TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - Auburn freshman Ava Esposito Cogan earned a pair of singles victories while senior Adeline Flach picked up one singles win during day one of the Roberta Alison Fall Classic on Friday in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
"Great competitors find a way to rise to a high standard," said Auburn head coach Caroline Lilley. "The standard becomes the normal, and that new normal separates the great from the average. Learning is the catalyst for meaningful growth. We will grow because we will learn."
Cogan began the day with a straight set victory over Samford's Alexis Lopez in the opening round of singles, then defeated Brianna Crowley of Ole Miss 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-2 in the second round. The two wins moves Cogan into the finals for her respective draw. and improve her singles record to 3-6 this fall. After dropping her first round match, Flach bounced back with a 7-6 (4), 6-2 victory over South Alabama's Nikola Novotna to claim her second singles win of the season.
On Saturday, the second and third rounds of doubles will be played beginning at 9 a.m. followed by the final round of singles, which is scheduled to begin at noon CT.
Live results and live video of the Roberta Alison Fall Classic will be available online at rolltide.com.
Friday Results:
Elysia Pool/Tereza Dejnozkova (USA) def. Adeline Flach/ Ava Esposito Cogan (AUB) 6-4
Marguax Maquet (ALA) def. Adeline Flach (AUB) 6-2, 6-3
Ava Esposito Cogan (AUB) def. Alexis Lopez (SAM) 6-4, 6-1
Jana Rovira (ETSU) def. Ali DeSpain (AUB) 0-6, 7-5, 6-2
Adeline Flach (AUB) def. Nikola Novotna (USA) 7-6 (4), 6-2
Ava Esposito Cogan (AUB) def. Brianna Crowley (MISS) 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-2
Emma Peeler (UTC) def. Ali DeSpain (AUB) 6-2, 6-3
Cogan with two victories during first day of Roberta Alison
