"They (both teams) battled really, really hard," Head Coach Anuk Christiansz said.  "I'm very happy with picking up the doubles point on both sides.  Picking up that doubles point makes a huge difference.  There were some good things that came from the match."
 
In women's action ASU picked up the doubles points as Arantxiz Wijngaarde and Marine Cartier picked up a 6-3 win at one doubles and Brankica Orlovic and Nicole Tekelova won 6-1 at two doubles.
 
UNA (1-2) came back in singles picking up wins at one and three singles, before ASU's (1-3) Cartier picked up a 6-3, 6-2 win at two singles.  With ASU leading 3-2 both five and six singles were on the court heading into the third set.
 
Freshman Nicole Tekelova picked up the winning point at five singles with a 7-6, 2-6, 6-4 win to hand the Lady Hornets their first win of the season.
 
"I am so proud of the women and how they played," Christiansz said.  "We were missing Irina today, but the girls really stepped up for her.  They played so hard in picking up the win and I couldn't be prouder of them."
 
The men started the match off taking the doubles point as Karlo Skvorc and Takura Mlambo won a tight 7-6 game at two doubles and Ronald Mataba and Adam Coyne won by the same score at three doubles.
 
Mlambo gave the Hornets (0-5) a 2-0 lead with a quick 6-1, 6-0 win at two singles.  From there UNA (2-1) mounted a comeback winning at one, five and six singles to take a 3-2 lead.
 
With three and four singles on the court for the Hornets both Skvorc and Mataba went into third sets and fell behind.  Mataba trailed 5-4 before winning the final three games for a tough 7-5 win and evening the games at three, but only minutes later Skvorc could not complete his comeback falling 5-7, 6-3, 3-6.
 
"That was a big win for Ronald coming back and Karlo almost fought his way back," Christiansz said.  "We need a little bit of help from the bottom of the lineup, but you can tell we are getting better every time out and that is what I am expecting.  We are getting there."
 
Both teams will be back on the court Sunday, Feb. 15 when they host Mercer.  The matches are scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. at the Olean Black Underwood Tennis Center.
 
 
 
Alabama State University 4, North Alabama 3
Feb 13, 2015 at Montgomery, Ala. (Olean Black Underwood Tennis Center)

Singles competition

1. Olivera Ngouabeu (UNA) def. Arantxia Wijinhaarde (ALSTW) 6-4, 6-2

2. Marine Cartier (ALSTW) def. Mayte Calmet (UNA) 6-3, 6-2

3. Natalia Barragan (UNA) def. Brankica Orlovic (ALSTW) 6-2, 7-5

4. Matabe Akoachere (ALSTW) def. Natalia Moreno (UNA) 6-3, 6-1

5. Nicole Tekelova (ALSTW) def. Avery King (UNA) 7-6, 2-6, 6-4

6. Morgan Chase (UNA) def. Brianna Fairley (ALSTW) 6-3, 3-6, 7-6

 

Doubles competition

1. Arantxia Wijinhaarde/Marine Cartier (ALSTW) def. Natalia Barragan/Olivera Ngouabeu (UNA) 6-3

2. Brankica Orlovic/Nicole Tekelova (ALSTW) def. Natalia Moreno/Mayte Calmet (UNA) 6-1

3. Avery King/Sydney Childers (UNA) def. Nathalie Lorenco/Brianna Fairley (ALSTW) 6-3

 

Match Notes

North Alabama 1-2

Alabama State University 1-3

Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (3,1,2,4,6)

T-2:30 A-32   North Alabama 4, Alabama State University 3 Feb 13, 2015 at Montgomery, Ala. (Olean Black Underwood Tennis Center) Singles competition 1. Guillaume Dechoz (UNA) def. Patrik Cvik (ALST) 6-4, 6-3 2. Takura Mlambo (ALST) def. Brendon Hermann (UNA) 6-1, 6-0 3. Ronald Mataba (ALST) def. Miguel Garcia (UNA) 6-4, 2-6, 7-5 4. Max Druppel (UNA) def. Karlo Skovrc (ALST) 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 5. Ali Murad (UNA) def. Jarred Thompson (ALST) 6-2, 6-1 6. Taylor Ausbon (UNA) def. Digvijay Naruka (ALST) 6-3, 6-3   Doubles competition 1. Brendon Hermann/Guillaume Dechoz (UNA) def. Patrik Cvik/Digvijay Naruka (ALST) 6-3 2. Karlo Skovrc/Takura Mlambo (ALST) def. Max Druppel/Miguel Garcia (UNA) 7-6 3. Ronald Mataba/Adam Coyne (ALST) def. Taylor Ausbon/Jonathan Vick (UNA) 7-6   Match Notes North Alabama 2-1 Alabama State University 0-5 Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (2,5,1,6,3,4) T-3:10 A-35