Alabama Men’s Tennis Ranked No. 22 in Oracle ITA Collegiate Tennis Rankings
1/9/2019 12:40:00 PM | Men's Tennis
Crimson Tide enters dual match season with the best opening ranking in program history since 2010
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Alabama men's tennis team will go into the dual match season ranked No. 22 according to the Oracle ITA Collegiate Tennis Men's Division I National Team Rankings, the Intercollegiate Tennis Association announced on Wednesday.
The Crimson Tide continues to make monumental strides upon entering the dual season, marking the program's first top-25 appearance in the opening national rankings since 2010.
Alabama will return the entire 2017-18 roster, including senior All-American Mazen Osama, that led the team to the Round of 16 in the NCAA Tournament in 2018 for the first time since 2007 and only the fourth time in program history.
The Tide will begin its dual match season on Saturday, Jan. 19 with a doubleheader, when they host No. 10 Michigan at 12 p.m. CT and then Chattanooga at 6 p.m. CT inside the Roberta Alison Baumgardner Indoor Tennis Facility.
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