Alabama Women’s Opens Play at the Rice Invitational
9/23/2016 9:34:00 PM | Women's Tennis
HOUSTON, Texas – Alabama women's tennis posted a 2-0 mark in doubles play and a 4-1 record in the first day of the Rice Invitational at the George R. Brown Tennis Center in Houston, Texas. The three-day event features 16 different teams.
In singles play, freshman Juliana Valero outlasted Mareen Slattery of Denver, 6-2, 1-6, 7-5. Freshman Maddie Pothoff topped SMU's Ana Perez, 6-4, 2-6, 6-1, before junior Smith Hinton defeated Julia Navajo Melendez of Texas State, 6-0, 6-1. The Crimson Tide's final singles win came from senior Danielle Spielmann in a 6-4, 6-3 decision over McNeese State's Sarah Jurakova, 6-4, 6-3.
Valero partnered up with Pothoff to outlast Wagland and Granic of Texas, 6-4, before Hinton and Joanna Saava overcame UTSA's Rossell and Kato, 6-3.
Alabama Results:
Singles:
Juliana Valero (Alabama) def. Maureen Slattery (Denver) 6-2, 1-6, 7-5
Maddie Pothoff (Alabama) def. Ana Perez (SMU) 6-4, 2-6, 6-1
Smith Hinton (Alabama) def. Julia Navajo Melendez (Texas State) 6-0, 6-1
Danielle Spielmann (Alabama) def. Sarah Jurakova (McNeese State) 6-4, 6-3
Tsvesta Dimitrova (Houston) def. Joanna Saava (Alabama) 7-6(5), 7-6(4)
Doubles:
Valero/Pothoff (Alabama) def. Wagland/Granic (Texas) 6-4
Hinton/Saava (Alabama) def. Rossell/Kato (UTSA) 6-3
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