It wasn’t a matter of if Alabama women’s tennis was going to beat Auburn, just a matter of when. On Saturday, the Crimson Tide swept Auburn 4-0. 

“I thought we came out with a good energy today, a good spirit,” Alabama coach Jenny Mainz said. “We were ready to play. We were ready to compete.”

No. 12 Alabama started off with two wins (8-1 and 8-4) in doubles to take the doubles point. The third doubles match was suspended when Alabama won the point.

Natalia Maynetto took the first singles match, winning 6-1, 6-0. 

Maya Jansen battled her way back in the first set to a tiebreaker. Down 6-1 in the tiebreaker, Jansen took eight straight points to win the first set. She then cruised to a 6-1 second set win and gave Alabama a 3-0 lead.

“I got down 6-1 pretty quickly, and I saw that Erin [Routliffe] was breezing through her tiebreaker,” she said. “I just was like, I’m going to fight every single point and try and make this as hard as it can be for her to close out this set and ended up coming away winning it.”

She wasn’t the only Alabama player battling through a tiebreaker. Routliffe came back from a first-set deficit to force a tiebreaker, which she won easily before taking the second set 6-1.

“I was just focusing on playing my game, not letting her dictate the points,” Routliffe said. “I think the number one thing I did today was just dictating play and playing my way, trying to be aggressive and trying to just play tennis.”

Alabama wore pink for its annual “Power of Pink” match. Spectators wore pink T-shirts and the pep band was also in attendance.

“How fortunate are we to play in front of a great crowd, and I thought the crowd came out today for the cause, and that’s to fight breast cancer,” Mainz said.

With the win, Alabama improves to 14-6 overall and 6-5 in SEC play. The Crimson Tide closes out its regular season at home hosting Arkansas and Missouri over the weekend.