TUSCALOOSA – The Alabama men’s tennis team dropped a tough match to No. 24 Tennessee, 5-2 on Sunday afternoon at the Alabama Tennis Stadium.
The Crimson Tide (16-9, 2-8 SEC) started off the day by clinching the doubles point before the Vols (18-6, 7-3 SEC) answered by winning five of six singles matches.
Next up, the Crimson Tide will travel to Gainesville, Fla., to take on the No. 9 Florida Gators on Friday, April 13 at 4 p.m. CT.
Alabama Results:
Singles vs. Tennessee:
1. No. 20 Timo Stodder def. No. 50 Mazen Osama, 7-5, 6-2
2. Luis Valero def. Thibault Cancel, 6-7 (6), 6-2, 6-4
3. No. 93 Adam Walton def. Edson Ortiz, 6-1, 6-1
4. Patrick Kaukovalta def. Scott Jones, 6-4, 7-5
5. Preston Touliatos vs. Alexey Nesterov, 6-4, 6-3
6. Luca Widenmann vs. Zhe Zhou, 6-4, 6-3
Order of Finish: 3, 1, 5, 4, 6, 2
Doubles vs. Tennessee:
1. No. 25 Valero/Touliatos vs. No. 68 Osama/Ortiz, 5-4, unf.
2. Cancel/Nesterov def. Stodder/Walton, 6-4
3. Zhou/Kaukovalta def. Rogers/Muamba, 6-3
Order of Finish: 2, 3
