COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The Alabama women’s tennis team (10-3, 2-3 SEC) fell to No. 8 Texas A&M (13-2, 5-0 SEC), 4-1, in a Saturday road match at the Mitchell Tennis Center.
Karla Bartel highlighted the Crimson Tide with a ranked victory at the No. 4 spot in singles.
Match Notes
Karla Bartel put the Tide on the board with a 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) decision over No. 86 Violeta Martinez on court four
Texas A&M clinched the team victory with singles wins on courts two, three, one and five, respectively
Amina Salibayeva was battling in a third set on court six after splitting the first two sets when the overall match was decided
Up Next
Alabama will return home to the Alabama Tennis Stadium on Friday, March 13 hosting Missouri
The match is set to begin at 5 p.m. CT
Results
Singles
#5 Lucciana Perez (TAMU) def. #62 Kristina Paskauskas (BAMA) 6-0, 6-3
#60 Ilinca Amariei (TAMU) def. Klara Milicevic (BAMA) 6-4, 6-1
Lexington Reed (TAMU) def. Maria Andrienko (BAMA) 6-1, 6-2
Karla Bartel (BAMA) def. #86 Violeta Martinez (TAMU) 6-3, 7-6 (7-4)
Daria Smetannikov (TAMU) def. Addison Bowman (BAMA) 7-6 (7-5), 6-3
Anna Perelman (TAMU) vs. Amina Salibayeva (BAMA) 7-5, 2-6, 0-1, unfinished