Alabama Men’s Tennis Takes On No. 18 Ole Miss in Non-Conference Road Match Saturday

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. –– The Alabama men's tennis team (2-0) will face No. 18 Ole Miss (2-0) in a non-conference road match on Saturday at the William F. Galtney Indoor Tennis Center in Oxford, Miss. First serve between the two teams will be at 3 p.m. CT.

Alabama's match against Oklahoma State, originally scheduled for Saturday, was canceled due to COVID-19 protocols within the Cowboys' program.

Match Day

Location: Oxford, Miss.
Venue: William F. Galtney Indoor Tennis Center
Time: 3 p.m. CT

How to Follow

A link to live scoring and video will be available at RollTide.com. Updates will be provided on the team's Twitter account, @AlabamaMTN.

In the Rankings

Ole Miss enters the weekend as the No. 18 ranked team in latest ITA rankings
Alabama's doubles unit is led by Filip Planinsek and Juan Martin, who opened the spring season as the No. 16 doubles pair
Planinsek is ranked 83rd in singles, while the doubles pair of Enzo Aguiard and Planinsek is ranked 52nd
Ole Miss' Nikola Slavic is ranked No. 28 and Finn Reynolds is ranked No. 44 in singles play, while John Hallquist Lithen and Reyolds are ranked No. 24 in doubles

Against the Rebels

Alabama and Ole Miss have gone head-to-head on 74 occasions with UA trailing 35-39 in the series
The Tide won last year's dual match 4-3 to upset the No. 9 Rebels on the road
After falling behind early, 0-2, three straight singles wins gave Alabama a narrow lead
Ole Miss found the tying point to bring the score to 3-3, but Alabama recorded a three-set win on court six to take the match

Scouting Ole Miss

The Rebels opened the year with a pair of matches against Tennessee State after its double header against Alabama State was canceled due COVID-19 protocols for the Hornets
Ole Miss swept the meeting, going 7-0 in the opening match before posting a 4-0 score in match two
Ole Miss did not drop a set to the Tigers, taking two-set wins in all nine matchups to open the day before securing five straight-set wins in match two to clinch the match

Last Time Out

Alabama opened the 2022 season by sweeping Mercer and Samford in a double header at the Roberta Alison Baumgardner Tennis Center
It was the fifth consecutive year that the team has swept its opening day matchups and the eighth time in nine years
Alabama downed Mercer 6-1 before taking a 5-2 win against Samford with come-from-behind wins on the final two singles courts
Martin and Planinsek led the Tide in doubles play as the duo battled for wins against both the Bears and Bulldogs and helped UA clinch the doubles point in both matches
Four players went undefeated in singles play as Planinsek, Aguiard, Rudi Christiansen and Zach Foster posted a pair of victories to start the year

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