PEORIA, IL – On a shorthanded road trip, the Bradley Braves were defeated by the Tulsa Golden Hurricanes, 7-0.
 
With Sandra Maletin, Natalia Barbery, Nina Marjanovic and Victoria Gonzalez all not making the trip due to injury, the Braves were going to inevitably have a tough time.
 
Bradley lost the doubles point 3-0 after No. 1 Nikki Perlwitz and Bozana Lojpur and No. 2 Malini Wijesinghe and Lindsay Haight fell. The Braves forfeited the third doubles point, as they did not have enough players making the trip.
 
In singles, four Braves fell in straight sets, while No. 2 Wijesinghe and No. 3 Perlwitz pushed their opponents to third set tiebreakers. Perlwitz fell 10-5 and Wijesinghe fought hard, only to lose 11-9 in the last completed match of the day.
 
The Braves will again travel south next weekend playing at Southern Mississippi on March 19 and at Nicholls State on March 20.
 
BRADLEY TENNIS DUAL MATCH RESULTS
BRADLEY at Tulsa
Sunday Mar. 10, 2019 | 11:00 a.m. | Tulsa, OK | Case Tennis Center
Doubles
1. Okalova/Ploner (TU)def. Perlwitz/Lojpur (OMAHA) 6-1
2. Martha Matoula/Manon Meulenberg (TU) def.Haight/Wijesinghe (BRAD) 6-4
3. Exhibition - Marina Davtyan/Megan Hopton (TU) def. Kinga Kovacs/Shura Poppe (BRAD)
 
Singles
1.Martina Okalova (TU) def. Bozana Lojpur (BRAD) 6-2, 6-2
2. Megan Hopton (TU) def. Malini Wijesinghe (BRAD) 6-2, 1-6, 11-9
3. Shura Poppe (TU) def. Nikki Perlwitz (BRAD) 4-6, 6-2, 10-5
4. Marina Davtyan (TU) def. Lindsay Haight (BRAD) 6-1, 6-0
5. Manon Muelenberg (TU) def. Kinga Kovacs (BRAD) 6-2, 6-1
6. Arianna Capogrosso (TU) def. No player (BRAD) by default