Alabama Men’s Tennis Featured in ITA Singles and Doubles Weekly Rankings
3/21/2017 12:43:00 PM | Men's Tennis
The Crimson Tide has two singles players and one doubles team earn national rankings
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Alabama men's tennis team had two singles players and one doubles pair earn national rankings announced by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Tuesday.
The Crimson Tide (8-11, 1-5 SEC) has collected 41 wins in singles play since beginning the dual match season and registered 21 victories in doubles play.
Sophomore standout Mazen Osama moved up six spots to earn a No. 35 national ranking in singles play, marking his fifth week in the rankings since beginning the dual match season. Osama has a 9-6 record in singles play since starting the spring season, and has six registered wins over nationally ranked opponents this year. Last weekend, he topped LSU's then-No. 44 ranked singles player Jordan Daigle in a three-set thriller, 6-3, 3-6, 7-5.
Freshman Thibault Cancel earned the No. 105 national ranking in singles after collecting nine wins in the dual match season. Cancel has been nationally ranked four times since the start of the spring season, and he has registered four wins over nationally-ranked singles opponents. Last weekend, Cancel outlasted LSU's then-No. 43 ranked singles player Justin Butsch in a match that was decided in three sets, 7-5, 4-6, 7-5.
Osama and sophomore Spencer Richey leaped 26 spots to achieve a No. 40 national ranking in doubles play after collecting eight wins since the start of the spring season, with all matches coming from the No. 1 spot.
Alabama went 2-1 last weekend, as it fell to Texas A&M, 4-0, on Friday night, before topping LSU, 6-1, and Troy, 4-1, in back-to-back matches on Sunday afternoon.
The Tide will be back in action on Saturday, March 25, when it travels to Athens, Ga., to take on No. 14 Georgia in a match that is set to start at 4 p.m. CT.
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