Women's Tennis Drops match to Alabama State

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Spring Hill College had a run of four straight wins stopped Sunday, as the Badgers lost, 4-0, at Division I member Alabama State.

The Hornets (11-8) - which finished their regular season a perfect 8-0 in the Southwestern Athletic Conference - won the Nos. 2 and 3 doubles matches to secure the team point. Reka Szentes and Urska Velec beat Macinley Chastain and Madison Artigues, 6-2, at No. 2 and Gabriela Lackova and Lea Krajcovicova beat Rebecca Pearlman and Mary Roane, 6-0, at No. 3.

In the singles matches, Roane was forced to retire from her match at No. 6, giving Chloe Kabamba a victory. Worthy Goldman beat Chastain, 6-0, 6-0 at No. 4 and Velec knocked off Pearlman, 6-0, 6-0 at No. 5 to give Alabama State the team win. Chastain, a freshman from Mobile, had a nine-match winning streak halted with her loss.

Spring Hill (9-13) is back in action Friday, closing out the regular season against the University of Mobile at the Copeland-Cox Tennis Center. The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championships will be April 15-16 at the Peachtree City Tennis Center in Peachtree City, Ga.

at Montgomery, Ala.
Alabama State 4, Spring Hill 0 
Singles
1. Jamie Martin (SHC) vs. Reka Szentes (ASU), DNF
2. Mary Grace Sullivan (SHC) vs. Lea Krajcovicova (ASU), DNF
3. Madison Artigues (SHC) vs. Gabriela Lackova (ASU), DNF
4. Worthy Goldman (ASU) def. Macinley Chastain (SHC), 6-0, 6-0
5. Urska Velec (ASU) def. Rebecca Pearlman (SHC), 6-0, 6-0
6. Chloe Kabamba (ASU) vs. Mary Roane (SHC), ret. 
Doubles
1. Martin/Sullivan (SHC) vs. Maria Popova/Goldman (ASU), DNF
2. Szentes/Velec (ASU) def. Artigues/Chastain (SHC), 6-2
3. Lackova/Krajcovicova (ASU) def. Pearlman/Roane (SHC), 6-0