No. 19 Alabama Hosts No. 9 Auburn in Saturday Afternoon Match

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. –– The No. 19 Alabama women's tennis team (12-2, 2-0 SEC) hosts No. 9 Auburn (11-2, 2-0 SEC) Saturday at the Roberta Alison Baumgardner Tennis Facility, concluding a three-match homestand to kick off Southeastern Conference action. First serve between the Crimson Tide and Tigers will be at noon CT.

The Match

Auburn:
Date: Saturday, March,12
Time: Noon CT
Venue: Roberta Alison Baumgardner Tennis Facility

How to Follow

Links to live scoring and the video stream will be available at RollTide.com. Updates will be provided on the team's Twitter account, @AlabamaWTN

In the Rankings

Alabama moved up to No. 19 in the latest Intercollegiate Tennis Association rankings after recording a pair of wins in conference play last weekend
Two players are ranked in singles with Loudmilla Bencheikh holding a ranking of 75^th and Petra Sedlackova ranking 102^nd
The pairing of Bencheikh and Anne Marie Hiser leads Alabama, ranking 70^th nationally in doubles
Auburn enters the weekend ranked ninth nationally
The Tigers have three players ranked in singles with Ariana Arseneault ranking 54^th, Selin Ovunc ranking 57^th and Carolyn Ansari ranking 114^th
Arseneault and Ovunc are ranked No. 21 in doubles action

Heading Into The Weekend

The Crimson Tide will host its third consecutive Southeastern Conference match after opening SEC action last weekend against then-No. 28 Kentucky and then-No. 22 Vanderbilt
UA holds a 36-29 all-time record against Auburn with the series dating back to 1975
Auburn won the last meeting between the two teams, taking a 4-1 victory in 2021 on its home court

Last Time Out

Alabama recorded a pair of SEC wins as it opened conference play last weekend
Alabama blanked then-No. 28 Kentucky 4-0 before taking a 5-2 win against then-No. 22 Vanderbilt
The Tide's win over Vanderbilt snapped a nine-match winning streak by the Commodores that dated back to the 2014 season
Ola Pitak and Kasia Pitak led the Tide in doubles as the duo clinched wins against both the Wildcats and Commodores
Three players went undefeated in singles as Bencheikh, Sedlackova and Hiser captured a win in both matches

The Tigers

Auburn holds an 11-2 overall record for the 2022 season and enters with a top-10 ranking
The Tigers are coming off their third consecutive win and second straight conference victory
Auburn also faced then-No. 22 Vanderbilt and then-No. 28 Kentucky in its conference opening weekend, defeating both the Commodores (4-3) and Wildcats (6-1)
Auburn is coming off an appearance at the ITA National Team Indoor Championships where the team went 1-2
The Tigers captured a 4-1 win over Washington in the consolation bracket, but fell 4-2 to NC State in the opening round and 4-3 to Ohio State in the final round of consolation play

Get the latest information on the team by following AlabamaWTN on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. General athletic news can also be found at UA_Athletics on Twitter and Instagram and Alabama Athletics on Facebook.

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