Alabama Women’s Tennis Duo Opens SEC Challenge with Decisive Doubles Win
10/23/2020 5:17:00 PM | Women's Tennis
Sydney Riley and Isabella Harvison combined to get Alabama’s final fall tournament off to a good start Friday afternoon
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Crimson Tide women's tennis' doubles tandem of Sydney Riley and Isabella Harvison opened Alabama's final tournament of the fall with a dominant win Friday afternoon. In addition to the homestanding Tide, the tournament features players Mississippi State, LSU, Ole Miss and Auburn in both singles and doubles competition.
Riley and Harvison took down LSU's Eden Richardson and Nina Geissler by a score of 6-2. Sasha Gorchanyuk came close to giving the Crimson Tide bookend wins on the day, pushing her match with LSU's Nina Geissler, the finals contest of the day, to a third set, before falling 6-2, 4-6, 7-5.
DOUBLES
- Sydney Riley/Isabella Harvison (Alabama) def. Eden Richardson/Nina Geissler (LSU) 6-2
- Paris Corley/Anna Loughlan (LSU) def. Vanesa Nikolovova/Anna Parkhomenko (Alabama) 6-3
- Taylor Bridges/Samantha Buyckx (LSU) def. Sydney Orefice/Sasha Gorchanyuk (Alabama) 6-1
SINGLES
- Paris Corley (LSU) def. Isabella Harvison (Alabama) 6-3, 6-4
- Safiya Carrington (LSU) def. Sydney Riley (Alabama) 6-2, 6-1
- Eden Richardson (LSU) def. Vanesa Nikolovova (Alabama) 6-2, 6-1
- Taylor Bridges (LSU) def. Anna Parkhomenko (Alabama) 6-1, 6-1
- Nina Geissler (LSU) def. Sasha Gorchanyuk (Alabama) 6-2, 4-6, 7-5
- Samantha Buyckx (LSU) def. Sydney Orefice (Alabama) 6-4, 6-1
Up Next
- The second of two Alabama hosted SEC Challenges continues Saturday at 10:30 a.m., with the Crimson Tide slated for the afternoon session staring at 2 p.m. The matches will be streamed live on RollTide.com.
- Due to health and safety considerations in addition to the current guidelines, attendance at Alabama tennis home competitions is limited to guests of student-athletes and each team's coaching staff if the matches are played outdoors. If matches are played indoors, there will be no spectators allowed.
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