No. 11 Auburn women’s tennis defeated Alcorn State 4-0 Friday, advancing to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. It’s the Tigers third year under advancing in the tournament under head coach Lauren Spencer.
“We knew there was going to be a few kinks to get out because we haven’t played a match in three weeks,” said Spencer. “I think we started really well in doubles. We had good energy and we did what we needed to do to get the doubles point.”
Auburn’s clinched the doubles point for the 21st time this season. No. 8 Pleun Burgmans and Alizee Michaud improved to 13-4 (9-4 SEC), defeating Ekaterina Potapova and Sibohan Ryan-Bovey 6-0.
“We came out a little slow on a couple of singles matches, but once we got settled in we took care of business,” said Spencer. “We have to play better tennis tomorrow. Arizona State is a very good team and we are looking forward to bring it tomorrow.”
Freshman Alannah Griffin improved to 27-12 (8-2 SEC) on the season, defeating Ekaterina Potapova 6-1, 6-2 to give Auburn a 2-0 lead. Freshman Caroline Turner followed with a 6-0, 6-0 victory on court six.
No. 70 Burgmans clinched the match for Auburn and improved to 28-7 (7-4 SEC) on the year by defeating Sibohan Ryan-Bovey, 6-3, 6-0. She now has 194 combined victories for her career.
Auburn will face No. 22 Arizona State tomorrow for a chance to advance to the round of 16 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The match will begin at 1 p.m. at Yarbrough Tennis Center.
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