No. 12 Crimson Tide Outlasted by Sixth-Ranked Trojans, 4-3, at Indoor Championships

Friday, February 7

Charlottesville, Va.

2:30 p.m

Alabama

USC

No. 12 Crimson Tide Outlasted by Sixth-Ranked Trojans, 4-3, at Indoor Championships

2/7/2014 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis

Feb. 7, 2014

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - The 12th-ranked women's tennis team came within one point of advancing to the quarterfinals of the ITA National Team Indoor Championships, but came up just shy, falling 4-3 to No. 6 Southern California on Friday at the Boar's Head Sports Club. The loss was the Crimson Tide's first of the season, putting Alabama at 3-1 overall, while the win brings the Trojans to 4-0.

The Tide came out blazing in doubles to earn the first point of the match. On court three, juniors Emily Zabor and Luicelena Perez dominated the No. 3 team in the nation of senior Brynn Boren and freshman Zoe Katz, 6-2, just before Alabama's duo on court one clinched it as sophomore Maya Jansen and freshman Erin Routliffe posted a 6-3 victory over the 2013 NCAA Doubles Champion duo of senior Kaitlyn Christian and junior Sabrina Santamaria.

UA got off to another quick start in singles, leading on four courts, but USC battled back in all the matches and would even the score at 1-1 after Boren secured a 1-6, 6-2, 10-8 win over Tide freshman Danielle Spielmann on court two. Zabor then put Alabama back on top with a 6-2, 6-1 victory against junior Gabriella DeSimone on court five, and senior Mary Anne Daines followed with a huge win from the No. 1 spot, beating Santamaria, 6-4, 4-6, 10-5. The Trojans would go on to win the next three straight, clinching the team victory on court six.

Alabama will play a pair of consolation matches on Saturday and Sunday with the first coming against Texas at 5:30 p.m. CT on Saturday.

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