Out of Friday’s nine tennis matches, victory would all come down to the final set of the day — a tiebreaker that featured three game ties and three lead changes between Aztec senior Alicia Melosch and Alabama junior Anna Parkhomenko.
With the score tied at 3-3, the fate of the victor was put in the hands of both Melosch and Parkhomenko when the two teams collided on Jan. 27. Parkhomenko looking to keep Alabama’s perfect 2-0 record intact and Melosch looking to secure SDSU’s first win of the season and head coach Peter Mattera’s 400th career win. The result was a grueling tennis match that lasted over two hours.