Alabama Drops 5-2 at No. 11 Georgia, Will Face Vanderbilt in SEC Tournament

Sunday, April 17

Athens, Ga.

12 P.M. CT

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Alabama Drops 5-2 at No. 11 Georgia, Will Face Vanderbilt in SEC Tournament

4/17/2022 5:32:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score

The Crimson Tide opens the SEC Tournament against 12th-seeded Vanderbilt on Wednesday at 10 a.m. CT

ATHENS, Ga. –– Enzo Aguiard led the Alabama men's tennis team in its final match of the regular season Sunday, as the Crimson Tide fell 5-2 to the No. 11 Georgia Bulldogs at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex.

Alabama saw wins from two doubles teams with Aguiard and Juan Martin taking a 6-4 victory on court two and Filip Planinsek and Patrick Kaukovalta going 7-6 (8) on court one. In singles, Aguiard recorded his second win of the day, fighting to take mirroring 7-5 first and second set decisions for a win on court three.

UA enters the Southeastern Conference Tournament as the 13^th seed and will play 12^th-seeded Vanderbilt at 10 a.m. CT at Georgia's Magill Tennis Complex. Alabama concludes the regular season with an 18-10 overall record and a 0-12 record in SEC play, while Georgia finished with a 17-6 record on the year and 9-3 record in conference action.

The Match

Aguiard and Martin took an impressive 6-4 victory on court two against UGA's 27^th-ranked doubles team, Trent Bryde and Philip Henning, but Georgia secured a 7-3 win in a tiebreaker on court three to even doubles play
The UA duo of Planinsek and Kaukovalta emerged from a 6-6 tie against 63^rd ranked Tristan McCormick and Hamish Stewart on court one with a 10-8 victory in the tiebreaker to give Alabama the doubles point
Georgia, however, would take wins on singles courts four, five, six and two, to secure the team victory
Aguaird posted the Tide's lone singles win, upsetting 79^th ranked Tristan McCormick 7-5, 7-5 on court three
Planinsek and Kaukovalta would both force a second-set tiebreaker, as 36^th-ranked Planinsek fell to 14^th-ranked Stewart 6-4, 7-6 (4) at No. 1 singles and Kaukovalta fell 6-1, 7-6 (2) to 47^th ranked Philip Henning at No. 2 singles

Alabama opens the Southeastern Conference Tournament on Wednesday, April 20
The 13^th-seeded Tide will play 12^th-seeded Vanderbilt at 10 a.m. CT at Georgia's Magill Tennis Complex

Results

Doubles:

Planinsek/Patrick Kaukovalta (UA) def. #63 Tristan McCormick/Hamish Stewart (UGA) 7-6 (8)
Enzo Aguiard/Juan Martin (UA) def. #27 Trent Bryde/Philip Henning (UGA) 6-4
Britton Johnston/Erik Grevelius (UGA) def. German Samofalov/Joao Ferreira (UA) 7-6 (3)

Order of Finish (2,3,1)

Singles:

#14 Hamish Stewart (UGA) def. #36 Filip Planinsek (UA) 6-4, 7-6 (4)
#47 Philip Henning (UGA) def. Patrick Kaukovalta (UA) 6-1, 7-6 (2)
Enzo Aguiard (UA) def. #79 Tristan McCormick (UGA) 7-5, 7-5
#107 Trent Bryde (UGA) def. German Samofalov (UA) 6-1, 6-0
Blake Croyder (UGA) def. Joao Ferreira (UA) 6-4, 6-2
Thomas Paulsell (UGA) def. Zach Foster (UA) 6-4, 6-2

Order of Finish (4,5,6,2,3,1)

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