Alabama Travels to Ole Miss, Mississippi State For Weekend Matches

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. –– The Alabama women's tennis team (12-3, 2-1 SEC) heads to Mississippi for a pair of road matches this weekend as the Crimson Tide takes on Ole Miss (7-5, 1-3 SEC) and Mississippi State (8-7, 0-4 SEC). UA opens the weekend with Ole Miss on Friday at 3 p.m. CT at the Palmer/Salloum Tennis Center before traveling to Mississippi State Sunday for a noon CT match at the A.J. Pitts Tennis Center.

The Matches

Ole Miss:
Date: Friday, March, 18
Time: 3 p.m. CT
Location: Oxford, Miss.
Venue: Palmer/Salloum Tennis Center

Mississippi State:
Date: Sunday, March 20
Time: Noon CT
Location: Starkville, Miss.
Venue: A.J. Pitts Tennis Center

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

The Alabama Crimson Tide

Alabama enters the weekend with a 12-3 record and a 2-1 record in conference play
The Tide ranks 31^st in the latest ITA rankings
Loudmilla Bencheikh paces the team in singles, playing at the No. 1 spot and holding a national ranking of 75^th while Petra Sedlackova ranks 102^nd
Bencheikh is also ranked in doubles action with partner Anne Marie Hiser as the two are 70^thnationally
Bencheikh has gone 10-3 while playing at the top of the ladder in singles while, Hiser is 12-1 at the No. 5 spot and Sedlackova is 12-2 at the No. 2 spot
Kasia Pitak and Ola Pitak have dropped just one match while competing as the No. 3 doubles pairing for the Tide, putting together a 10-1 record

Scouting Ole Miss

Alabama trails the all-time series 17-34, with the Rebels winning last year's matchup 4-3
The Rebels enter the weekend with a 7-5 record which includes a 1-3 record against Southeastern Conference foes
Ole Miss is led by Tiphanie Fiquet, who ranks 35^th in singles and holds an overall record of 10-5 and a record of 9-4 at the No. 2 spot
Additionally, Sabina Machalova ranks 79^th and Anaelle Laclercq-Ficher ranks 110^th in singles
Ludmila Kareisova and Kelsey Mize pace the team in doubles play, ranking 53^rd nationally
Ole Miss is coming off a 5-2 loss to then-No. 11 Texas A&M

Scouting Mississippi State

Alabama leads the all-time series 35-16
The Bulldogs hold an 8-7 overall record, including a 0-4 record in conference action
The pairing of Magda Adaloglou and Chloe Cirotte rank 52^nd in doubles
Emmanouela Antonaki is ranked 94^th while Tamara Racine is ranked 116^th in singles
Mississippi State will face Auburn in a Friday night match, prior to its head-to-head battle with the Tide on Sunday
MSU fell 7-0 to Texas A&M and 4-1 to LSU last weekend at the A.J. Pitts Tennis Center

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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