Lady Braves Drop Match To Alabama State

VICKSBURG, Miss. – The Alcorn State University women's tennis program fought hard but ultimately came up on the losing end as Alabama State won, 4-0.

The Lady Braves (3-12, 2-5 SWAC) kept things competitive in all of its matches and the #1 doubles team of Mikaela Konstantinova/Aizat Zholdakyeva came away victorious over Lizaveta Demchenko/Timothee Legaud by a count of 6-3.

Also during doubles competition, the duo of #3 Tangia Riley-Codrington/Jaime Edwards made ASU's Bea Acena/Urska Velec sweat, falling 7-5 in a back-and-forth affair which decided the doubles point.

Singles play saw the Purple and Gold log 25 points with #2 Konstantinova leading the way at seven against Velec, followed by #6 Stefany Grlj who produced five versus Ana Tarbujaru.

Alcorn tennis has one more match before it heads to New Orleans for the SWAC Championships, a home date with William Carey on April 7 at 2 p.m. in Lorman.

Doubles Competition
1.  Mikaela Konstantinova / Aizat Zholdakyeva (Alcorn) DEF Lizaveta Demchenko / Timothee Legaud (Alabama State); 6-3
2.  Madalena Andrade / Francesca Duca (Alabama State) DEF Kimberley Kaome / Stefany Grlj (Alcorn); 6-1
3.  Bea Acena / Urska Velec (Alabama State) DEF Tangia Riley-Codrington / Jaime Edwards (Alcorn); 7-5

Singles Competition
1.  Madalena Andrade (Alabama State) vs. Tangia Riley-Codrington (Alcorn); 6-3, 3-2 *Unfinished
2.  Urska Velec (Alabama State) vs. Mikaela Konstantinova (Alcorn); 7-5, 0-2 *Unfinished
3.  Lizaveta Demchenko (Alabama State) vs. Aizat Zholdakyeva (Alcorn); 6-1, 4-3 *Unfinished
4.  Francesca Duca (Alabama State) DEF Jaime Edwards (Alcorn); 6-0, 6-2
5.  Bea Acena (Alabama State) DEF Kimberley Kaome (Alcorn); 6-0, 6-2
6. Ana Tarbujaru (Alabama State) DEF Stefany Grlj (Alcorn); 6-2, 6-3
 
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