Alabama Women’s Tennis Falls at Kentucky, 4-1

LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Alabama women's tennis team fell at Kentucky at the Hilary J. Boone Tennis Center in Lexington, Ky., Friday afternoon by a score of 4-1. Alabama is now 9-4 on the season, while Kentucky goes to 9-1.

After losing at No. 3 doubles, the Crimson Tide tandem of Anne Marie Hiser and Sydney Riley won at No. 2 doubles, 6-3. With the doubles point in the balance, Moka Ito and Sasha Gorchanyuk pushed their match to a tiebreaker before falling 7-6 to give the Wildcats the doubles point. Alba Cortina Pou picked up Alabama's lone point of the match with a straight-sets win at No. 4 singles.

Kentucky 4, Alabama 1

Singles
No. 1 Akvile Parazinskaite (UK) def. Moka Ito (UA) 7-5, 6-2
No. 2 Carlota Molina (UK) def. Sasha Gorchanyuk (UA) 2-6, 6-1, 6-2
No. 3 Lesedi Jacobs (UK) def. Anna Parkhomenko (UA) 6-4, 6-3
No. 4 Alba Cortina Pou (UA) def. Elizabeth Stevens (UK) 7-6 (7-5), 6-4
No. 5 Anne Marie Hiser (UA) vs. Carla Girbau (UK) 4-1, unfinished
No. 6 Sydney Riley (UA) vs. Salsa Aher (UK) vs. 4-1, unfinished

Doubles

No. 1 Akvile Parazinskaite/Fiona Arrese (UK) def. Moka Ito/Sasha Gorchanyuk (UA) 7-6 (7-4)
No. 2 Anne Marie Hiser/Sydney Riley (UA) def. Elizabeth Stevens/Carla Girbau (UK) 6-3
No. 3 #57 Lesedi Jacobs/Anastasia Tkachenko (UK) def. Alba Cortina Pou/Anna Parkhomenko (UA) 6-0

Up Next

Alabama continues its Southeastern Conference road swing with the Vanderbilt Commodores Sunday at 1 p.m. CT in Nashville, Tenn.

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