TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The No. 13 Alabama women’s tennis team defeated the Kentucky Wildcats, 6-1, at the Alabama Tennis Stadium Sunday, improving the Crimson Tide to 11-1 on the season.
Alabama (11-1, 2-0 SEC) won back-to-back doubles matches for the opening point against Kentucky (6-5, 0-2 SEC). The Crimson Tide’s Ola Pitak and Klara Milicevic defeated Zoe Hammond and Ellie Myers, 6-2, on court three. UA secured the doubles point after Anne Marie Hiser and Loudmilla Bencheikh defeated Lidia Gonzalez and Ellie Eades, 6-2, on court one.
Anne Marie Hiser defeated Kentucky’s Ellie Eades (6-0, 6-2) at the No. 3 spot in straight sets to give UA a two-point lead. Alabama would surrender a point to Kentucky before claiming the next four matches to collect a 6-1 win over the Wildcats. Petra Sedlackova downed Lidia Gonzalez in a straight-set victory (6-3, 6-2) at the No. 2 spot, while Loudmilla Bencheikh clinched the victory for the Tide, on court one, with a hard-fought straight-set victory, defeating Lizzy Stevens (7-5, 7-6 (7-4)).
Ola Pitak would give UA its fifth point, defeating Zoe Hammond in a third-set tiebreaker (6-7, 7-5, 10-7). Alabama’s Anna Parkhomenko concluded action with a victory over Kentucky’s Ellie Myers (3-6, 6-2, 6-3).
“We started out very slow, in singles, but I liked the fact that the girls showed resiliency. We lost a couple of first sets and came back and won the second and third set. Ola (Pitak) did a great job and Anna (Parkhomenko) did a good job after losing the first set, just showing hard work, and gutting the match out in three sets. So, I’m very proud of them.”
Up Next
- Alabama will take on Arkansas, Friday, March 8, at the Alabama Tennis Stadium with match-play scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. CT
Results
Doubles competition:
- No. 37 Anne Marie Hiser/Loudmilla Bencheikh (UA) def. Lidia Gonzalez and Ellie Eades (UK) 6-2
- Anna Parkhomenko/Petra Sedlackova (UA) vs. No. 43 Makayla Mills/Lizzy Stevens (UK) 3-4, unfinished
- Ola Pitak/Klara Milicevic (UA) def. Zoe Hammond/Ellie Myers (UK) 6-2
Order of Finish (3,1)
Singles competition
- No. 31 Loudmilla Bencheikh (UA) def. Lizzy Stevens (UK) 7-5, 7-6 (7-4)
- No. 79 Petra Sedlackova (UA) def. Lidia Gonzalez (UK) 6-3, 6-1
- Anne Marie Hiser (UA) def. Ellie Eades (UK) 6-0, 6-2
- Ola Pitak (UA) def. Zoe Hammond (UK) 6-7, 7-5, 10-7
- Julia Zhu (UK) def. Klara Milicevic (UA) 6-3, 6-2
- Anna Parkhomenko (UA) def. Ellie Myers (UK) 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
Order of Finish (3,5,2,1,4,6)
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