Alabama Women’s Tennis Closes Hail State Classic with 14 Wins Over Two Days of Competition

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Alabama Women’s Tennis Closes Hail State Classic with 14 Wins Over Two Days of Competition

10/18/2020 5:45:00 PM | Women's Tennis

The Crimson Tide came away with 14 wins over the two-day event in Starkville, Miss.

STARKVILLE, Miss. – The Alabama women's tennis team earned four wins on Sunday, the final day of the Hail State Classic played in Starkville, Miss., this weekend, including three in singles and one in doubles. The two-day tournament featured players from Alabama, Mississippi State and Ole Miss.

Anna Parkhomenko and Vanesa Nikolovova earned singles wins and combined to come away with Tide's lone doubles win of the day. Sydney Riley also came away with a singles win on Sunday. Parkhomenko and Nikolovova swept their singles matches on the weekend, while Riley won two-of-three.

Overall, the Crimson Tide finished off the two-day event with 14 wins.

HEAD COACH JENNY MAINZ SAID

"We had another great weekend of college tennis. It's so much fun to be back out on the courts competing for Alabama. We made a lot of progress through the weekend and competed hard. We found our way through some tough third-set matches and we fell short in some tough matches. We have lots of positives to build on moving into our last weekend of fall competition next weekend. These tournaments are a great measuring stick of where we are and where we need to be in order to be prepared for the competitive SEC season in the spring. We're looking forward to next weekend at home as we'll have more quality matches with LSU, Auburn, Mississippi State and Ole Miss."

SINGLES

Sydney Riley (UA) def. Lilian Gabrielsen (UM) 6-2, 6-7(6), 6-4
Anna Parkhomenko (UA) def. Kelsey Mize (UM) 6-3, 7-5
Vanesa Nikolovova (UA) def. Alexa Bortles (UM) 7-5, 6-0
Lilian Poling (MSU) def. Isabella Harvison (UA) 7-6(7), 3-6, 6-4
Alexandra Mikhailuk (MSU) def. Anne Marie Hiser (UA) 6-3, 6-3
Marta Falceto (MSU) def. Sydney Orefice (UA) 6-1, 6-3
Tiphanie Fiquet (UM) def. Moka Ito (UA) 6-2, 6-2
Reka Zadori (UM) def. Sasha Gorchanyuk (UA) 6-7(3), 6-1, 7-6(3)

DOUBLES

Vanesa Nikolovova/Anna Parkhomenko (UA) def. Lilian Gabrielsen/Reka Zadori (UM) 6-2
Marta Falceto/Tamara Racine (MSU) def. Anne Marie Hiser/Sydney Riley (UA) 6-2
Alexa Bortles/Sabina Machalova (UM) def. Isabella Harvison/ Moka Ito (UA) 6-2
Alexandra Mikhailuk/Lilian Poling (MSU) def. Anne Marie Hiser/Sydney Riley (UA) 6-4
Tiphanie Fiquet/Lilian Gabrielsen (UM) def. Isabella Harvison/Moka Ito (UA) 7-5
Alexa Bortles/Sabina Machalova (UM) def. Vanesa Nikolovova/Anna Parkhomenko (UA) 6-4
Kelsey Mize/Reka Zadori (UM) def. Sasha Gorchanyuk/Sydney Orefice (UA) 6-4

UP NEXT

The Crimson Tide closes a compact fall season back in Tuscaloosa on Oct. 23-25 for the SEC Challenge #2, with Auburn, LSU, Mississippi State and Ole Miss coming to town.
The second SEC Challenge of the season will mark the third time in as many weeks that the Tide will face players from Mississippi State and the second weekend in a row that UA has seen Ole Miss.

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