NEW ORLEANS, La. – Middle Tennessee's women's tennis took an early 3-0 lead but held out a late Tulane rally thanks to with the straight set clincher on Sunday afternoon.
The Blue Raiders took the first point in the match by winning at No. 2 and 3 doubles. and fell to the No. 62 duo Ivone Alvaro and Elena Muller 6-4 putting MT behind. The last two matches came to tiebreakers as and took their match 7-5 setting up the doubles point clincher on and . The two Raiders which held a 4-5 record this season took the match 7-6 (7-4) in an dramatic fashion.