No. 26 Tiger Women Down Hawks, 8-1

LIVINGSTON, Ala. – The 26^th-ranked West Alabama women's tennis team had little trouble staying unbeaten at home this year by defeating Gulf South Conference foe Shorter, 8-1, Saturday at the Vaughan Tennis Complex.

The Tigers are now 3-0 at home, 2-0 in GSC league and 6-2 overall. Shorter lost for the fourth straight match, dropping to 2-5 overall and 0-1 in the GSC.

The Tigers set the tone early by winning all three doubles matches. No. 14 Amina Mukhametshina and Georgina Morral won at No. 1, 8-1. Liliana Araucz and Evelyn Moreno were 8-2 winners at No. 2, while Teona Tatishvili and Andrea Tomassone won at No. 3, 9-8 (4).

West Alabama won five of six singles matches, including 31^st-ranked Mukhametshina at No. 1. The Tigers only loss came at No. 2 singles.

Following are the complete results from UWA's win over Shorter:

#1 Singles	#31 Amina Mukhametshina	Ola Durzynski	University of West Alabama	6-0, 6-1
#2 Singles	Evelyn Moreno	Cassandra Wennestrom	Shorter University	6-1, 6-3
#3 Singles	Georgina Morrall	Melinda Chrun	University of West Alabama	6-0, 6-4
#4 Singles	Teona Tatishvili	Julie Rinderknech	University of West Alabama	6-7 (2), 6-2, 10-3
#5 Singles	Liliana Araucz	Martina Radanovich	University of West Alabama	6-2, 6-1
#6 Singles	Andrea Tomassone	Monika Gredzinski	University of West Alabama	6-3, 6-2
#1 Doubles	#14Amina Mukhametshina Georgina Morrall	Ola Durzynski Martina Radanovich	University of West Alabama	8-1
#2 Doubles	Liliana Araucz Evelyn Moreno	Melinda Chrun Monika Gredzinski	University of West Alabama	8-2
#3 Doubles	Teona Tatishvili Andrea Tomassone	Julie Rinderknech Cassandra Wennestrom	University of West Alabama	9-8 (4)

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Players Mentioned

Liliana Araucz: 5' 9"; Sophomore

Evelyn Moreno: 5' 6"; Junior

Georgina Salom: 5' 5"; Sophomore

Amina Mukhametshina: 5' 6"; Junior

Andrea Tomassone: 5' 5"; Sophomore

Teona Tatishvili: 5' 8"; Junior

Players Mentioned

Liliana Araucz
: 5' 9"; Sophomore

Evelyn Moreno
: 5' 6"; Junior

Georgina Salom
: 5' 5"; Sophomore

Amina Mukhametshina
: 5' 6"; Junior

Andrea Tomassone
: 5' 5"; Sophomore

Teona Tatishvili
: 5' 8"; Junior