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DALLAS – Tulane’s women’s tennis team overcame a late 3-1 deficit to take a 4-3 win against ECU to cap the first day of competition at the American Athletic Conference Women’s Tennis Championship Wednesday on the campus of SMU.
 
Tulane’s win against ECU was the only victory by a lower-seeded team Wednesday as the No. 9-seeded Green Wave topped the No. 8-seeded Pirates. Earlier in the day, No. 6 Houston, No. 7 Memphis and No. 5 SMU scored convincing wins in their opening-round matches to set the field for Thursday’s quarterfinals.
 
The American’s women’s championship continues through the April 21 final. Thursday’s matches begin at noon CT.
 
Complete coverage of The American Tennis Championships, including live scoring of each match, can be found on the conference’s Championship Central site. Live coverage of the women’s and men’s finals will be available on the American Digital Network.
 
 
Houston 4, UConn 0
Records: Houston (20-3), UConn (10-11)
No. 6-seeded Houston advanced to the quarterfinal round of The American Championship for the fourth time in five years and picked up its 20th win of the 2018 season with a 4-0 victory against No. 11-seeded UConn Wednesday morning.
 
The Cougars scored straight-set wins at No. 3, No. 5 and No. 6 singles and won the bottom two positions on the doubles ladder to pick up the victory. Lauren Alter, Ana Glumac and Constandena Nicolau were winners in both singles and doubles play for Houston, which advanced to face No. 3-seeded Wichita State in Thursday’s quarterfinals (3 p.m. CT).
 

	SINGLES (order of finish: 3, 5, 6)
1.	No. 116 Tsveta Dimitrova (Houston) vs.Yelyzaveta Platnyeva (UConn)	unfinished
2.	Sveva Mazzari (Houston) vs. Jacquelyn Fitz-Randolph (UConn)	unfinished
3.	Lauren Alter (Houston) def. Summer Walker (UConn)	6-0, 6-2
4.	Ali Mills (Houston) vs. Jacqueline Lazaro (UConn)	unfinished
5.	Constandena Nicolaou (Houston) def. Zaina Zaki (UConn)	6-2, 6-0
6.	Ana Glumac (Houston) def. Cassie Chung (UConn)	6-1, 6-2
	DOUBLES (order of finish: 2, 3)
1.	Tsveta Dimitrova/Sveva Mazzari (Houston) vs. Yelyzaveta Pletnyeva/Jacquelyn Fitz-Randolph (UConn)	unfinished
2.	Lauren Alter/Ali Mills (Houston) def. Zaina Zaki/Summer Walker (UConn)	6-1
3.	Ana Glumac/Constandena Nicolaou (Houston) def. Jacqueline Lazaro/Gillian Perrotta (UConn)	6-3

 
 
Memphis 4, Cincinnati 1
Records: Memphis (16-7), Cincinnati (11-10)
Memphis is in the quarterfinal round of The American Championship for the fifth straight after the No. 7-seeded Tigers were 4-1 winners against No. 10-seeded Cincinnati Wednesday morning.
 
Memphis claimed the doubles point in short order as the top two tandems to finish dropped only one game between them. The Tigers went on to claim singles wins in the top three positions, capped by a three-set victory at No. 1 by Anki Wind. Laura Bente was a winner in both singles and doubles as she took a 6-4, 7-5 victory at No. 3 singles and joined Alisha Reayer for a 6-0 decision at No. 1 doubles.
 
Memphis moves on to face No. 2-seeded Tulsa in Thursday’s quarterfinals (3 p.m. CT).
 

	SINGLES (order of finish: 2, 4, 3, 1)
1.	Anki Wind (Memphis) def. Ioana Guna (Cincinnati)	6-3, 3-6, 6-2
2.	Hanna Sohn (Memphis) def. Alexia Coutino (Cincinnati)	6-2, 6-2
3.	Laura Bente (Memphis) def. Caroline Morton (Cincinnati)	6-4, 7-5
4.	Antonella Bramato (Cincinnati) def. Alisha Reayer (Memphis)	6-3, 6-3
5.	Katherine Cao (Memphis) vs. Emma Miceli (Cincinnati)	unfinished
6.	Claire Sullivan (Memphis) vs. Anna Philp (Cincinnati)	unfinished
	DOUBLES (order of finish: 1, 3)
1.	Laura Bente/Alisha Reayer (Memphis) def. Ioana Guna/Caroline Morton (Cincinnati)	6-0
2.	Katherine Cao/Anki Wind (Memphis) vs. Antonella Bramato (Alexia Coutino (Cincinnati)	unfinished
3.	Josephine Cao/Hanna Sohn (Memphis) def. Emma Miceli/Ali Miller (Cincinnati)	6-1

 
 
SMU 4, Temple 0
Records: SMU (13-8), Temple (10-8)
SMU extended its winning streak to seven matches as the No. 5-seeded Mustangs took a 4-0 win against No. 12-seeded Temple Wednesday afternoon at Turpin Stadium.
 
SMU won its opening match in the American Athletic Conference for the fourth straight year thanks to a pair of straight-set wins in singles before Sarai Monarrez Yesaki battled back after dropping her first set to clinch the match at No. 5. Monarrez Yesaki also paired with Karina Traxler for a 6-3 win at No. 1 doubles, joining Ana Perez-Lopez as the Mustangs’ winners in both singles and doubles play.
 
SMU, which is in the quarterfinal round of The American Championship for the fifth time in as many years, looks for its fourth straight appearance in the semifinals when the Mustangs face No. 4-seeded USF Thursday (noon CT).
 

	SINGLES (order of finish: 2, 4, 5)
1.	Karina Traxler (SMU) vs. Alina Abdurakhimova (Temple)	unfinished
2.	Liza Buss (SMU) def. Monet Stuckey-Willis (Temple)	6-2, 6-2
3.	Anzhelika Shapovalova (SMU) vs. Rimpledeep Kaur (Temple)	unfinished
4.	Ana Perez-Lopez (SMU) def. Yana Khon (Temple)	6-4, 6-4
5.	Sarai Monarrez Yesaki (SMU) def. Kristina Titova (Temple)	4-6, 6-1, 6-2
6.	Nicole Petchey (SMU) vs. Alice Patch (Temple)	unfinished
	DOUBLES (order of finish: 3, 1)
1.	Karina Traxler/Sarai Monarrez Yesaki (SMU) def. Alina Abdurakhimova/Monet Stuckey Willis (Temple)	6-3
2.	Tiffany Hollebeck/Anzhelika Shapovalova (SMU) def. Rimpledeep Kaur/Alice Patch (Temple)	unfinished
3.	Nicole Petchey/Ana Perez-Lopez (SMU) def. Yana Khon/Kristina Titova (Temple)	6-2

 
 
Tulane 4, ECU 3
Records: Tulane (13-10), ECU (17-9)
Daniela La Fuente, Ivone Alvaro and Christina Sisti won three-set battles in singles for No. 9-seeded Tulane, which overcame a 3-1 deficit to take a 4-3 victory against No. 8-seeded ECU Wednesday afternoon.
 
The Green Wave was on the brink of elimination after ECU’s Celia Ruiz, the nation’s No. 75-ranked singles player, scored a 6-4, 6-2 win for the Pirates at No. 1 singles, giving ECU a 3-1 lead. The Pirates forced a third set in the No. 3, No. 4 and No. 6 matches, needing only one of the three to clinch the match. But La Fuente and Alvaro took over in their respective third sets, however, as La Fuente won 6-1 in the third, while Alvaro was a 6-2 winner in the deciding set. That set the stage for Sisti, gained an early break in third to build leads of 3-1 and 5-3 before holding on for a 6-4 victory.
 
The win sends Tulane to the quarterfinal round of the championship Thursday, where the Green Wave will face top-seeded UCF at noon CT.
 

	SINGLES (order of finish: 5, 2, 1, 4, 3, 6)
1.	No. 75 Celia Ruiz (ECU) def. Sade Atkinson (Tulane)	6-4, 6-2
2.	Lisa Hofbauer (ECU) def. Laura Fabrizi (Tulane)	6-3, 6-3
3.	Ivone Alvaro (Tulane) def. Nastja Rettich (ECU)	6-4, 3-6, 6-2
4.	Daniela La Fuente (Tulane) def. Alisa Diercksen (ECU)	6-2, 4-6, 6-1
5.	Elena Muller (Tulane) def. Annija Veinsteina (ECU)	6-3, 6-1
6.	Christina Sisti (Tulane) def. Hsia Ho Chiao (ECU)	6-3, 3-6, 6-4
	DOUBLES (order of finish: 2, 1, 3)
1.	Alisa Diercksen/Lisa Hofbauer (ECU) def. Sade Atikinson/Laura Fabrizi (Tulane)	6-3
2.	Ivone Alvaro/Elena Muller (Tulane) def. Hsia Ho Chiao/Nastja Rettich (ECU)	6-3
3.	Celia Ruiz/Annija Veinsteina (ECU) def. Daniela La Fuente/Sofia Kurtz (Tulane)	7-5

AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE WOMEN’S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP
April 18-21 | Dallas Texas
 

First Round | Wednesday, April 18
Match 1: No. 6 Houston 4, No. 11 UConn 0
Match 2: No. 7 Memphis 4, No. 10 Cincinnati 1
Match 3: No. 9 Tulane 4, No. 8 ECU 3
Match 4: No. 5 SMU 4, No. 12 Temple 0
Quarterfinals | Thursday, April 19
Match 5: Tulane (13-10) vs. No. 1 UCF (18-3)	Noon
Match 6: SMU (13-8) vs. No. 4 USF (11-10)	Noon
Match 7: Houston (20-3) vs. No. 3 Wichita State (16-7)	3 p.m.
Match 8: Memphis (16-7) vs. No. 2 Tulsa (18-5)	3 p.m.
Semifinals | Friday, April 20
Match 9: Match 5 winner vs. Match 6 winner	3 p.m.
Match 10: Match 7 winner vs. Match 8 winner	3 p.m.
Final | Saturday, April 21 | American Digital Network
Match 11: Semifinal winners	3 p.m.

 
 
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