Alabama
Kennesaw State
The Crimson Tide Improves to 8-0 with Wins Over Kennesaw State and Lipscomb
2/10/2019 6:55:00 PM | Women's Tennis
Alabama dominated the Owls, 4-0, and the Bisons, 4-0
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Alabama women's tennis team swept its fourth doubleheader of the season after defeating Kennesaw State, 4-0 and Lipscomb, 4-0, on Sunday at the Alabama Tennis Stadium. With the two victories, the Crimson Tide moves to 8-0 in 2019.
"We have a really fit team and I think that's one of our strengths," head coach Jenny Mainz stated. "We've worked a lot on that in the offseason and I think its paying dividends in a long weekend like this. This is the fourth match of the weekend and its taxing, both physically and emotionally, it's a long day at the office for the players."
"I thought we responded really well. Lipscomb is a good team, they're solid, they fought hard, I thought they competed well and they didn't go away. So I think it was a really good test for us, we had to finish."
The Tide started the day by dominating doubles play, with all three courts winning by a 6-1 spot to take the 1-0 lead.
In singles play No. 47 senior Andie Daniell cruised to a 6-0, 6-0, win on court one and sophomore Moka Ito eased to a 6-1, 6-0, on court two, as UA went up 3-0. Junior Ann Selim clinched the match with an easy 6-0, 6-0, victory on court five.
Against Lipscomb the Tide went up 1-0 after securing the doubles point for the eighth consecutive match. Alabama earned wins on courts three and one to take the early lead.
In singles action, junior Alba Cortina Pou picked up her fist win of the day by surpassing Liza Diachenko, 6-0, 6-2, while junior Luca Fabian won on court five, 6-1, 6-4. Junior Jacqueline Pelletier clinched the match with a 6-3, 6-4, victory.
The Crimson Tide will return to action on Friday, Feb. 15 at 5 p.m. CT to take on UCF at the Alabama Tennis Stadium. The match will be streamed live on RollTide.com.
Alabama Results
(vs. Kennesaw State)
Doubles
- Daniell/Ito def. Nash/Castellanos, 6-1
- Cortina Pou/Fabian def. Jarrett/Wende, 6-1
- Gintrand/Selim def. Cantrell/Reilly, 6-1
Order of Finish: 1, 2, 3
Singles
- No. 47 Andie Daniell def. Juliana Castellanos, 6-0, 6-0
- Moka Ito def. Kendall Nash, 6-1, 6-0
- Jacqueline Pelletier vs. Aspen Jarrett, 6-2, 2-0, unf.
- Luca Fabian vs. Jessica Cantrell, 6-0, 3-2, unf.
- Ann Selim def. Zoe Wende, 6-0, 6-0
- Kimberley Gintrand vs. Brenna Reilly, 6-1, 5-2, unf.
Order of Finish: 1, 2, 5
(vs. Lipscomb)
Doubles
- Daniell/Ito def. Dzyuba/Popova, 6-3
- Buberl/Brooks vs. Cortina Pou/Fabian, 5-3, unf.
- Gintrand/Selim def. Tshatedi/Bandy, 6-2
Order of Finish: 3, 1
Singles
- Vika Dzyuba vs. No. 47 Andie Daniell, 6-2, 3-6, 2-0, unf.
- Moka Ito vs. Kate Popova, 7-5, 2-6, 0-0, unf.
- Jacqueline Pelletier def. Madeleine Brooks, 6-3, 6-4
- Alba Cortina Pou def. Liza Diachenko, 6-0, 6-2
- Luca Fabian def. Denise Buberl, 6-1, 6-4
- Ann Selim def. Maddox Bandy, 7-6(3), 3-0, unf.
Order of Finish: 4, 5, 3
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Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
1,2,3
#1 Singles Match
#2 Singles Match
#3 Singles Match
#4 Singles Match
#5 Singles Match
#6 Singles Match
Order of Finish:
1,2,5
Players Mentioned
