all-time with 111 singles victories. She is the first player in school history to win 100 doubles matches, and she is also the first player in school history to hit triple digits in both singles and doubles. Fellow senior Ewa Szatkowska teamed with Erofeeva for 82 of those 107 doubles victories. Szatkowska ended her career with 93 career doubles victories of her own, which is second on the school’s all-time charts. Her 88 singles wins are sixth in school history, and she is fourth all-time with 181 career combined victories. Junior Michelle Farley is eighth on the school charts with 75 singles wins and she is ninth with 126 combined wins. Sophomore Samantha Vickers won 32 singles matches in 2011-12, which was the third-most in a single season in school history. Erofeeva and Farley both won 29 singles matches to tie for ninth-most in a single season in school history. TULSA SETS SCHOOL RECORD FOR WEEKLY ACCOLADES The Golden Hurricane won a school-record six Conference USA Women’s Tennis Athlete of the Week honors in 2012, breaking the old mark of five weekly laurels set in 2008. Those six honors were split by senior Anastasia Erofeeva (Jan. 31, March 13, March 20) and sophomore Samantha Vickers (Jan. 24, April 3, April 17). Erofeeva and Vickers each captured three accolades in 2012, which tied the school record . TU FINISHES 18TH IN FINAL FALL LEARFIELD CUP STANDINGS After the completion of all the fall NCAA Championships, The University of Tulsa is ranked 18th in the Division I Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup standings. Tulsa has totaled 239 points and is the highest ranked team in Conference USA and in the state of Oklahoma. The next closest C-USA teams are SMU, ranked 56th, and UCF, ranked 58th. In the state of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State is ranked 24th and Oklahoma is 27th.
Conference USA Player of the Week January 22 January 29 February 5 February 12 February 19 February 26
Courtney Collins, Memphis Dominique Harmath, Rice Samantha Vickers, Tulsa Genevieve Lorbergs, UCF Liza Tymchenko, Memphis Courtney Collins, Memphis
Conference Championships: 5 (C-USA - 2007-08, 2010-12)) NCAA Tournament Appearances: 8 (2000, 2004, 2007-12)
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2012-13 TULSA WOMEN’S TENNIS SEASIB STATISTICS Overall record: 7-4 • C-USA: 1-0 • Home: 4-0 • Away: 1-3• Neutral: 2-1 vs. National ranked: 1-1
SINGLES Overall Dual Tour CUSA 1 2 3 4 5 6 Nat’l Reg’l Strk Last10 Carol Benito 12-9 5-6 7-3 0-1 --- --- --- 2-0 1-2 2-4 0-0 0-1 L1 4-6 Isaura Enrique 12-5 8-1 4-4 1-0 --- 8-1 --- --- --- --- 0-1 0-0 W4 8-1 Michelle Farley 13-8 7-3 6-5 1-0 --- 1-0 5-3 1-0 --- --- 0-1 1-1 L1 7-3 Renata Kuricova 8-7 3-1 5-6 0-0 --- --- --- --- 2-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 W1 5-4 Belen Rivera 8-1 2-0 6-1 0-0 --- --- --- --- --- 2-0 0-0 0-0 W7 8-1 Saana Saarteinen12-9 5-5 7-4 0-1 --- --- 2-0 1-1 2-4 --- 0-1 0-0 L1 5-5 Maria Sant’Anna 11-7 4-4 7-3 1-0 1-0 --- 0-1 3-3 --- --- 0-1 0-0 L2 5-5 Samantha Vickers18-3 8-1 10-2 1-0 8-1 --- --- --- --- --- 4-2 0-0 W4 8-1 Totals 94-49 42-21 52-28 4-2 9-1 9-1 7-4 7-4 5-6 5-5 4-6 1-2 Percentage .657 .667 .650 .667 .900 .900 .636 .636 .455 .500 .400 .333 DOUBLES TEAMS Isaura Enrique/Samantha Vickers Michelle Farley/Saana Saarteinen Renata Kuricova/Maria Sant’Anna Carol Benito/Belen Rivera Isaura Enrique/Renata Kuricova Renata Kuricova/Belen Rivera Totals Percentage
Date Sep 22, 2012 Oct 5, 2012 Oct 17, 2012 Nov 02, 2013 Nov 7, 2012 Jan 20, 2013 Jan 20, 2013 Jan. 26, 2013 Jan. 27, 2013 Jan 31, 2013 Feb 03, 2013 Feb 09, 2013 Feb 10, 2013 Feb 16, 2013 Feb 23, 2013 Feb 24, 2013
DOUBLES Carol Benito Isaura Enrique Michelle Farley Renata Kuricova Belen Rivera Saana Saarteinen Maria Sant’Anna Samantha Vickers Totals Percentage
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Overall Dual Tour CUSA 1 2 3 Nat’l Reg’l Streak Last10 20-3 7-2 13-1 1-0 7-2 --- --- 5-2 1-0 W 2 8-2 12-9 5-4 7-5 0-0 --- 5-4 --- 0-0 0-1 W 2 5-5 10-7 4-2 6-5 1-0 --- --- 4-2 0-1 0-1 L 1 5-5 6-6 0-0 6-6 0-0 --- --- --- 0-1 0-0 W 1 5-5 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 --- --- --- 0-0 0-0 L 1 0-1 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 --- --- 1-1 0-0 0-0 W 1 1-1 49-27 17-9 32-18 2-0 7-2 5-4 5-3 5-4 1-2 .645 .654 .640 1.000 .778 .556 .625 .556 .333
Opponent Result Score Aces For The Cure Razorback Classic ITA Central Region Championship Memphis Invitational National Indoor Intercollegiate Champion UALR W 7-0 ORAL ROBERTS W 7-0 vs. #20 CLEMSON L 0-4 vs Memphis W 4-3 #64 WICHITA STATE W 6-1 #32 RICE W 5-2 at #60 Kansas State L 3-4 at Kansas W 5-2 at #41 Oklahoma L 3-4 vs #61 Ohio State W 6-1 at #44 ARKANSAS L 3-4
Overall CUSA Kansas City, Mo. Fayetteville, Ark. Tulsa, Okla. Memphis, Tenn. Flushing, N.Y. 1-0-0 0-0-0 2-0-0 0-0-0 2-1-0 0-0-0 3-1-0 0-0-0 4-1-0 0-0-0 5-1-0 1-0-0 5-2-0 1-0-0 6-2-0 1-0-0 6-3-0 1-0-0 7-3-0 1-0-0 7-4-0 1-0-0
Nation
#25 #25 #24 #24 #23 #23 #23 #23 #28 #33 #33
Overall Dual Tour CUSA 1 2 3 Nat’l Reg’l 6-6 0-0 6-6 0-0 --- --- --- 0-0 0-0 20-4 7-2 13-2 1-0 7-2 --- --- 0-0 0-0 12-9 5-4 7-5 0-0 --- 5-4 --- 0-0 0-0 11-9 5-3 6-6 1-0 --- --- 5-3 0-0 0-0 7-7 1-1 6-6 0-0 --- --- 1-1 0-0 0-0 12-9 5-4 7-5 0-0 --- 5-4 --- 0-0 0-0 10-7 4-2 6-5 1-0 --- --- 4-2 0-0 0-0 20-3 7-2 13-1 1-0 7-2 --- --- 0-0 0-0 49-27 17-9 32-18 2-0 7-2 5-4 5-3 5-4 1-2 .645 .654 .640 1.000 .778 .556 .625 .556 .333
Conference Championships: 5 (C-USA - 2007-08, 2010-12)) NCAA Tournament Appearances: 8 (2000, 2004, 2007-12)
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2013 Golden Hurricane Women’s Tennis
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2012-13 TULSA WOMEN’S TENNIS MATCH BY MATCH RESULTS No. 25 Tulsa 7, UALR 0 Jan 20, 2013 at Tulsa, Okla. - Michael D. Case Tennis Center
No. 24 Tulsa 4, No. 52 Memphis 3 Jan. 27, 2013 at Tuscaloosa, Ala. -Roberta Alison Baumgardner Tennis Fac.
Singles competition 1. #124 Samantha Vickers (TLS) def. Veronique Luksich (UALR) 6-2, 6-2 2. Michelle Farley (TLS) def. Viktoriya Plyuta (UALR) 6-0, 6-2 3. Saana Saarteinen (TLS) def. Yana Kakovkina (UALR) 6-2, 6-1 4. Carol Benito (TLS) def. Dane’ Vorster (UALR) 6-3, 6-4 5. Renata Kuricova (TLS) def. Amsallem, Christel (UALR) 6-1, 6-0 6. Belen Rivera (TLS) def. Kamilla Galieva (UALR) 6-2, 6-3
Singles competition 1. #124 Samantha Vickers (TLS) def. Courtney Collins (MEM) 6-1, 6-1 2. Isaura Enrique (TLS) def. Stefanie Mikesz (MEM) 6-3, 6-1 3. Michelle Farley (TLS) def. Liza Tymchenko (MEM) 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 4. Saana Saarteinen (TLS) def. Alyssa Hibberd (MEM) 6-2, 6-3 5. Skylar Kuykendall (MEM) def. Carol Benito (TLS) 7-5, 6-1 6. Caroline Wegner (MEM) def. Renata Kuricova (TLS) 6-3, 6-1
Doubles competition 1. #9 Samantha Vickers/Isaura Enrique (TLS) def. Viktoriya Plyuta/Yana Kakovkina (UALR) 8-0 2. Michelle Farley/Saana Saarteinen (TLS) def. Dane’ Vorster/Amsallem, Christel (UALR) 8-2 3. Maria Sant’Anna/Renata Kuricova (TLS) vs. Veronique Luksich/Kamilla Galieva (UALR) 7-4, unfinished
Doubles competition 1. #9 Samantha Vickers/Isaura Enrique (TLS) def. #18 Courtney Collins/Kelly Gray (MEM) 8-4 2. Tiffany Welcher/Alyssa Hibberd (MEM) def. Michelle Farley/Saana Saarteinen (TLS) 8-6 3. #35 Caroline Wegner/Stefanie Mikesz (MEM) def. Maria Sant’Anna/Renata Kuricova (TLS) 8-4
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2); Singles (,2,3,6,1,4)
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (6,4,1,2,5,3)
No. 25 Tulsa 7, Oral Roberts 0 Jan 20, 2012 at Tulsa, Okla. - Michael D. Case Tennis Center
No. 23 Tulsa 6, No. 64 Wichita State 1 Jan. 31, 2013 at Tulsa, Okla. - Michael D. Case Tennis Center
Singles competition 1. Maria Sant’Anna (TLS) def. Melanie Marlin (ORU) 6-1, 7-5 2. Isaura Enrique (TLS) def. Tori Dollar (ORU) 6-0, 6-0 3. Saana Saarteinen (TLS) def. Marizanne Bouwer (ORU) 6-1, 6-1 4. Carol Benito (TLS) def. Rachel Scroggs (ORU) 6-0, 6-0 5. Renata Kuricova (TLS) def. Natalia Dollar (ORU) 6-1, 6-0 6. Belen Rivera (TLS) def. Brittany Smith (ORU) 6-0, 6-0
Singles competition 1. #124 Samantha Vickers (TLS) def. Lucia Kovalova (WSUW) 6-2, 6-1 2. Isaura Enrique (TLS) def. Rebecca Pedrazzi (WSUW) 6-1, 4-6, 1-0 3. S. Mahajaroenkul (WSUW) def. Maria Sant’Anna (TLS) 7-6, 2-6, 1-0 4. Michelle Farley (TLS) def. Carla Venticinque (WSUW) 6-3, 6-2 5. Carol Benito (TLS) def. Montse B. Fernandez (WSUW) 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) 6. Renata Kuricova (TLS) def. Julia Schiller (WSUW) 6-2, 6-4
Doubles competition 1. #9 Samantha Vickers/Isaura Enrique (TLS) vs. Tori Dollar/Melanie Marlin (ORU) 4-3, unfinished 2. Michelle Farley/Saana Saarteinen (TLS) def. Marizanne Bouwer/Rachel Scroggs (ORU) 8-0 3. Renata Kuricova/Maria Sant’Anna (TLS) def. Natalia Dollar/Brittany Smith (ORU) 8-1
Doubles competition 1. #9 Samantha Vickers/Isaura Enrique (TLS) def. Lucia Kovalova/Veronika Blaskova (WSUW) 8-2 2. Michelle Farley/Saana Saarteinen (TLS) vs. Carla Venticinque/Rebecca Pedrazzi (WSUW) 7-5, unfinished 3. Belen Rivera/Renata Kuricova (TLS) def. S. Mahajaroenkul/Montse B. Fernandez (WSUW) 8-4 Order of finish: Doubles (1,3); Singles (1,6,4,2,5,3)
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3); Singles (5,6,2,4,3,1) No. 20 Clemson 4, No. 24 Tulsa 0 Jan. 26, 2013 at Tuscaloosa, Ala. -Roberta Alison Baumgardner Tennis Fac. Singles competition 1. #124 Samantha Vickers (TLS) vs. #32 Yana Koroleva (CU) 6-7, 2-2, unfinished 2. Isaura Enrique (TLS) vs. Anne-Liz Jeukeng (CU) 5-7, 1-4, unfinished 3. Beatrice Gumulya (CU) def. Michelle Farley (TLS) 6-3, 6-3 4. Tristen Dewar (CU) def. Saana Saarteinen (TLS) 6-3, 6-2 5. Romy Koelzer (CU) def. Carol Benito (TLS) 6-2, 7-6 (7-1) 6. Renata Kuricova (TLS) vs. Ani Miao (CU) 6-2, 2-4, unfinished
No. 23 Tulsa 5, No. 29 Rice 2 Jan. 27, 2013 at Tulsa, Okla. - Michael D. Case Tennis Center Singles competition 1. #124 Samantha Vickers (TLS) def. #50 Natalie Beazant (RICE) 6-2, 6-0 2. Isaura Enrique (TLS) def. Dominique Harmath (RICE) 6-3, 6-1 3. Michelle Farley (TLS) def. Katie Gater (RICE) 6-2, 6-3 4. Maria Sant’Anna (TLS) def. Kimberly Anicete (RICE) 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (7-4) 5. Liat Zimmerman (RICE) def. Saana Saarteinen (TLS) 6-4, 6-2 6. Solomiya Zinko (RICE) def. Carol Benito (TLS) 6-3, 6-4
Doubles competition 1. #9 Samantha Vickers/Isaura Enrique (TLS) vs. Tristen Dewar/Yana Koroleva (CU) 7-7, unfinished 2. Romy Koelzer/Ani Miao (CU) def. Michelle Farley/Saana Saarteinen (TLS) 8-1 3. Beatrice Gumulya/Anne-Liz Jeukeng (CU) def. Belen Rivera/Renata Kuricova (TLS) 8-6
Doubles competition 1. #9 Samantha Vickers/Isaura Enrique (TLS) def. #56 Natalie Beazant/Dominique Harmath (RICE) 8-3 2. Michelle Farley/Saana Saarteinen (TLS) vs. Kimberly Anicete/Katie Gater (RICE) unfinished 3. Maria Sant’Anna/Renata Kuricova (TLS) def. Liat Zimmerman/Solomiya Zinko (RICE) 8-6
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3); Singles (3,5,4)
Order of finish: (3,1,2); Singles (6,4,1,2,5,3)
Conference Championships: 5 (C-USA - 2007-08, 2010-12)) NCAA Tournament Appearances: 8 (2000, 2004, 2007-12)
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2012-13 TULSA WOMEN’S TENNIS MATCH BY MATCH RESULTS No. 60 Kansas State 4, No. 22 Tulsa 3 Feb. 9, 2013 at Manhattan, Kan. -Body First Tennis Center Singles competition 1. #15 Petra Niedermayerova (KSU) def. #124 Samantha Vickers (TLS) 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 2. Karla Bonacic (KSU) def. Isaura Enrique (TLS) 7-6 (9-7), 4-6, 6-2 3. Michelle Farley (TLS) def. Ivana Kubickova (KSU) 3-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 4. Maria Sant’Anna (TLS) def. Ana Gomez Aleman (KSU) 7-6 (7-4), 6-4 5. Carmen Borau Ramos (KSU) def. Saana Saarteinen (TLS) 7-6 (7-4), 6-2 6. Carol Benito (TLS) def. Amina St. Hill (KSU) 6-4, 1-6, 10-7 Doubles competition 1. #34 Petra Niedermayerova/Karla Bonacic (KSU) def. #9 Isaura Enrique/Samantha Vickers (TLS) 8-3 2. Ivana Kubickova/Carmen Borau Ramos (KSU) def. Michelle Farley/Saana Saarteinen (TLS) 8-3 3. Amina St. Hill/Ana Gomez Aleman (KSU) vs. Renata Kuricova/Maria Sant’Anna (TLS) 4-6, unfinished Order of finish: Doubles (1,2); Singles (2,1,3,4,5,6)
Singles competition 1. #55 Samantha Vickers (TLS) def. #87 Hermon Brhane (OU) 7-5, 6-4 2. Isaura Enrique (TLS) def. Whitney Ritchie (OU) 6-1, 2-0, retired 3. Mia Lancaster (OU) def. Michelle Farley (TLS) 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 4. Maria Sant’Anna (TLS) def. Abbi Melrose (OU) 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (7-5) 5. Whitney Wofford (OU) def. Saana Saarteinen (TLS) 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 6. Zita Engbroks (OU) def. Carol Benito (TLS) 6-3, 6-4 Doubles competition 1. #36 Whitney Ritchie/Hermon Brhane (OU) def. #12 Isaura Enrique/Samantha Vickers (TLS) 8-6 2. Whitney Wofford/Zita Engbroks (OU) def. Saana Saarteinen/Michelle Farley (TLS) 8-5 3. Maria Sant’Anna/Renata Kuricova (TLS) def. Mia Lancaster/Abbi Melrose (OU) 8-4 Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (2,6,1,5,4)
No. 23 Tulsa 5, Kansas 2 Feb. 10, 2013 at Lawrence, Kan. - Jayhawk Tennis Center
No. 33 Tulsa 6, No. 61 Ohio State 1 Feb. 23, 2013 at Fayetteville, Ark. -Billingsley Tennis Center
Singles competition 1. #124 Samantha Vickers (TLS) def. Maria Jose Cardona (KU) 6-1, 6-1 2. Isaura Enrique (TLS) def. Maria Belen Luduena (KU) 6-1, 6-2 3. Michelle Farley (TLS) def. Paulina Los (KU) 6-4, 7-5 4. Dylan Windom (KU) def. Maria Sant’Anna (TLS) 7-6, 0-6, 7-5 5. Saana Saarteinen (TLS) def. Claire Dreyer (KU) 2-6, 6-0, 6-1 6. Anastasija Trubica (KU) def. Carol Benito (TLS) 7-5, 6-2
Singles competition 1. #55 Samantha Vickers (TLS) def. #53 Kelsey Dieters (OHIOST) 6-2, 6-2 2. Isaura Enrique (TLS) def. Kara Cecil (OHIOST) 6-0, 4-6, 6-1 3. Michelle Farley (TLS) def. Gabby Steele (OHIOST) 6-3, 7-5 4. #93 Fidan Manashirova (OHIOST) def. Maria Sant’Anna (TLS) 6-3, 6-4 5. Saana Saarteinen (TLS) def. Grainne O’Neill (OHIOST) 7-5, 8-6 6. Carol Benito (TLS) def. Noelle Malley (OHIOST) 7-5, 6-2
Doubles competition 1. #9 Isaura Enrique/Samantha Vickers (TLS) def. Maria Jose Cardona/Dylan Windom (KU) 8-0 2. Saana Saarteinen/Michelle Farley (TLS) def. Anastasija Trubica/Haley Fournier (KU) 8-7 3. Maria Sant’Anna/Renata Kuricova (TLS) def. Maria Belen Luduena/Paulina Los (KU) 8-5
Doubles competition 1. #12 Samantha Vickers/Isaura Enrique (TLS) def. Kelsey Dieters/Kara Cecil (OHIOST) 8-2 2. Michelle Farley/Saana Saarteinen (TLS) def. Gabby Steele/Fidan Manashirova (OHIOST) 8-6 3. Maria Sant’Anna/Renata Kuricova (TLS) vs. Grainne O’Neill/Noelle Malley (OHIOST) 8-8, unfinished
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (1,2,3,5,4,6)
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2); Singles (1,4,3,5,6,2)
No. 23 Tulsa 5, Kansas 2 Feb. 10, 2013 at Lawrence, Kan. - Jayhawk Tennis Center
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No. 41 Oklahoma 4, No. 28 Tulsa 3 Feb. 16, 2013 at Norman, Okla. - Gregg Wadley Indoor Tennis Pavillion
No. 44 Arkansas 4, No. 33 Tulsa 3, Feb. 24, 2013 at Fayetteville, Ark. -Billingsley Tennis Center
Singles competition 1. #124 Samantha Vickers (TLS) def. Maria Jose Cardona (KU) 6-1, 6-1 2. Isaura Enrique (TLS) def. Maria Belen Luduena (KU) 6-1, 6-2 3. Michelle Farley (TLS) def. Paulina Los (KU) 6-4, 7-5 4. Dylan Windom (KU) def. Maria Sant’Anna (TLS) 7-6, 0-6, 7-5 5. Saana Saarteinen (TLS) def. Claire Dreyer (KU) 2-6, 6-0, 6-1 6. Anastasija Trubica (KU) def. Carol Benito (TLS) 7-5, 6-2
Singles competition 1. #55 Samantha Vickers (TLS) def. #53 Kelsey Dieters (OHIOST) 6-2, 6-2 2. Isaura Enrique (TLS) def. Kara Cecil (OHIOST) 6-0, 4-6, 6-1 3. Michelle Farley (TLS) def. Gabby Steele (OHIOST) 6-3, 7-5 4. #93 Fidan Manashirova (OHIOST) def. Maria Sant’Anna (TLS) 6-3, 6-4 5. Saana Saarteinen (TLS) def. Grainne O’Neill (OHIOST) 7-5, 8-6 6. Carol Benito (TLS) def. Noelle Malley (OHIOST) 7-5, 6-2
Doubles competition 1. #9 Isaura Enrique/Samantha Vickers (TLS) def. Maria Jose Cardona/Dylan Windom (KU) 8-0 2. Saana Saarteinen/Michelle Farley (TLS) def. Anastasija Trubica/Haley Fournier (KU) 8-7 3. Maria Sant’Anna/Renata Kuricova (TLS) def. Maria Belen Luduena/Paulina Los (KU) 8-5
Doubles competition 1. #12 Samantha Vickers/Isaura Enrique (TLS) def. Kelsey Dieters/Kara Cecil (OHIOST) 8-2 2. Michelle Farley/Saana Saarteinen (TLS) def. Gabby Steele/Fidan Manashirova (OHIOST) 8-6 3. Maria Sant’Anna/Renata Kuricova (TLS) vs. Grainne O’Neill/Noelle Malley (OHIOST) 8-8, unfinished
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (1,2,3,5,4,6)
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (4,5,2,1,3,6)
Conference Championships: 5 (C-USA - 2007-08, 2010-12)) NCAA Tournament Appearances: 8 (2000, 2004, 2007-12)
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Five Conference USA Championships l Eight NCAA Tournament Appearances 2013 Schedule Date Opponent/Event SEPTEMBER 21-23 @ Aces For The Cure
The Hurricane Watch
Location
OCTOBER 5-7 @ Razorback Invitational 18-22 USTA/ITA Central Regional
Time/Res.
Kansas City, Kan.
All Day
Fayetteville, Ark. Case Tennis Center
All Day All Day
NOVEMBER 2-4 @ Memphis Invitational Memphis, Tenn. 8-11 @ USTA/ITA National Indoor Championship Flushing, N.Y.
All Day All Day
JANUARY 20 UALR 20 Oral Roberts 26 vs. No. 20 Clemson! 27 vs. No. 55 Memphis! 31 No. 64 Wichita State
Case Tennis Center Case Tennis Center Tuscaloosa, Ala. Tuscaloosa, Ala. Case Tennis Center
W, 7-0 W, 7-0 L, 4-0 W, 4-3 W, 6-1
Case Tennis Center Manhattan, Kan. Lawrence, Kan. Norman, Okla. Fayetteville, Ark. Fayetteville, Ark.
W, 5-2 L, 4-3 W, 6-1 L, 4-3 W, 6-1 L, 4-3
Stillwater, Okla. Case Tennis Center Dallas, Texas Denton, Texas San Francisco, Calif. San Francisco, Calif. Case Tennis Center
3 pm 12 pm 12 pm 12 pm 2 pm 1 pm 12 pm
Case Tennis Center Case Tennis Center Case Tennis Center Case Tennis Center Houston, Texas
4 pm 11 am 4 pm 11 am TBA
FEBRUARY 3 No. 32 Rice 9 @ No. 61 Kansas State 10 @ Kansas 16 @ No. 41 Oklahoma 23 vs. No. 61 Ohio State 24 @ No 44 Arkansas MARCH 1 @ No. 27 Oklahoma State 3 South Alabama 8 @ SMU* 9 @ North Texas 18 @ San Francisco 19 @ Saint Mary’s 30 Notre Dame APRIL 5 7 12 14 18-21
Louisville Houston* UTA Memphis* @ Conference USA Championship$
MAY 10-27 NCAA Division I Men’s Tennis Championship * Conference USA Match ! ITA National Team Indoor Championship $ Conference USA Championship, hosted by Houston All Times Central Standard Time
Name Carol Benito Isaura Enrique Michelle Farley Renata Kuricova Belén Rivera Saana Saarteinen Maria Sant’Anna Samantha Vickers
Ht 5-5 5-3 5-7 5-7 5-5.5 5-9 5-4 5-9
Tulsa
2013 Record: 7-4 ITA Team Ranking: No. 28 Head Coach: Dean Orford Career Record: 158-46 Nationally Ranked Players: Singles: No. 124 Samantha Vickers Doubles: No. 9 Samantha Vickers/ Isaura Enrique
Oklahoma State
2013 Record: 6-1 ITA Team Ranking: No. 27 Head Coach: Chris Young Nationally Ranked Players: Singles No. 58 Malika Rose
2013 Record: 4-3 ITA Team Ranking: N/A Head Coach: Jacko Keyser Nationally Ranked Players: N/A
TULSA RETURNS HOME FOR PAIR OF MATCHES The University of Tulsa women’s tennis team returns home after a five-match road swing. TU will open the weekend facing No. 27 Oklahoma State in a 4 p.m. tilt on Friday, March 1 before wrapping the weekend up with a noon tilt on Sunday, March 3, against South Alabama. THE FIRST SERVE • Under Head Coach Dean Orford, TU holds a 5-1 record against Oklahoma State, and is 1-0 against South Alabama. • The Golden Hurricane is riding a 39-home match winning streak and TU is a perfect 4-0 at home this season. • Samantha Vickers is 8-1 in singles matches during the spring campaign, while Isaura Enrique also holds an 8-1 ledger. • The doubles tandem of Samantha Vickers and Isaura Enrique hold a 7-2 record through four matches of play this year. • After this weekend,Tulsa will hit the road for the final time during the regular season. The Hurricane will travel to Texas to Face SMU and North Texas next weekend, and will travel to San Francisco to face San Francisco and Saint Mary’s March 18 and 19.
2013 Tulsa Golden Hurricane Roster
Cl-Exp Fr-HS So-1L Sr-3L Fr-HS Fr-HS Fr-HS Jr-2L Jr-2L
South Alabama
Hometown/Previous School New Dehli, India (Vasant Valley School) Villarrica, Paraguay (Gimnasio Paulino) Dorset, England (Ferndown Upper School) Zilina, Slovakia (Sportove Gymnazium) Salta, Argentina (Centro Educacional Jaime Escalante) Tampere, Finland (Sammon Keskuslukio) Sao Paulo, Brazil (Libere Vivere HS) Lincolnshire, England (Loughborough College)
Coaches Dean Orford (Tulsa, ’92), 8th Year – Head Coach Kali Krisik (Notre Dame, ’10), 2nd Year – Assistant Coach
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Tulsa Hurricane Tulsa Women’s Tennis
Conference Championships: 5 (C-USA - 2007-08, 2010-12)) NCAA Tournament Appearances: 8 (2000, 2004, 2007-12)
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Rk. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48
Avg 90.24 77.05 75.73 71.12 60.60 59.63 58.80 56.80 52.22 51.55 50.07 47.86 47.67 39.36 39.24 35.13 34.63 34.52 30.75 28.19 26.82 26.33 26.12 25.37 25.23 24.77 24.27 23.85 22.74 21.28 19.19 19.10 18.95 18.79 18.65 16.96 16.23 16.09 15.90 15.69 15.58 13.69 13.68 13.66 13.30 12.82 12.76 12.69
School North Carolina Duke University UCLA University of Florida University of Alabama Texas A&M University University of Georgia Northwestern University California University of Nebraska University of Southern California Vanderbilt University University of Michigan Purdue University University of Miami (Florida) Florida State University Auburn University University of Notre Dame Texas Tech University TCU Arizona State University Univ. of Memphis Clemson University Baylor University College of William and Mary Stanford Oklahoma State University University of Tulsa University of Texas at Austin UC Irvine Yale University Kansas State University of Illinois Rice University Penn State University University of Washington University of Oklahoma Georgia State University Long Beach State University San Diego State University Georgia Tech University of Mississippi University of South Carolina Saint Mary’s College of California North Carolina State Columbia University University of North Texas University of Virginia
49 50
12.61 12.57
University of San Diego University of Arkansas
2013 Golden Hurricane Women’s Tennis
STREAKING AT HOME Tulsa is currently riding a 39-match win streak at the friendly confines of Case Tennis Center. The streak began Feb. 21, 2010 with a 6-1 triumph over Kansas. The Golden Hurricane won its last 10 home matches in 2010, which included all three matches in the 2010 Conference USA Championship. Tulsa followed that up with an unblemished 14-0 mark at home in 2011, and the team won all 11 matches at home last season. TU is also a perfect 4-0 at home this season. The last time TU fell at Case Tennis Center was Feb. 17, 2010, when the blue and gold dropped a narrow 4-3 decision to in-state rival Oklahoma. Coach Dean Orford has posted a ridiculous 100-11 (.901) home record during his seven-plus seasons at the helm of the women’s program. LAST TIME OUT: No. 61 Ohio State (February 23, 2013) The Tulsa women’s tennis squad, ranked No. 33 in the country, picked up a 6-1 victory over No. 61 Ohio State in a neutral-site match at the Billingsley Tennis Center on Saturday. In doubles play, junior Samantha Vickers and sophomore Isaura Enrique, ranked No. 12 in the nation, dispatched Kelsey Dieters and Kara Cecil, 8-2 at the No. 1 flight. TU secured the point at No. 2 doubles as senior Michelle Farley and freshman Saana Saarteinen took down Fidan Manashirova and Gabby Steele, 8-6. At No. 1 singles, in a duel featuring two top-60 singles player in No. 53 Dieters of OSU and No. 55 Vickers of TU, Vickers cruised to a 6-2, 6-2, triumph to give TU a 2-0 lead. The Buckeyes cut the TU lead in half as Manashirova, ranked No. 93 in singles play, defeated Tulsa junior Maria Sant’Anna, 6-3, 6-4 at the No. 4 flight. Farley gave the Hurricane a 3-1 advantage defeating Steel at No. 3 singles, 6-3, 7-5, and Saarteinen clinched the win for TU with a 7-5, 8-6 win over Grainne O’Neal at the No. 5 flight. Also picking up wins for TU were freshman Carol Benito, who claimed a 7-5, 6-2 win over Noelle Malley at No. 6 singles, and Enrique, who defeated Cecil 6-0, 4-6, 6-1 at No. 2 singles No. 44 Arkansas (February 24, 2013) The No. 33-ranked Tulsa women’s tennis squad dropped a 4-3 decision to No. 44 Arkansas at the Billingsley Tennis Center. The Golden Hurricane (7-4) picked up the doubles point and wins at the top of the singles lineup, but Arkansas (5-5) rallied earning triumphs at the bottom four singles flights. In doubles action, No. 12-ranked Samantha Vickers and Isaura Enrique picked up an 8-4 victory over Kimberly-Ann Surin and Sarah McLean at the No. 1 flight, and Michelle Farley and Saana Saarteinen earned a 9-8 (7-5) win over Claudine Paulson and Ana Hernandez at the No. 2 slot to give TU a 1-0 lead. Arkansas took a 2-1 lead picking up wins at the No. 4 and 5 flights, but TU fought back to take a 3-2 lead. Enrique defeated Claudine Paulson 6-3, 6-3 to knot the match at two apiece, and Vickers, ranked No. 55 in the country, defeated Yang Pang 6-2, 6-3 to put the Hurricane up 3-2. The Razorbacks tied the match up at three after McLean beat Farley, 6-3, 6-3 at No. 3 singles. At No. 6 singles, TU freshman Carol Benito won the first set 6-3, but Brittany Huxley of Arkansas rallied to defeat Benito 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 to clinch the match for the Razorbacks. TREACHEROUS SLATE AWAITS GOLDEN HURRICANE Tulsa will face 13 ranked foes this year. TU has four more matches against ranked foes at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center in No. 27 Oklahoma State, No. 18 Notre Dame, No. 70 Louisville and No. 22 Memphis. OSU MATCH MOVED TO MICHAEL D. CASE TENNIS CENTER he University of Tulsa women’s tennis match scheduled against Oklahoma State on Friday, March 1, has been moved to the Michael D. Case Tennis Center, it was announced today. The Golden Hurricane will face the Cowgirls in a 4 p.m. tilt inside the confines
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Conference Championships: 5 (C-USA - 2007-08, 2010-12)) NCAA Tournament Appearances: 8 (2000, 2004, 2007-12)
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Twitter.com/TulsaHurricane • Twitter.com/TulsaWTennis of the Case Tennis Center. The match was originally scheduled for a 3 p.m. start in Stillwater, Okla. TU will wrap up the weekend facing South Alabama in a 12 p.m. affair on Sunday, March 3. VICKERS NAMED C-USA PLAYER OF THE WEEK Junior Samantha Vickers was named C-USA Player of the week for her play during the week of Jan. 28- Feb 3, the league annouced. Vickers led the Golden Hurricane to two victories over ranked opponents that weekend as the No. 124 singles player in the nation went 4-0. Vickers defeated Lucia Kovalova of Wichita State 6-2, 6-1 as TU defeated No. 64 Wichita State 6-1. Against No. 32 Rice, Vickers defeated No. 50 ranked Natalie Beazant 6-2, 6-0. She teamed up with sophomore Isaura Enrique to win both doubles matches. The Tulsa tandem defeated Lucia Kovalova and Veronika Blaskova of WSU 8-2, and took down No. 56 Natalie Beazant and Dominque Harmath of Rice 8-3. Vickers and Enrique were ranked No. 9 in the nation and are a perfect 4-0 on the season. LAST TIME AGAINST THIS WEEK’S OPPONENTS Oklahoma State (March 27, 2013) The No. 29-ranked University of Tulsa women’s tennis team defeated No. 41 Oklahoma State 5-2 Tuesday afternoon at DeBois Tennis Complex. TU (13-3) has now won six of its last seven matches, while the Cowgirls (10-4) saw their recent four-match win streak come to an end. The Golden Hurricane started play by taking the doubles point. The No. 60-ranked senior team of Anastasia Erofeeva and Ewa Szatkowska topped Kanyapat Narattana and Malika Rose 8-2 on the top court. Junior Michelle Farley and sophomore Maria Sant’Anna secured the opening point of the match by defeating C.C. Sardinha and Isabela Miro 8-5 at the third flight. Senior Bonny Davidson and sophomore Samantha Vickers were unable to make it a clean sweep as they fell 8-4 to Meghan Blevins and Mary Jeremiah on the second court. Jeremiah opened singles play with a 6-3, 6-2 triumph over Davidson on the sixth singles court. Oklahoma State went ahead 2-1 after Blevins defeated Szatkowska 6-2, 6-2 at the third position, but the Golden Hurricane was able to bring the proceedings back on even terms after Farley dropped Miro 6-1, 6-4 at the fifth flight. Tulsa took the final four courts, and freshman Isaura Enrique gave the road side a 3-2 advantage after she defeated Narattana 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 at the fourth position. No. 91-ranked Erofeeva clinched the team victory after she took down No. 114-ranked Sardinha 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 at the top of the lineup. Erofeeva’s two victories give her a school-record 205 combined wins for her career. She broke a tie for first place at 203 wins with Aleksandra Durska (1999-03). Erofeeva is 12-3 in singles play this spring. No. 67 Vickers made the final score 5-2 after she defeated Rose 4-6, 6-4, 6-0 on Court 2. She now owns an 11-2 record this spring. South Alabama (March 29, 2008) The University of Tulsa’s women’s tennis team upset the No. 52 South Alabama Jaguars, 5-2, on a cold and windy Saturday morning at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center. The Golden Hurricane won the dual by winning five of the six singles matches, after dropping the doubles point. Junior Carla Zabaleta clinched the match for Tulsa at the No. 3 position, defeating Erica Krisan after losing the first set, 1-6, 6-3, 6-1. TU’s first singles victory came from sophomore Marta Marcinkowska, who beat Sylvanie Spangenberg, 6-2, 6-2 at the No. 5 position. Marcinkowska is now 9-3 on the season after her victory. Freshman Alexandra Kichoutkin picked up Tulsa’s second victory and her 17th of the season. Kichoutkin downed Adrianna Solarova, 6-1, 7-5, at the No. 1 position. The Golden Hurricane’s third singles win came at the No. 4 position, with sophomore Rebecca Row defeating Katie Welch, 6-2, 6-3. With the win, Row is now 11-6 on the season. Tulsa’s final singles victory came from junior Thalia Diaz-Barriga at the No. 2 position, who upset No. 123 Michaela Babicova, 1-6, 7-6 (8-6), 1-0 (11-9). In TU’s lone singles defeat, senior Agostina Santoro fell to Jelena Krivacevic, 7-5, 6-4, at the No. 6 position. TU lost the doubles point after dropping two of the three matches. The Golden
2013 Golden Hurricane Women’s Tennis Tulsa in the NCAA Tournament Year Opponent Result 2012 Stephen F. Austin W, 4-0 Baylor L, 4-0 2011
Nebraska Michigan
W, 4-2 L, 4-1
2010
North Texas Baylor
W, 4-2 L, 4-0
2009
TCU
2008
TCU Baylor
2007
Tennessee
L, 4-0
2004
Oklahoma
L, 4-1
2000
Minnesota Northwestern
W, 4-3 L, 4-1
W, 5-3 L, 5-0
Tulsa Class Breakdown Seniors Michelle Farley Juniors Maria Sant’Anna Samantha Vickers Sophomore Isaura Enrique Freshmen Carol Benito Renata Kuricova Belen Rivera Saana Saarteinen
The Tulsa Key We are...The University of Tulsa, not Tulsa University. We are...TU, not UT. We are...the Golden Hurricane, not Hurricanes (no “s”).
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OPPONENT RECORD Arizona 0-1 Arkansas 2-5 Arkansas-Little Rock 7-0 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 1-0 Arkansas State 1-0 Baylor 0-3 Boston College 0-1 Brown 1-0 Cameron 1-0 Central Oklahoma 1-0 Clemson 0-1 Colorado State 1-0 Creighton 1-0 Denver 0-1 Drake 1-0 East Central 2-0 East Carolina* 3-0 Florida International 1-1 Harvard 0-1 Houston* 3-1 Indiana State 2-0 Iowa 1-1 Iowa State 1-0 Kansas 7-1 Kansas State 6-2 Lamar 1-0 Louisiana-Lafayette 2-0 Louisville 4-1 Loyola Marymount 1-0 LSU 4-3 Marshall* 6-0 Memphis* 5-0 Michigan 0-1 Middle Tennessee State 1-0 Mississippi State 2-0 Missouri State 1-0 N.C. State 1-0
OPPONENT Nebraska New Mexico North Texas Northern Illinois Northwestern Notre Dame Ohio State Oklahoma Oklahoma Baptist Oklahoma State Ole Miss Oral Roberts Pacific Pepperdine Prairie View A&M Rice* Saint Louis Sam Houston State Seminole State SMU* South Alabama Southern Miss* Stephen F. Austin TCU Tennessee Texas Texas A&M Texas Southern Texas Tech Tulane* UAB* UC Davis UCF* UCLA UTEP* UT Arlington Washington State Wichita State
Orford’s Overall Record - 158-46 (.784) Orford’s Overall Home Record - 100-11 (.901) Pronunciation Guide
Isaura (e-SAH-ruh) Enrique (in-REEK-ay) Saana (like Sauna) Saarteinen (SAR-tea-en-in) Belen (be-LIN) Rivera Maria Sant’Anna (like Santana)
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RECORD 4-1 1-0 7-0 1-0 0-1 0-1 1-0 4-4 2-0 5-1 1-1 14-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 9-1 4-0 1-0 2-0 6-4 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-2 0-2 1-0 0-1 1-0 1-0 2-0 1-0 0-0 2-0 0-1 1-0 2-0 1-0 5-2
Hurricane’s lone doubles win came at the No. 2 position, with the pair of Diaz-Barriga / Marcinkowska beating the team of Babicova / Welch, 8-1. But after winning the first doubles match, TU fell in the next two. At the No. 1 position, Row / Zabaleta lost to the 35th-ranked pair of Solarova / Spangenberg, 8-3. The duo of Kichoutkin / Webster fell to Krisan / Krivacevic, 8-4. TULSA EARNS NO. 25 PRESEASON RANK The University of Tulsa will begin the 2012 spring campaign as the No. 25-ranked team in the nation, according to the Intercollegiate Tennis Association rankings released January 3. Junior Samantha Vickers and sophomore Isaura Enrique were ranked No. 9 in doubles, the highest ranking in program history. Vickers also checked in at the No. 124 spot in singles. VICKERS, ENRIQUE SHINE AT NATIONAL INDOORS Junior Samantha Vickers and sophomore Isaura Enrique advanced to the quarterfinals of the National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships in Flushing, N.Y. After receiving a first round bye, the Tulsa tandem dispatched USC’s Gabriella DeSimone and Zoe Scandalis before falling to the tournament runner-ups Li Xi and Stephanie Nauta in the quarterfinals. VICKERS, ENRIQUE WIN DOUBLES TITLE AT USTA/ITA CENTRAL REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Junior Sam Vickers and sophomore Isaura Enrique defeated Kansas State’s Petra Niedermayerova and Ivana Kubicova in the doubles finals at the USTA/ITA Central Regional Championship. The Tulsa tandem dispatched the Wildcats 8-3 in the finals to secure a berth to the National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships. Vickers and Enrique are the first Golden Hurricane players since Jana Sedivecc and Jennifer DeSpain to win the regional title in doubles play. In singles play, Vickers, ranked No. 44 in the preseason ITA rankings, faced Niedermayerova in a tilt featuring the tournament’s number one and number two seeds. Vickers fell to Nidermayerova, the No. 14 ranked player in the nation, 6-1, 7-5. TULSA WINS FIFTH CONFERENCE USA CHAMPIONSHIP IN LAST SIX YEARS The Golden Hurricane went to Memphis, Tenn., looking to defend its league title, and the team did exactly that by winning the 2012 Conference USA Women’s Tennis Championship. TU took down No. 40 Rice in the championship match April 22 by a 4-2 margin. Tulsa won its third-straight league crown and its fifth title in the last six years, marking the most dominant stretch in C-USA history. The five championships are the most by any team in league history, and Tulsa became just the second program in league history to claim three-straight championships (Tulane 2003-05). The Golden Hurricane topped East Carolina 4-0 in the quarterfinals and then survived a 4-3 scare from Memphis in the semifinals before beating the Owls in the finals.
Conference Championships: 5 (C-USA - 2007-08, 2010-12)) NCAA Tournament Appearances: 8 (2000, 2004, 2007-12)
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Twitter.com/TulsaHurricane • Twitter.com/TulsaWTennis ENTIRE TU SINGLES LINEUP GARNER POSTSEASON HONORS, ORFORD NAMED COACH OF YEAR A league-record six members of the Tulsa women’s tennis team earned Conference USA postseason accolades. The number tied last year’s Tulsa squad and Tulane’s 2004 team with the most honorees by one team in league history. Senior Anastasia Erofeeva and sophomore Samantha Vickers led the way for the Golden Hurricane, as both members of the team were named to the All-Conference USA Singles First Team for the first time in their respective careers. Senior Ewa Szatkowska and freshman Isaura Enrique were both named to the All-Conference USA Singles Second Team, while senior Bonny Davidson and junior Michelle Farley were both named to the All-Conference USA Third Team. Szatkowska was on the third team and Farley made the second team last season. Davidson and Enrique earned their first-career laurels. The doubles team of Erofeeva and Szatkowska were named to the All-Conference USA Doubles Second Team. Coach Dean Orford shared Conference USA Coach of the Year honors with Rice’s Elizabeth Schmidt. This was his first time splitting the award, and he has been named coach of the year five of the last six seasons. TULSA AT THE C-USA CHAMPIONSHIP Tulsa has competed in seven C-USA Championships since joining the league in 2005-06, and the Golden Hurricane has captured five of the last six titles. TU began its run in 2007, when the team defeated third-seed Marshall 4-0 in the finals. The Golden Hurricane has been the No. 1 seed in four of the last six tournaments (2007-08, 2011-12) and the No. 2 seed the other two years (2009-10). Tulsa defeated Marshall in the championship match during its first three title runs (2007-08, ‘10), the team topped SMU 4-3 in last year’s final, and the Golden Hurricane defeated Rice 4-2 to win the 2012 championship. Tulsa owns an all-time record of 18-2 (.900) in the Conference USA Championship, and the team has advanced to the finals each of the last five years.
Tulsa In The ITA Rankings Team Rankings Jan. 3 #25 Jan. 22 #24 Jan. 30 #23 Feb. 12 #28 Feb. 19 #33 Feb. 26 #28 Singles Rankings Jan. 3 Samantha Vickers Isaura Enrique NR Michelle Farley NR Feb. 12 Samantha Vickers Feb. 26 Samantha Vickers Doubles Rankings Jan. 3 Samantha Vickers/Isaura Enrique Michelle Farley/Saana Saarteinen Feb. 12 Samantha Vickers/Isaura Enrique Feb. 26 Samantha Vickers/Isaura Enrique
R/N 5/124 12/ 13 / -/55 -/59 R/N 1/9 8/NR -/12 -/19
EROFEEVA ENDS HER CAREER WITH 2 SCHOOL RECORDS Senior Anastasia Erofeeva ended her illustrious career as Tulsa’s all-time record holder for career doubles wins (107) and career combined wins (218). She is also second all-time with 111 singles victories. She is the first player in school history to win 100 doubles matches, and she is also the first player in school history to hit triple digits in both singles and doubles. Fellow senior Ewa Szatkowska teamed with Erofeeva for 82 of those 107 doubles victories. Szatkowska ended her career with 93 career doubles victories of her own, which is second on the school’s all-time charts. Her 88 singles wins are sixth in school history, and she is fourth all-time with 181 career combined victories. Junior Michelle Farley is eighth on the school charts with 75 singles wins and she is ninth with 126 combined wins. Sophomore Samantha Vickers won 32 singles matches in 2011-12, which was the third-most in a single season in school history. Erofeeva and Farley both won 29 singles matches to tie for ninth-most in a single season in school history. TULSA SETS SCHOOL RECORD FOR WEEKLY ACCOLADES The Golden Hurricane won a school-record six Conference USA Women’s Tennis Athlete of the Week honors in 2012, breaking the old mark of five weekly laurels set in 2008. Those six honors were split by senior Anastasia Erofeeva (Jan. 31, March 13, March 20) and sophomore Samantha Vickers (Jan. 24, April 3, April 17). Erofeeva and Vickers each captured three accolades in 2012, which tied the school record . TU FINISHES 18TH IN FINAL FALL LEARFIELD CUP STANDINGS After the completion of all the fall NCAA Championships, The University of Tulsa is ranked 18th in the Division I Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup standings. Tulsa has totaled 239 points and is the highest ranked team in Conference USA and in the state of Oklahoma. The next closest C-USA teams are SMU, ranked 56th, and UCF, ranked 58th. In the state of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State is ranked 24th and Oklahoma is 27th.
Conference USA Player of the Week January 22 January 29 February 5 February 12 February 19 February 26
Courtney Collins, Memphis Dominique Harmath, Rice Samantha Vickers, Tulsa Genevieve Lorbergs, UCF Liza Tymchenko, Memphis Courtney Collins, Memphis
Conference Championships: 5 (C-USA - 2007-08, 2010-12)) NCAA Tournament Appearances: 8 (2000, 2004, 2007-12)
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2012-13 TULSA WOMEN’S TENNIS SEASIB STATISTICS Overall record: 7-4 • C-USA: 1-0 • Home: 4-0 • Away: 1-3• Neutral: 2-1 vs. National ranked: 1-1
SINGLES Overall Dual Tour CUSA 1 2 3 4 5 6 Nat’l Reg’l Strk Last10 Carol Benito 12-9 5-6 7-3 0-1 --- --- --- 2-0 1-2 2-4 0-0 0-1 L1 4-6 Isaura Enrique 12-5 8-1 4-4 1-0 --- 8-1 --- --- --- --- 0-1 0-0 W4 8-1 Michelle Farley 13-8 7-3 6-5 1-0 --- 1-0 5-3 1-0 --- --- 0-1 1-1 L1 7-3 Renata Kuricova 8-7 3-1 5-6 0-0 --- --- --- --- 2-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 W1 5-4 Belen Rivera 8-1 2-0 6-1 0-0 --- --- --- --- --- 2-0 0-0 0-0 W7 8-1 Saana Saarteinen12-9 5-5 7-4 0-1 --- --- 2-0 1-1 2-4 --- 0-1 0-0 L1 5-5 Maria Sant’Anna 11-7 4-4 7-3 1-0 1-0 --- 0-1 3-3 --- --- 0-1 0-0 L2 5-5 Samantha Vickers18-3 8-1 10-2 1-0 8-1 --- --- --- --- --- 4-2 0-0 W4 8-1 Totals 94-49 42-21 52-28 4-2 9-1 9-1 7-4 7-4 5-6 5-5 4-6 1-2 Percentage .657 .667 .650 .667 .900 .900 .636 .636 .455 .500 .400 .333 DOUBLES TEAMS Isaura Enrique/Samantha Vickers Michelle Farley/Saana Saarteinen Renata Kuricova/Maria Sant’Anna Carol Benito/Belen Rivera Isaura Enrique/Renata Kuricova Renata Kuricova/Belen Rivera Totals Percentage
Date Sep 22, 2012 Oct 5, 2012 Oct 17, 2012 Nov 02, 2013 Nov 7, 2012 Jan 20, 2013 Jan 20, 2013 Jan. 26, 2013 Jan. 27, 2013 Jan 31, 2013 Feb 03, 2013 Feb 09, 2013 Feb 10, 2013 Feb 16, 2013 Feb 23, 2013 Feb 24, 2013
DOUBLES Carol Benito Isaura Enrique Michelle Farley Renata Kuricova Belen Rivera Saana Saarteinen Maria Sant’Anna Samantha Vickers Totals Percentage
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Overall Dual Tour CUSA 1 2 3 Nat’l Reg’l Streak Last10 20-3 7-2 13-1 1-0 7-2 --- --- 5-2 1-0 W 2 8-2 12-9 5-4 7-5 0-0 --- 5-4 --- 0-0 0-1 W 2 5-5 10-7 4-2 6-5 1-0 --- --- 4-2 0-1 0-1 L 1 5-5 6-6 0-0 6-6 0-0 --- --- --- 0-1 0-0 W 1 5-5 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 --- --- --- 0-0 0-0 L 1 0-1 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 --- --- 1-1 0-0 0-0 W 1 1-1 49-27 17-9 32-18 2-0 7-2 5-4 5-3 5-4 1-2 .645 .654 .640 1.000 .778 .556 .625 .556 .333
Opponent Result Score Aces For The Cure Razorback Classic ITA Central Region Championship Memphis Invitational National Indoor Intercollegiate Champion UALR W 7-0 ORAL ROBERTS W 7-0 vs. #20 CLEMSON L 0-4 vs Memphis W 4-3 #64 WICHITA STATE W 6-1 #32 RICE W 5-2 at #60 Kansas State L 3-4 at Kansas W 5-2 at #41 Oklahoma L 3-4 vs #61 Ohio State W 6-1 at #44 ARKANSAS L 3-4
Overall CUSA Kansas City, Mo. Fayetteville, Ark. Tulsa, Okla. Memphis, Tenn. Flushing, N.Y. 1-0-0 0-0-0 2-0-0 0-0-0 2-1-0 0-0-0 3-1-0 0-0-0 4-1-0 0-0-0 5-1-0 1-0-0 5-2-0 1-0-0 6-2-0 1-0-0 6-3-0 1-0-0 7-3-0 1-0-0 7-4-0 1-0-0
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#25 #25 #24 #24 #23 #23 #23 #23 #28 #33 #33
Overall Dual Tour CUSA 1 2 3 Nat’l Reg’l 6-6 0-0 6-6 0-0 --- --- --- 0-0 0-0 20-4 7-2 13-2 1-0 7-2 --- --- 0-0 0-0 12-9 5-4 7-5 0-0 --- 5-4 --- 0-0 0-0 11-9 5-3 6-6 1-0 --- --- 5-3 0-0 0-0 7-7 1-1 6-6 0-0 --- --- 1-1 0-0 0-0 12-9 5-4 7-5 0-0 --- 5-4 --- 0-0 0-0 10-7 4-2 6-5 1-0 --- --- 4-2 0-0 0-0 20-3 7-2 13-1 1-0 7-2 --- --- 0-0 0-0 49-27 17-9 32-18 2-0 7-2 5-4 5-3 5-4 1-2 .645 .654 .640 1.000 .778 .556 .625 .556 .333
Conference Championships: 5 (C-USA - 2007-08, 2010-12)) NCAA Tournament Appearances: 8 (2000, 2004, 2007-12)
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2012-13 TULSA WOMEN’S TENNIS MATCH BY MATCH RESULTS No. 25 Tulsa 7, UALR 0 Jan 20, 2013 at Tulsa, Okla. - Michael D. Case Tennis Center
No. 24 Tulsa 4, No. 52 Memphis 3 Jan. 27, 2013 at Tuscaloosa, Ala. -Roberta Alison Baumgardner Tennis Fac.
Singles competition 1. #124 Samantha Vickers (TLS) def. Veronique Luksich (UALR) 6-2, 6-2 2. Michelle Farley (TLS) def. Viktoriya Plyuta (UALR) 6-0, 6-2 3. Saana Saarteinen (TLS) def. Yana Kakovkina (UALR) 6-2, 6-1 4. Carol Benito (TLS) def. Dane’ Vorster (UALR) 6-3, 6-4 5. Renata Kuricova (TLS) def. Amsallem, Christel (UALR) 6-1, 6-0 6. Belen Rivera (TLS) def. Kamilla Galieva (UALR) 6-2, 6-3
Singles competition 1. #124 Samantha Vickers (TLS) def. Courtney Collins (MEM) 6-1, 6-1 2. Isaura Enrique (TLS) def. Stefanie Mikesz (MEM) 6-3, 6-1 3. Michelle Farley (TLS) def. Liza Tymchenko (MEM) 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 4. Saana Saarteinen (TLS) def. Alyssa Hibberd (MEM) 6-2, 6-3 5. Skylar Kuykendall (MEM) def. Carol Benito (TLS) 7-5, 6-1 6. Caroline Wegner (MEM) def. Renata Kuricova (TLS) 6-3, 6-1
Doubles competition 1. #9 Samantha Vickers/Isaura Enrique (TLS) def. Viktoriya Plyuta/Yana Kakovkina (UALR) 8-0 2. Michelle Farley/Saana Saarteinen (TLS) def. Dane’ Vorster/Amsallem, Christel (UALR) 8-2 3. Maria Sant’Anna/Renata Kuricova (TLS) vs. Veronique Luksich/Kamilla Galieva (UALR) 7-4, unfinished
Doubles competition 1. #9 Samantha Vickers/Isaura Enrique (TLS) def. #18 Courtney Collins/Kelly Gray (MEM) 8-4 2. Tiffany Welcher/Alyssa Hibberd (MEM) def. Michelle Farley/Saana Saarteinen (TLS) 8-6 3. #35 Caroline Wegner/Stefanie Mikesz (MEM) def. Maria Sant’Anna/Renata Kuricova (TLS) 8-4
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2); Singles (,2,3,6,1,4)
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (6,4,1,2,5,3)
No. 25 Tulsa 7, Oral Roberts 0 Jan 20, 2012 at Tulsa, Okla. - Michael D. Case Tennis Center
No. 23 Tulsa 6, No. 64 Wichita State 1 Jan. 31, 2013 at Tulsa, Okla. - Michael D. Case Tennis Center
Singles competition 1. Maria Sant’Anna (TLS) def. Melanie Marlin (ORU) 6-1, 7-5 2. Isaura Enrique (TLS) def. Tori Dollar (ORU) 6-0, 6-0 3. Saana Saarteinen (TLS) def. Marizanne Bouwer (ORU) 6-1, 6-1 4. Carol Benito (TLS) def. Rachel Scroggs (ORU) 6-0, 6-0 5. Renata Kuricova (TLS) def. Natalia Dollar (ORU) 6-1, 6-0 6. Belen Rivera (TLS) def. Brittany Smith (ORU) 6-0, 6-0
Singles competition 1. #124 Samantha Vickers (TLS) def. Lucia Kovalova (WSUW) 6-2, 6-1 2. Isaura Enrique (TLS) def. Rebecca Pedrazzi (WSUW) 6-1, 4-6, 1-0 3. S. Mahajaroenkul (WSUW) def. Maria Sant’Anna (TLS) 7-6, 2-6, 1-0 4. Michelle Farley (TLS) def. Carla Venticinque (WSUW) 6-3, 6-2 5. Carol Benito (TLS) def. Montse B. Fernandez (WSUW) 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) 6. Renata Kuricova (TLS) def. Julia Schiller (WSUW) 6-2, 6-4
Doubles competition 1. #9 Samantha Vickers/Isaura Enrique (TLS) vs. Tori Dollar/Melanie Marlin (ORU) 4-3, unfinished 2. Michelle Farley/Saana Saarteinen (TLS) def. Marizanne Bouwer/Rachel Scroggs (ORU) 8-0 3. Renata Kuricova/Maria Sant’Anna (TLS) def. Natalia Dollar/Brittany Smith (ORU) 8-1
Doubles competition 1. #9 Samantha Vickers/Isaura Enrique (TLS) def. Lucia Kovalova/Veronika Blaskova (WSUW) 8-2 2. Michelle Farley/Saana Saarteinen (TLS) vs. Carla Venticinque/Rebecca Pedrazzi (WSUW) 7-5, unfinished 3. Belen Rivera/Renata Kuricova (TLS) def. S. Mahajaroenkul/Montse B. Fernandez (WSUW) 8-4 Order of finish: Doubles (1,3); Singles (1,6,4,2,5,3)
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3); Singles (5,6,2,4,3,1) No. 20 Clemson 4, No. 24 Tulsa 0 Jan. 26, 2013 at Tuscaloosa, Ala. -Roberta Alison Baumgardner Tennis Fac. Singles competition 1. #124 Samantha Vickers (TLS) vs. #32 Yana Koroleva (CU) 6-7, 2-2, unfinished 2. Isaura Enrique (TLS) vs. Anne-Liz Jeukeng (CU) 5-7, 1-4, unfinished 3. Beatrice Gumulya (CU) def. Michelle Farley (TLS) 6-3, 6-3 4. Tristen Dewar (CU) def. Saana Saarteinen (TLS) 6-3, 6-2 5. Romy Koelzer (CU) def. Carol Benito (TLS) 6-2, 7-6 (7-1) 6. Renata Kuricova (TLS) vs. Ani Miao (CU) 6-2, 2-4, unfinished
No. 23 Tulsa 5, No. 29 Rice 2 Jan. 27, 2013 at Tulsa, Okla. - Michael D. Case Tennis Center Singles competition 1. #124 Samantha Vickers (TLS) def. #50 Natalie Beazant (RICE) 6-2, 6-0 2. Isaura Enrique (TLS) def. Dominique Harmath (RICE) 6-3, 6-1 3. Michelle Farley (TLS) def. Katie Gater (RICE) 6-2, 6-3 4. Maria Sant’Anna (TLS) def. Kimberly Anicete (RICE) 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (7-4) 5. Liat Zimmerman (RICE) def. Saana Saarteinen (TLS) 6-4, 6-2 6. Solomiya Zinko (RICE) def. Carol Benito (TLS) 6-3, 6-4
Doubles competition 1. #9 Samantha Vickers/Isaura Enrique (TLS) vs. Tristen Dewar/Yana Koroleva (CU) 7-7, unfinished 2. Romy Koelzer/Ani Miao (CU) def. Michelle Farley/Saana Saarteinen (TLS) 8-1 3. Beatrice Gumulya/Anne-Liz Jeukeng (CU) def. Belen Rivera/Renata Kuricova (TLS) 8-6
Doubles competition 1. #9 Samantha Vickers/Isaura Enrique (TLS) def. #56 Natalie Beazant/Dominique Harmath (RICE) 8-3 2. Michelle Farley/Saana Saarteinen (TLS) vs. Kimberly Anicete/Katie Gater (RICE) unfinished 3. Maria Sant’Anna/Renata Kuricova (TLS) def. Liat Zimmerman/Solomiya Zinko (RICE) 8-6
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3); Singles (3,5,4)
Order of finish: (3,1,2); Singles (6,4,1,2,5,3)
Conference Championships: 5 (C-USA - 2007-08, 2010-12)) NCAA Tournament Appearances: 8 (2000, 2004, 2007-12)
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2013 Golden Hurricane Women’s Tennis
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2012-13 TULSA WOMEN’S TENNIS MATCH BY MATCH RESULTS No. 60 Kansas State 4, No. 22 Tulsa 3 Feb. 9, 2013 at Manhattan, Kan. -Body First Tennis Center Singles competition 1. #15 Petra Niedermayerova (KSU) def. #124 Samantha Vickers (TLS) 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 2. Karla Bonacic (KSU) def. Isaura Enrique (TLS) 7-6 (9-7), 4-6, 6-2 3. Michelle Farley (TLS) def. Ivana Kubickova (KSU) 3-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 4. Maria Sant’Anna (TLS) def. Ana Gomez Aleman (KSU) 7-6 (7-4), 6-4 5. Carmen Borau Ramos (KSU) def. Saana Saarteinen (TLS) 7-6 (7-4), 6-2 6. Carol Benito (TLS) def. Amina St. Hill (KSU) 6-4, 1-6, 10-7 Doubles competition 1. #34 Petra Niedermayerova/Karla Bonacic (KSU) def. #9 Isaura Enrique/Samantha Vickers (TLS) 8-3 2. Ivana Kubickova/Carmen Borau Ramos (KSU) def. Michelle Farley/Saana Saarteinen (TLS) 8-3 3. Amina St. Hill/Ana Gomez Aleman (KSU) vs. Renata Kuricova/Maria Sant’Anna (TLS) 4-6, unfinished Order of finish: Doubles (1,2); Singles (2,1,3,4,5,6)
Singles competition 1. #55 Samantha Vickers (TLS) def. #87 Hermon Brhane (OU) 7-5, 6-4 2. Isaura Enrique (TLS) def. Whitney Ritchie (OU) 6-1, 2-0, retired 3. Mia Lancaster (OU) def. Michelle Farley (TLS) 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 4. Maria Sant’Anna (TLS) def. Abbi Melrose (OU) 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (7-5) 5. Whitney Wofford (OU) def. Saana Saarteinen (TLS) 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 6. Zita Engbroks (OU) def. Carol Benito (TLS) 6-3, 6-4 Doubles competition 1. #36 Whitney Ritchie/Hermon Brhane (OU) def. #12 Isaura Enrique/Samantha Vickers (TLS) 8-6 2. Whitney Wofford/Zita Engbroks (OU) def. Saana Saarteinen/Michelle Farley (TLS) 8-5 3. Maria Sant’Anna/Renata Kuricova (TLS) def. Mia Lancaster/Abbi Melrose (OU) 8-4 Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (2,6,1,5,4)
No. 23 Tulsa 5, Kansas 2 Feb. 10, 2013 at Lawrence, Kan. - Jayhawk Tennis Center
No. 33 Tulsa 6, No. 61 Ohio State 1 Feb. 23, 2013 at Fayetteville, Ark. -Billingsley Tennis Center
Singles competition 1. #124 Samantha Vickers (TLS) def. Maria Jose Cardona (KU) 6-1, 6-1 2. Isaura Enrique (TLS) def. Maria Belen Luduena (KU) 6-1, 6-2 3. Michelle Farley (TLS) def. Paulina Los (KU) 6-4, 7-5 4. Dylan Windom (KU) def. Maria Sant’Anna (TLS) 7-6, 0-6, 7-5 5. Saana Saarteinen (TLS) def. Claire Dreyer (KU) 2-6, 6-0, 6-1 6. Anastasija Trubica (KU) def. Carol Benito (TLS) 7-5, 6-2
Singles competition 1. #55 Samantha Vickers (TLS) def. #53 Kelsey Dieters (OHIOST) 6-2, 6-2 2. Isaura Enrique (TLS) def. Kara Cecil (OHIOST) 6-0, 4-6, 6-1 3. Michelle Farley (TLS) def. Gabby Steele (OHIOST) 6-3, 7-5 4. #93 Fidan Manashirova (OHIOST) def. Maria Sant’Anna (TLS) 6-3, 6-4 5. Saana Saarteinen (TLS) def. Grainne O’Neill (OHIOST) 7-5, 8-6 6. Carol Benito (TLS) def. Noelle Malley (OHIOST) 7-5, 6-2
Doubles competition 1. #9 Isaura Enrique/Samantha Vickers (TLS) def. Maria Jose Cardona/Dylan Windom (KU) 8-0 2. Saana Saarteinen/Michelle Farley (TLS) def. Anastasija Trubica/Haley Fournier (KU) 8-7 3. Maria Sant’Anna/Renata Kuricova (TLS) def. Maria Belen Luduena/Paulina Los (KU) 8-5
Doubles competition 1. #12 Samantha Vickers/Isaura Enrique (TLS) def. Kelsey Dieters/Kara Cecil (OHIOST) 8-2 2. Michelle Farley/Saana Saarteinen (TLS) def. Gabby Steele/Fidan Manashirova (OHIOST) 8-6 3. Maria Sant’Anna/Renata Kuricova (TLS) vs. Grainne O’Neill/Noelle Malley (OHIOST) 8-8, unfinished
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (1,2,3,5,4,6)
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2); Singles (1,4,3,5,6,2)
No. 23 Tulsa 5, Kansas 2 Feb. 10, 2013 at Lawrence, Kan. - Jayhawk Tennis Center
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No. 41 Oklahoma 4, No. 28 Tulsa 3 Feb. 16, 2013 at Norman, Okla. - Gregg Wadley Indoor Tennis Pavillion
No. 44 Arkansas 4, No. 33 Tulsa 3, Feb. 24, 2013 at Fayetteville, Ark. -Billingsley Tennis Center
Singles competition 1. #124 Samantha Vickers (TLS) def. Maria Jose Cardona (KU) 6-1, 6-1 2. Isaura Enrique (TLS) def. Maria Belen Luduena (KU) 6-1, 6-2 3. Michelle Farley (TLS) def. Paulina Los (KU) 6-4, 7-5 4. Dylan Windom (KU) def. Maria Sant’Anna (TLS) 7-6, 0-6, 7-5 5. Saana Saarteinen (TLS) def. Claire Dreyer (KU) 2-6, 6-0, 6-1 6. Anastasija Trubica (KU) def. Carol Benito (TLS) 7-5, 6-2
Singles competition 1. #55 Samantha Vickers (TLS) def. #53 Kelsey Dieters (OHIOST) 6-2, 6-2 2. Isaura Enrique (TLS) def. Kara Cecil (OHIOST) 6-0, 4-6, 6-1 3. Michelle Farley (TLS) def. Gabby Steele (OHIOST) 6-3, 7-5 4. #93 Fidan Manashirova (OHIOST) def. Maria Sant’Anna (TLS) 6-3, 6-4 5. Saana Saarteinen (TLS) def. Grainne O’Neill (OHIOST) 7-5, 8-6 6. Carol Benito (TLS) def. Noelle Malley (OHIOST) 7-5, 6-2
Doubles competition 1. #9 Isaura Enrique/Samantha Vickers (TLS) def. Maria Jose Cardona/Dylan Windom (KU) 8-0 2. Saana Saarteinen/Michelle Farley (TLS) def. Anastasija Trubica/Haley Fournier (KU) 8-7 3. Maria Sant’Anna/Renata Kuricova (TLS) def. Maria Belen Luduena/Paulina Los (KU) 8-5
Doubles competition 1. #12 Samantha Vickers/Isaura Enrique (TLS) def. Kelsey Dieters/Kara Cecil (OHIOST) 8-2 2. Michelle Farley/Saana Saarteinen (TLS) def. Gabby Steele/Fidan Manashirova (OHIOST) 8-6 3. Maria Sant’Anna/Renata Kuricova (TLS) vs. Grainne O’Neill/Noelle Malley (OHIOST) 8-8, unfinished
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (1,2,3,5,4,6)
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (4,5,2,1,3,6)
Conference Championships: 5 (C-USA - 2007-08, 2010-12)) NCAA Tournament Appearances: 8 (2000, 2004, 2007-12)
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