Alabama Women’s Tennis Blanks Troy, 7-0

Wednesday, February 10

Tuscaloosa, Ala.

3 p.m. CT

Alabama

Troy

Alabama Women’s Tennis Blanks Troy, 7-0

2/10/2021 6:22:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Box Score

The sweep marked the Crimson Tide’s fifth 7-0 win of the season and bumps Alabama to a 7-1 mark on the season

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Alabama women's tennis team downed Troy, 7-0, Wednesday afternoon at the Alabama Tennis Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Ala. With the win, the Crimson Tide goes 7-1 on the season, with Troy dropping to 1-1.

After winning the doubles point to start the match, Anna Parkhomenko picked up the Tide's first singles point with a win at No. 4, while Sasha Gorchanyuk clinched the match with a win at No. 2. With the victory, the Tide is now 4-0 all-time vs. Troy, with the previous three wins coming between 2000-02.

Head Coach Jenny Mainz Said

"This was a great opportunity to help us prepare for Tulane and TCU this weekend. We need matches to work through challenges we encounter under pressure. The best practice is competing and figuring things out under stress and in pressure situations. We had a good day today to help us move forward."

Alabama 7, Troy 0

Doubles

No. 1 Moka Ito/Sydney Riley (UA) def. Anastasiia Khokhlova/Andrea Widing (TROY) 4-3
No. 2 Sasha Gorchanyuk/Alba Cortina Pou (UA) def. Michelle Ncube/Kristina Kukaras (TROY) 6-2
No. 3 Anna Parkhomenko/Anne Marie Hiser (UA) def. Shevita Aulana/Metea Mihaljevic (TROY) 6-2

Singles

No. 1 Moka Ito (UA) def. Metea Mihaljevic (TROY) 6-2, 6-2
No. 2 Sasha Gorchanyuk (UA) def. Anastasiia Khokhlova (TROY) 6-3, 6-2
No. 3 Alba Cortina Pou (UA) def. Michelle Ncube (TROY) 6-1, 6-3
No. 4 Anna Parkhomenko (UA) def. Kristina Kukaras (TROY) 6-2, 6-1
No. 5 Anne Marie Hiser (UA) def. Andrea Widing (TROY) 6-3, 6-4
No. 6 Sydney Riley (UA) def. Anastasiia Khrustaleva (TROY) 6-3, 6-3

Up Next

Alabama returns to action with a pair of matches this weekend, taking on Tulane on Friday (1 p.m.) and TCU on Sunday (12 p.m.)
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