Alabama Completes Day One at ITA Southern Regional Championships
10/12/2018 9:25:00 PM | Women's Tennis
Senior No. 70 Andie Daniell went 2-0 in singles play on Friday
OXFORD, Miss. – The Alabama women's tennis team earned six singles wins and two doubles victories in the first day of play at the ITA Southern Regional Championships in Oxford, Miss., on Friday.
Senior No. 70 Andie Daniell (No. 5 seed in the tournament) dominated in the first round after defeating Rikeetha Pereira (Southern Miss), 6-0, 6-0, and then advanced to the quarterfinals after besting Paris Corley (LSU), 6-3, 6-1. Daniell will take on No. 12 seed Magda Adaloglou (Mississippi State) on Saturday.
The Crimson Tide picked up four more first round singles victories with junior Luca Fabian easing past Elsa Pool (Samford), 6-3, 6-2, sophomore Moka Ito winning over Daniela La Fuente (Tulane), 6-4, 6-3, junior Alba Cortina Pou earning a 6-4, 7-6(6), victory over Allie Sanford (Ole Miss), and junior Ann Selim besting Natalia De Ugarte (Samford), 6-2, 6-3.
The No. 6 seed in Daniell/Ito moved past Song/Turner (Auburn), 8-3, in doubles and Cortina Pou/Fabian, used an 8-0 win over Yazgan/Pereira (Southern Miss), to advance to the Round of 16.
Doubles and singles competition will continue tomorrow morning, with the first matches beginning at 8 a.m. CT.
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Alabama Results
Singles (Round 1)
No. 70 Andie Daniell def. Rikeetha Pereira (Southern Miss), 6-0, 6-0
Luca Fabian def. Elsa Pool (Samford), 6-3, 6-2
Moka Ito def. Daniela La Fuente (Tulane), 6-4, 6-3
Alba Cortina Pou def. Allie Sanford (Ole Miss), 6-4, 7-6(6)
Ann Selim def. Natalia De Ugarte (Samford), 6-2, 6-3
Elena Muller (Tulane) def. Jacqueline Pelletier, 7-6(6), 6-4
(Round 2)
No. 70 Andie Daniell def. Paris Corley (LSU), 6-3, 6-1
No. 39 Jaeda Daniel (Auburn) def. Ann Selim, 7-5, 6-4
No. 125 Anastasia Rentouli (Mississippi State) def. Moka Ito, 4-6, 6-0, 7-5
No. 122 Anna Vrbenska (Ole Miss) def. Luca Fabian, 6-4, 6-1
Sophia Graver (Auburn) def. Alba Cortina Pou, 1-6, 7-5, 6-3
Alexandra Alegre (Tulane) def. Kimberley Gintrand, 6-2, 6-1
(Round 1 – Consolation)
Jacqueline Pelletier def. Florian Picaut (Louisiana), 6-4, 6-4
Doubles
Cortina Pou/Fabian def. Yazgan/Pereira (Southern Miss), 8-0
Ito/Daniell def. Song/Turner (Auburn), 8-3
Hamilton/Conejero (Jacksonville) def. Pelletier/Gintrand, 8-7(4)
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