Alabama Women’s Tennis Opens 2021 with Doubleheader Sweep

Saturday, January 23

Tuscaloosa, Ala.

11 a.m. CT

Alabama

UAB

Alabama Women’s Tennis Opens 2021 with Doubleheader Sweep

1/23/2021 7:36:00 PM | Women's Tennis

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The Crimson Tide went 7-0 to beat UAB in the first dual match of the season before closing its opening doubleheader with a 7-0 win over Alabama State

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Alabama women's tennis swept its opening doubleheader against UAB and Alabama State Saturday at the Roberta Alison Baumgardner Tennis Facility in Tuscaloosa, Ala., with matching 7-0 scores.

Sydney Riley, Anne Marie Hiser and Anna Parkhomenko all earned their first wins in dual-match competition wearing a Crimson Tide uniform on Saturday. Of the 11 singles matches that reached the court (UAB defaulted at No. 6), Alabama won 10 in straight sets.

Head Coach Jenny Mainz Said

"It was so much fun being back together playing as a team today. It was enjoyable to see the girls battling and grinding and digging out points. Our girls did a great job of using these matches and opportunities to get better. We were able to focus on things we've been working on in practice and implement them in pressure situations. We had good, competitive matches with UAB and Alabama State that will help build toward our next match on Thursday."

Alabama 7, UAB 0

Doubles

No. 1 Sydney Riley/Anne Marie Hiser (UA) def. Dominika Hrabalova/Sydney Clarke (UAB) 6-1
No. 2 Sasha Gorchanyuk/Alba Cortina Pou (UA) def. Megan Bertrands/Jana Hecking (UAB) 6-1
No. 3 Moka Ito/Anna Parkhomenko (UA) default

Singles

No. 1 Moka Ito (UA) def. Jana Hecking (UAB) 6-2, 6-2
No. 2 Sasha Gorchanyuk (UA) def. Megan Bertrands (UAB) 6-4, 6-4
No. 3 Alba Cortina Pou (UA) def. Dominika Hrabalova (UAB) 6-2, 6-4
No. 4 Anna Parkhomenko (UA) def. Sydney Clarke (UAB) 4-6, 6-4, 1-0(11)
No. 5 Sydney Riley (UA) def. Annalisa Smith (UAB) 6-3, 6-3
No. 6 Sydney Orefice (UA) default

Alabama 7, Alabama State 0

Doubles

No. 1 Sydney Riley/Anne Marie Hiser (UA) def. Madalena Andrade/Ana Tarbujaru (ALST) 6-1
No. 2 Alba Courtina Pou/Sasha Gorchanyuk (UA) def. Bea Acena/Urska Velec (ALST) 6-3
No. 3 Moka Ito/Anna Parkhomenko (UA) def. Timothee Legaud/Anja Hribljan (ALST) 6-3

Singles

No. 1 Moka Ito (UA) def. Madalena Andrade (ALST) 6-1, 6-3
No. 2 Sasha Gorchanyuk (UA) def. Urska Velec (ALST) 6-1, 6-0
No. 3 Alba Courtina Pou (UA) def. Bea Acena (ALST) 6-2, 6-4
No. 4 Anne Marie Hiser (UA) def. Ana Tarbujaru (ALST) 6-1, 6-1
No. 5 Anna Parkhomenko (UA) def. Timothee Legaud (ALST) 6-1, 6-0
No. 6 Sydney Riley (UA) def. Fransesca Duca (ALST) 7-6(4), 6-0

Up Next

After opening with a doubleheader on Saturday, the Crimson Tide is back in action on Thursday, Jan. 28 at 11 a.m. CT against South Florida

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