No. 43 Alabama Women’s Tennis Falls to No. 18 Duke in NCAA Championships First Round, 4-0

Friday, May 7

Waco, Texas

2 p.m. CT

Alabama

Duke

2021 Women's Tennis at the NCAA Championships in Waco, Texas

No. 43 Alabama Women’s Tennis Falls to No. 18 Duke in NCAA Championships First Round, 4-0

5/7/2021 5:15:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Box Score

The Crimson Tide closed its season in the first round of the NCAA Championships Friday afternoon in Waco, Texas

WACO, Texas – The No. 43-ranked Alabama women's tennis team fell to No. 18 Duke in the first round of the NCAA Championships by a score 4-0 Friday afternoon in Waco, Texas. The Crimson Tide finished its season at 12-13, while the Blue Devils go to 16-6.

Alabama freshman Anne Marie Hiser and graduate senior Sydney Riley were tied 5-5 with No. 10-ranked Meible Chi and Margaryta Bilokin in doubles when the Blue Devils clinched the doubles point by winning on Courts 2 and 3.

Freshman Loumilla Bencheikh led No. 49 Kelly Chen, 6-3, 3-3 at No. 1 singles while freshman Anna Parkhomenko was ahead 4-1 in her second set with No. 39 Chloe Beck, when Duke clinched the match with wins at Nos. 2, 4 and 6.

Head Coach Jenny Mainz Said

"I'm really proud of the way we fought today, and really all season. Even when time were tough, our ladies never gave up, they just kept at it and you saw that out there today. This was a great experience for our four freshmen who were in the lineup today. To be able to step out on the court at the national championships and play in this environment will really help them going into next season. For our seniors Alba Cortina Pou, Sydney Riley and Moka Ito, they have meant so much to this program. They will always be a part of the Alabama women's tennis family and I'm so glad they had the opportunity to end their careers in the NCAA Championships, leading this team."

No. 18 Duke 4, No. 43 Alabama 0

Singles

No. 1 Loudmilla Bencheikh (UA) vs. #49 Kelly Chen (DU) 6-3, 3-3, unfinished
No. 2 #19 Georgia Drummy (DU) def. Alba Cortina Pou (UA) 6-2, 6-2
No. 3 Anna Parkhomenko (UA) vs. #39 Chloe Beck (DU) 3-6, 4-1, unfinished
No. 4 #40 Meible Chi (DU) def. Anne Marie Hiser (UA) 6-1, 6-3
No. 5 Margaryta Bilokin (DU) vs. Sydney Riley (UA) 6-1, 4-2, unfinished
No. 6 Karolina Berankova (DU) def. Sydney Orefice (UA) 6-0, 6-2

Doubles

No. 1 Anne Marie Hiser/Sydney Riley (UA) vs. #10 Meible Chi/Margaryta Bilokin (DU) 5-5, unfinished
No. 2 #9 Chloe Beck/Karolina Berankova (DU) def. Alba Cortina Pou/Anna Parkhomenko (UA) 6-3
No. 3 #41 Kelly Chen/Georgia Drummy (DU) def. Loudmilla Bencheikh/Sydney Orefice (UA) 6-1

Alabama at the NCAA Championships

This weekend marked the Crimson Tide's second trip in a row to the NCAA Championships, after qualifying in 2019
There was no NCAA tourney in 2020 due to the COVID19 pandemic
This season marked Alabama's 16th NCAA Championships bid, 14th under head coach Jenny Mainz and seventh over the last decade.

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