Troy Falls to the Crimson Tide

Sunday, January 23

Tuscaloosa, Ala.

4 p.m.

Troy University

Alabama

1/23/2022 7:45:00 PM | Tennis (W)

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By: Troy Athletics Communications

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - Troy women's tennis drops its first match of the spring season, 7-0, to Alabama at the University of Alabama Tennis Stadium.

Alabama (2-0) proved too much for the Trojans (0-1) with the clean sweep for the second year in a row.

Falling Early
The Tide took the advantage early in double's competition as the Trojans fell 2-0 after Michelle Ncube / Kristina Kukaras lost to Ola Pitak / Kasia Pitak, 6-0.

Chiara Desia Debarno / Franziska Ahrend followed suit on court two, dropping 6-1 against Petra Sedlackova / Anna Parkhomenko, leaving the Andrea Widing / Anastasiia Khokhlova match unfinished at 4-2.

Ncube Fights Back
With the Trojans down 1-0, single's competition had begun. And with it, more of the same, starting with Anne Marie Hiser taking both sets over Olivia Elliot, 6-0.

The Trojans dropped the following three points before Ncube delivered a fight. Despite dropping the first set 6-1, she won the Trojans' first and only set of the match, 6-4.

Going into the third set, Ncube went back-and-forth with Alabama's Sedlackova before falling 1-0 and giving the Tide their fifth point.

Match Results
Doubles Competition (order of finish)
Ola Pitak / Kasia Pitak (UA) def. Michelle Ncube / Kristina Kukaras - 6-0
Petra Sedlackova / Anna Parkhomenko (UA) def. Chiara Desia Dabarno / Franziska Ahrend (TROY) - 6-1
Anne Marie Hiser / Loudmilla Bencheikh (UA) def. Andrea Widing / Anastasiia Khokhlova (TROY) - 4-2, UF

Singles Competition (order of finish)
Anne Marie Hiser (UA) def. Olivia Elliot (TROY) - 6-0, 6-0
Anna Parkhomenko (UA) def. Andrea Widing (TROY) - 6-3, 6-0
Kasia Pitak (UA) def. Hagar Amin (TROY) - 6-2, 6-2
Petra Sedlackova (UA) def. Michelle Ncube (TROY) - 6-2, 6-4, 1-0
Loudmilla Bencheikh (UA) Anastasiia Khokhlova (TROY) - 7-5, 6-4
Ola Pitak (UA) def. Kristina Kukaras (TROY) - 7-5, 6-4

Up Next
The Trojans will travel north to battle the Gamecocks of Jacksonville State on Sunday. The match is set for 1:30 p.m. at the JSU Tennis Courts.