Alabama Falls To Tennessee, Set To Play Volunteers In Second Round Of SEC Tournament

Sunday, April 17

Tuscaloosa, Ala.

1 p.m. CT

Alabama

Tennessee

Photo by: Crimson Tide Photos / UA Athletics

Alabama Falls To Tennessee, Set To Play Volunteers In Second Round Of SEC Tournament

4/17/2022 4:25:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Box Score

The 10th-seeded Crimson Tide will face the seventh-seeded Volunteers at 5 p.m. CT on Thursday

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. –– The No. 45 Alabama women's tennis team fell, 4-0, to No. 26 Tennessee in the regular season finale on Sunday at the Roberta Alison Baumgardner Tennis Facility. A rematch between the two teams is set for Thursday, April 21 at 5 p.m. CT as the Crimson Tide and Lady Vols meet in the second round of the Southeastern Conference Tournament in Gainesville, Fla.

Alabama finished the regular season with a 15-10 overall record and a 5-8 record in conference, while Tennessee moved to 13-8 on the season and 7-6 in league play. UA will be the 10^th seed in the SEC Tournament as the Volunteers compete as the seventh seed.

The Match

Tennessee took the first point with doubles victories on courts two and one, respectively
Anne Marie Hiser and Sydney Orefice were leading 5-4 on court three against Elza Tomase and Kylie Duckworth when the doubles point was clinched
UT followed with wins on courts six, three and four, respectively, to record three singles victories and clinch the overall match
Three Tide players captured a first set win as No. 87 Petra Sedlackova, Ola Pitak and Kasia Pitak secured a win in the opening round on courts one, two and five, respectively
Sedlackova opened with a strong 6-3 win on court one against 30^th-ranked Rebeka Mertena, but was trailing 3-5 in set two when the match was clinched
After a long back-and-forth battle, Ola Pitak emerged with a 7-6 victory after fighting through a 9-7 opening set tiebreaker. UT's 52^nd- ranked Tenika McGriffin held serve for a 1-0 lead in set two when play concluded.
Kasia Pitak flew out to an early lead on court five, taking a 6-2 decision against Esther Adeshina, but 6-4 second set win by UT had the match heading into a third set

Sunday's match concluded the regular season as the 10^th-seeded Crimson Tide heads to the SEC Tournament to face seventh-seeded Tennessee in the second round
The match is set to get underway at 5 p.m. CT on Thursday, April 21 at the Alfred A. Ring Tennis Complex in Gainesville, Fla.

Results

Doubles:

#17 Daria Kuczer/ Tenika McGriffin (UT) def. Petra Sedlackova/Anna Parkhomenko (UA) 6-3
#76 Rebeka Mertena/Esther Adeshina (UT) def. Ola Pitak/Kasia Pitak (UA) 6-2
Anne Marie Hiser/Sydney Orefice (UA) vs. Elza Tomase/ Kylie Duckworth (UT) 5-4, unfinished

Order of finish (2,1)

Singles:

#87 Petra Sedlackova (UA) vs. #30 Rebeka Mertena (UT) 6-3, 3-5, unfinished
Ola Pitak (UA) vs. #52 Tenika McGriffin (UT) 7-6 (7), 0-1, unfinished
#111 Elza Tomase (UT) def. Anna Parkhomenko (UA) 6-0, 6-4
Daria Kuczer def. Anne Marie Hiser (UA) 7-5, 6-1
Kasia Pitak (UA) vs. Esther Adeshina (UT) 6-2, 4-6, unfinished
Eleonora Molinaro (UT) def. Ansley Cheshire (UA) 6-2, 6-1

Order of Finish (6,3,4)

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