Alabama Men’s Tennis Team Earns Spots in Singles and Doubles Weekly ITA Rankings
3/7/2017 3:37:00 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 on Tuesday.
The Crimson Tide (6-8, 0-2 SEC) has collected 30 wins in singles play since beginning the dual match season and registered 16 victories in doubles play.
Sophomore standout Mazen Osama moved up 21 spots to earn a No. 41 national ranking in singles play, marking his fourth week I the rankings since beginning the dual match season. Osama has a 7-4 record in singles play since starting the spring season.
Freshman Thibault Cancel earned the No. 103 national ranking in singles play after previously being unranked the week before. Cancel has a 6-7 record in singles play in the dual match season and has been nationally ranked three times since the start of the spring season.
Osama and sophomore Spencer Richey teamed up to achieve a No. 66 national ranking in doubles play after posting a 6-5 record to start the dual match season.
Alabama went 0-2 last weekend to officially begin the Southeastern Conference portion of this year's schedule. The Tide lost a close contest to the Ole Miss Rebels on Friday night under the lights, 4-3, to kickoff league play, before falling short against the Arkansas Razorbacks in a 4-3 decision on Sunday afternoon.
The Tide will be back in action on Thursday, March 9, when it travels to Starkville, Miss., to take on the No. 16-ranked Mississippi State Bulldogs in a match that is set to start at 3 p.m. CT. Alabama will finish the weekend with a road match against in-state rival Auburn on Saturday, march 11, at 3 p.m. CT.
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