Alabama Drops Sunday Road Match to No. 25 Auburn

Sunday, March 13

Auburn, Ala.

1 P.M. CT

Alabama

Auburn

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Alabama Drops Sunday Road Match to No. 25 Auburn

3/13/2022 4:17:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score

The Crimson Tide returns home to host LSU and Drake at the Alabama Tennis Stadium on March 20

AUBURN, Ala. –– The Alabama men's tennis team fell, 4-0, on the road to No. 25 Auburn Sunday at the Yarbrough Tennis Facility.

The Match

Alabama and Auburn split the first two doubles matches with the Tigers taking a win on court one while UA's Patrick Kaukovalta and Juan Martin defeated Raul Dobai and Josh Raab, 6-4, on court three
The Tide's Enzo Aguiard and Joao Ferreira battled Tyler Stice and Jan Galka to a 6-6 tie, but the Tigers went 7-3 in the tiebreak for the win on court two and the 1-0 start in team play
Auburn (13-3, 2-1 SEC) recorded back-to-back wins on courts three and four, respectively, to take a 3-0 advantage before battling through a back-and-forth second set at the top of the order for the deciding point
When the match was clinched, Aguiard was tied in his second set against No. 124 Jan Galka (2-6, 5-5) on court two and Martin was tied against Will Nolan (4-6, 4-4) on court five
Ferreira rallied after a 6-3 first set loss against Finn Murgett to win round two, 6-2, and force a third set on court six

Alabama (4-11, 0-3 SEC) hosts a pair of matches Sunday, March 20, as the team welcomes LSU and Drake to the Alabama Tennis Stadium
The Tide and Tigers compete at 1 p.m. CT, as Alabama and Drake play at 5 p.m. CT

Results

Doubles:

Tad Maclean/Finn Murgett (def. #28 Filip Planinsek/German Samofalov (UA) 6-4
Tyler Stice/Jan Galka (AU) def. Enzo Aguiard/Joao Ferreira (UA) 7-6 (7-3)
Patrick Kaukovalta/Juan Martin (UA) def. Raul Dobai/Josh Raab 6-4

Order of Finish (1,3,2)

Singles:

#83 Tyler Stice (AU) def. Filip Planinsek (UA) 6-2, 7-5
Enzo Aguiard (UA) vs. #124 Jan Galka (AU) 2-6, 5-5, unfinished
#110 Tad Maclean (AU) def. German Samofalov (UA) 6-3, 6-3
Raul Dobai (AU) def. Patrick Kaukovalta (UA) 6-4, 6-3
Juan Martin (UA) vs. Will Nolan (AU) 4-6, 4-4, unfinished
Joao Ferreira (UA) vs. Finn Murgett 3-6, 6-2, 0-1, unfinished

Order of Finish (3,4,1)

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