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Jackson State University
Alabama Women’s Tennis Sweeps Jackson State in Season Opener
1/13/2018 8:06:00 PM | Women's Tennis
The Crimson Tide tops the Lady Tigers, 4-0,and, 7-0, to capture its first two wins of the season
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Alabama women's tennis team kicked off the season on a roll, sweeping Jackson State, 4-0, and, 7-0, in the season opener doubleheader at the Roberta Alison Baumgardner Tennis Facility. The men's and women's tennis programs both opened the season playing Jackson State simultaneously for the first time in program history.
In the morning session, the Crimson Tide started doubles play with a bang. Junior Andie Daniell and sophomore Alba Cortina-Pou defeated Lucia Solis and Tyler Smith, 6-1, while senior Smith Hinton and sophomore Jacqueline Pelletier topped Oni Jones and Ariel Dickson, 6-1.
In singles play, Alabama snatched the first three matches to secure the 4-0 sweep in straight sets. No. 106 Daniell defeated T. Smith, 6-0, 6-2, while Cortina-Pou dominated Daria Butorina, 6-1, 6-0. Furthermore, in her first collegiate dual meet of her career, freshman Kylie Moulin took care of Lucia Solis, 6-3, 6-3 to solidify Alabama's first win of the season.
For the second half of the doubleheader, Alabama mirrored its morning doubles performance, winning the doubles point by shutting out the Lady Tigers. Daniell and Moulin cruised past Smith and Solis, 6-0, while sophomore Ann Selim and Cortina-Pou, pushed past Jones and Dickson, 6-0.
In singles play, Selim silenced Jones in straight sets, 6-0, 6-0, to give the Tide a 2-0 lead after doubles. Gintrand then followed with a solid performance at the No. 6 position, defeating Dickson, 6-1, 6-1. For the win, Hinton rolled past Smith, 6-1, 6-0, to give the Tide its second victory of the day.
Up next, Alabama will host another pair of matches on Sunday, Jan. 21 when it takes on Western Kentucky at 10 a.m. CT and Lipscomb at 4 p.m. CT at the Roberta Alison Baumgardner Tennis Facility.
Alabama Match 1 Results:
Alabama 4, Jackson State 0
Doubles
Daniell & Cortina-Pou (UA) def. Solis & Smith (JSU), 6-1
Hinton & Pelletier (UA) def. Jones & Dickson (JSU), 6-1
Moulin & Gintrand vs. Zhang & Butorina, 4-2 unf.
Singles
Cortina-Pou (UA) def. Butorina (JSU), 6-1, 6-0
No. 106 Daniell (UA) def. Smith (JSU), 6-0, 6-2
Moulin (UA) def. Solis (JSU), 6-3, 6-3
Hinton (UA) vs. Zhang (JSU) , 4-0 unf.
Fabian (UA) vs. Jones (JSU) 1-0 unf.
Alabama Match 2 Results:
Alabama 7, Jackson State 0
Doubles
Selim & Cortina-Pou (UA) def. Jones & Dickson (JSU), 6-0
Daniell & Moulin (UA) def. Smith & Solis (JSU), 6-0
Fabian & Pelletier (UA) def. Zhang & Butorina (JSU), 6-2
Singles
Selim (UA) def. Jones (JSU), 6-0, 6-0
Gintrand (UA) def. Dickson (JSU), 6-1, 6-1
Hinton (UA) def. Smith (JSU), 6-1, 6-0
Fabian (UA) def. Solis (JSU), 6-0, 6-2
Moulin (UA) def. Zhang (JSU), 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(5)
Pelletier (UA) def. Butorina (JSU), 6-3, 6-1
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Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
2,1,3
#1 Singles Match
#2 Singles Match
#3 Singles Match
#4 Singles Match
#5 Singles Match
#6 Singles Match
Order of Finish:
4,6,1,3,2,5
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