Alabama Drops To No. 15 Florida In Friday Night Road Match

Friday, April 8

Gainesville, Fla.

4 p.m. CT

Alabama

Florida

Photo by: Crimson Tide Photos / UA Athletics

Alabama Drops To No. 15 Florida In Friday Night Road Match

4/8/2022 8:39:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Box Score

The Crimson Tide will conclude its road slate on Sunday against the South Carolina Gamecocks

GAINESVILLE, Fla. –– The No. 42 Alabama women's tennis team fell, 4-0, to No. 15 Florida Friday at the Alfred A. Ring Tennis Complex. Alabama drops to 14-8 on the season and 4-6 in Southeastern Conference play, while the Gators move to 17-4 overall and 9-2 in league play.

The Match

Florida opened with a 1-0 lead after winning doubles courts two and three, respectively
UF would get its second point off a retirement on court one, before wins on courts six and four clinched the overall match
Despite Florida taking the overall win, three Crimson Tide players held the advantage when the match was clinched
Anne Marie Hiser battled through a 7-5 opening set to take the lead on court five. She was ahead 4-3 in the second set when the match was decided.
Ola Pitak also won her opening set, going 6-4 against 64^th-ranked Marlee Zein, and was battling through an evenly paced second set (2-3) when play ended
On court three, 102^nd-ranked Petra Sedlackova rallied after falling 6-2 in set one to take a decisive 6-1 victory in set two. She was up 2-0 in the third set.

Alabama concludes its road stretch on Sunday, playing South Carolina in a noon CT match at the Carolina Tennis Center

Results

Doubles:

Alicia Dudeney/McCartney Kessler (UF) vs. Loudmilla Bencheikh/ Anne Marie Hiser (UA) 5-2, unfinished
Bente Spee/ Marlee Zein (UF) def. Anna Parkhomenko/ Petra Sedlackova (UA) 6-3
Carly Briggs/Emma Shelton (UF) def. Kasia Pitak/Ola Pitak (6-2)

Order of Finish (2,3)

Singles:

#15 McCartney Kessler (UF) def. #98 Loudmilla Bencheikh (UA) 4-3, retired
Ola Pitak (UA) vs. #64 Marlee Zein (UF) 6-4, 2-3, unfinished
#102 Petra Sedlackova (UA) vs. Carly Briggs (UF) 2-6, 6-1, 2-0, unfinished
Alicia Dudeney (UF) def. Anna Parkhomenko (UA) 6-4, 6-1
Anne Marie Hiser (UA) vs. Sara Dahlstrom (UF) 7-5, 4-3, unfinished
Sydney Berlin (UF) def. Kasia Pitak (UA) 6-2, 6-2

Order of Finish (1,6,4)

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