Alabama ends its season with 9^th NCAA Tournament appearance.

 

ATHENS, Ga. – The 24^th-ranked University of Alabama (15-9) women’s tennis team dropped a 4-3 decision to No. 35 Boise State (24-4) Saturday afternoon in the First Round of the 2009 NCAA Women’s Tennis Championships at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex on the campus of the University of Georgia in Athens, Ga.  Alabama’s season culminated in its ninth NCAA Tournament appearance and achieving the team’s first national ranking since 1997.

 

Boise State took a 3-0 lead by winning the doubles point (their 26^th doubles-point win in 28 matches this season) along with wins at No. 1 and No. 3 singles before the Crimson Tide rallied to even the match with wins at No. 4, No. 6, and No. 2 singles.  The match came down to a battle at No. 5 singles between UA’s Taylor Lindsey and BSU’s Klaudia Wlodarczyk, who prevailed over Lindsey 4-6, 7-5, 6-4, to end the match.  The marathon match lasted four hours, 29 minutes, in humid conditions.

 

RESULTS

Doubles

1. Megale/Thongdach (BSU) def. Lindsey/McLane (UA)............................ 8-3

2. Silfany/Wlodarczyk (BSU) def. Bigos/Godwin (UA)............................... 8-5

3. Tunaru/Welcher (UA) vs. Baum/Jochimsen (BSU).................................. dnf

Order of Finish: 2,1

 

Singles

1. No. 69 Pichittra Thongdach (BSU) def. No. 81 Tiffany Welcher (UA).. 6-4, 7-5

2. No. 82 Courtney McLane (UA) def. Lauren Megale (BSU).......................... 7-5, 2-6, 6-3

3. Vivien Silfany (BSU) def. Paulina Bigos (UA)................................................... 6-0, 6-3

4. Meritt Emery (UA) def. Bianca Jochimsen (BSU).......................................... 6-4, 7-5

 

5. Klaudia Wlodarczyk (BSU) def. Taylor Lindsey (UA).................................. 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 6-4

6. Shelley Godwin (UA) def. Laura Baum (BSU).................................................. 6-2, 0-6, 7-5

Order of Finish: 3,1,4,6,2,5*