NEW ORLEANS, La. – The Alcorn State University women's tennis program earned victories in the third and sixth singles slots but could not win the match, bowing out to fourth-seeded Alabama A&M in the SWAC Quarterfinals.
The Lady Braves (3-14, 2-5 SWAC) were scheduled to play at 11 a.m. but Mother Nature had other ideas, pushing the start time back four times before moving indoors and beginning at around 8 p.m.
The contest started off strong as the #3 team of
Jaime Edwards /
Tangia Riley-Codrington claimed a 6-3 win over Nthabiseng Mashego / Ximena Duarte Ramirez. The Purple and Gold came so close to securing the doubles point as both #1
Mikaela Konstantinova /
Aizat Zholdakyeva and #2
Stefany Grlj /
Kimberley Kaome pushed their counterparts to tiebreaker scenarios but both came up short by scores of 7
8-6
6 and 7
12-6
10, respectively.
Singles competition saw #3 Zholdakyeva hold off Duarte Ramirez (6-2, 6-4) and #6 Grlj put away India Woods (6-4, 6-1) while #5 Kaome took Neha Ghare to the edge before losing (7-5, 1-6, 6-2) plus #2 Konstantinova was tied at four-all in the third set opposite Anita Bozhko when the match concluded (7-5, 4-6, 4-4).
Doubles Competition
1. Anita Bozhko / Jasmine Boyd (Alabama A&M) DEF
Mikaela Konstantinova /
Aizat Zholdakyeva (Alcorn); 7
8-6
6
2. Camila Ruiz Diaz / India Woods (Alabama A&M) DEF
Stefany Grlj /
Kimberley Kaome (Alcorn); 7
12-6
10
3.Â
Jaime Edwards /
Tangia Riley-Codrington (Alcorn) DEF Nthabiseng Mashego / Ximena Duarte Ramirez (Alabama A&M); 6-3
Singles Competition
1. Jasmine Boyd (Alabama A&M) DEF
Tangia Riley-Codrington (Alcorn); 6-1, 6-2
2. Mikaela Konstantinova (Alcorn) vs. Anita Bozhko (Alabama A&M); 7-5, 4-6, 4-4 *Unfinished
3.Â
Aizat Zholdakyeva (Alcorn) DEF Ximena Duarte Ramirez (Alabama A&M); 6-2, 6-4
4. Camila Ruiz Diaz (Alabama A&M) DEF
Jaime Edwards (Alcorn); 6-2, 6-2
5. Neha Ghare (Alabama A&M) DEF
Kimberley Kaome (Alcorn); 5-7, 6-1, 2-6
6.Â
Stefany Grlj (Alcorn) DEF India Woods (Alabama A&M); 6-4, 6-1
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