Alabama's Routliffe and Pothoff Advance to the Semifinals of the NCAA Doubles Bracket
5/27/2017 8:14:00 PM | Women's Tennis
Erin Routliffe and Maddie Pothoff topped Julia O’Loughlin and Maureen Slattery in a 6-4, 6-2 decision
ATHENS, Ga. – Alabama's No. 5 ranked doubles tandem in senior Erin Routliffe and freshman Maddie Pothoff claimed a 6-4, 6-2 decision over Denver's No. 17 ranked doubles team Julia O'Loughlin and Maureen Slattery in the quarterfinals of the 2017 NCAA Women's Tennis Doubles Championships at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex on the campus of the University of Georgia.
The score was tied twice in the opening frame at 2-2 and 4-4, before Routliffe and Pothoff registered back-to-back games to win the set in a 6-4 decision. Routliffe and Pothoff got an early 3-1 lead to start the second set, before going on to win the frame in a 6-2 decision.
Alabama's duo will take on LSU's No. 16 ranked doubles team Ryann Foster and Joana Valle Costa on Sunday in the semifinals at 3:30 p.m. CT.
The Tide has been represented in the NCAA individual tournament each of the last eight years and in both the singles and doubles tournament in the same season seven times.
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