Alabama Women’s Tennis Grinds Out Road Win against Missouri, 4-3

Friday, March 26

Columbia, Mo.

12 p.m. CT

Alabama

Missouri

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Alabama Women’s Tennis Grinds Out Road Win against Missouri, 4-3

3/26/2021 7:35:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Box Score

After rolling to the doubles point, Alabama fell behind 3-1 before closing with three straight singles victories to come out on top

COLUMBIA, Mo. – The Alabama women's team battled throughout the afternoon to take a 4-3 win on the road in Columbia, Mo., over the Missouri Tigers on Friday. With the victory, the Crimson Tide is now 10-8 on the season, while the Tigers go to 15-10.

The Crimson Tide rolled to the doubles points after Anne Marie Hiser and Sydney Riley won at No. 2 and Alba Cortina Pou and Anna Parkhomenko took the victory at No. 3. The Tigers then raced ahead, winning the first three singles matches to take a 3-1 advantage.

Cortina Pou started the Tide's comeback, picking up a straight-set win at No. 3 singles, to give her a 2-0 mark on the day. Loudmilla Bencheikh then tied the match at 3-3 with a three-set win at No. 1, putting the match in Parkhomenko's hands at No. 4 singles.

Parkhomenko won the first set handily by a score of 6-2, before dropping the second set in a tiebreaker, 7-6. The deciding set seesawed back and forth all the way up to 6-6 before Parkhomenko powered through to a 7-4 finish in the tiebreaker, giving her the point at No. 4 and Alabama the match.

Head Coach Jenny Mainz Said

"Today was a great match by both Alabama and Missouri. After battling for four hours the match came down to a few points. Jonatan (Berhane), Keith (Swindoll) and I are very proud of the toughness and determination the team showed today. They committed to working through difficult times, trusting themselves in challenging moments and found a way to finish with a win. This team has hung in there and continued to fight in every match. We're going to build on this match and get ready for another battle on Sunday. Anna puts in the time every day and every week. She's one of the absolute hardest workers I've ever coached. To see her handle the pressure and cope with the ups and downs was really rewarding. Our freshman stepped up today in a big way."

Alabama 4, Mizzou 3

Singles

No. 1 Loudmilla Bencheikh (UA) def. Ellie Wright (MIZ) 4-6, 6-4, 7-5
No. 2 #122 Bronte Murgett (MIZ) def. Moka Ito (UA) 6-0, 6-2
No. 3 Alba Cortina Pou (UA) def. Serena Nash (MIZ) 7-5, 6-4
No. 4 Anna Parkhomenko (UA) def. Valentina Vazquez (MIZ) 6-2, 6-7 (2), 7-6 (4)
No. 5 Elys Ventura (MIZ) def. Anne Marie Hiser (UA) 7-6 (5), 6-3
No. 6 Marta Oliveira (MIZ) def. Sydney Riley (UA) 6-1, 6-3

Doubles

No. 1 Marta Oliveira/Serena Nash (MIZ) vs. #49 Moka Ito/Loudmilla Bencheikh (UA) 5-2, unfinished
No. 2 Anne Marie Hiser/Sydney Riley (UA) def. Gabrielle Goldin/Valentina Vazquez (MIZ) 6-1
No. 3 Alba Cortina Pou/Anna Parkhomenko (UA) def. Ellie Wright/Bronte Murgett (MIZ) 6-2

Up Next

Alabama remains on the road for its next match, taking on No. 22 Arkansas in Fayetteville, Ark., Sunday at 12 p.m. CT at the Billingsley Tennis Center

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