Alabama Battles No. 17 Florida in 4-1 Loss

Friday, April 14

Tuscaloosa, Ala.

3 P.M. CT

Alabama

Florida

Photo by: Crimson Tide Photos / UA Athletics

Alabama Battles No. 17 Florida in 4-1 Loss

4/14/2023 7:54:00 PM | Women's Tennis

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Anne Marie Hiser captured the lone point for the Tide in a tough battle against the ranked Gators

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. –– The Alabama women's tennis team fell 4-1 in a battle against the No. 17-ranked Florida Gators on Friday.

Florida (14-6, 8-4 SEC) captured the doubles point with back-to-back wins on courts two and one, respectively. After Florida secured wins on courts one and four in singles, Anne Marie Hiser secured the Tide's (12-10, 5-7 SEC) lone point with victory on court five. Petra Sedlackova would battle back in the final match, winning four straight games to tie at 5-5 in the second set, but Florida would record the win for the overall team victory.

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From Head Coach Jenny Mainz

"Credit goes to Florida today as they played a complete match getting a great start with the doubles point. We played from behind all day and that's tough to do against a top team. Florida grabbed five first sets in singles and although we fought hard to come back it was too late. We have another great opportunity Sunday at 1 p.m. against No. 29 South Carolina."

The Match

After winning 6-3 on court two, the Gators would capture a 7-5 victory on court one for the opening point of the match
The Gators followed with a 6-1, 6-1 decision on court one, before adding a 6-3, 6-2 victory on court four for a 3-0 lead in the match
Hiser rallied to take a 7-1 victory in an opening set tiebreaker before cruising to a 6-1 second-set win on court five against Emily de Oliveira to put Alabama on the scoreboard
Petra Sedlackova's second-set comeback would fall short after falling behind 1-5 in the set
The UA sophomore would win four straight games, but was unable to hold on as No. 96 Alicia Dudeney took court three at 6-0, 7-5
Additionally, Ola Pitak battled through an opening set tiebreaker, falling 10-8 against No. 38 Carly Briggs in the first set
The match between Pitak and Briggs would remain unfinished

Alabama will close the regular season on Sunday, hosting No. 29 South Carolina
The first serve between the two teams is scheduled for 1 p.m. CT at the Alabama Tennis Stadium
The match will be the last home competition for head coach Jenny Mainz, who will retire at the end of the season after coaching the Tide for 26 years

Results

Doubles:

1 | #49 Alicia Dudeney/Bente Spee (UF) def. #32 Anne Marie Hiser/Loudmilla Bencheikh (UA) 7-5
2 | Carly Briggs/Rachel Gailis (UF) def. Petra Sedlackova/Anna Parkhomenko (UA) 6-3
3 | Kasia Pitak/Ola Pitak (UA) vs. Emma Shelton/Sophie Williams (UF) 5-5, unfinished

Order of Finish (2,1)

Singles:

1 | #37 Sara Dahlstrom (UF) def. #114 Loudmilla Bencheikh (UA) 6-1, 6-1
2 | Ola Pitak (UA) vs. #38 Carly Briggs (UF) 6-7 (8-10), 1-3, unfinished
3 | #96 Alicia Dudeney (UF) def. Petra Sedlackova (UA) 6-0, 7-5
4 | Rachel Gailis (UF) def. Anna Parkhomenko (UA) 6-3, 6-2
5 | Anne Marie Hiser (UA) def. Emily de Oliveira (UF) 7-6 (7-1), 6-1
6 | Klara Milicevic (UA) vs. Bente Spee (UF) 5-7, 1-5, unfinished

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

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