Alabama Faces No. 5 Tennessee, No. 11 Georgia in Regular Season Finale

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. –– Alabama men's tennis concludes the regular season this weekend as the Crimson Tide faces two top-15 Southeastern Conference opponents on the road. UA will travel to Knoxville, Tenn., Friday for a 3 p.m. CT match against the No. 5 Tennessee Volunteers, before heading to Athens, Ga., Sunday for a 12 p.m. CT match against the No. 11 Georgia Bulldogs.

The Matches

Tennessee:
Date: Friday, April 15
Time: 3 p.m. CT
Location: Knoxville, Tenn.
Venue: A.J. Pitts Tennis Centre

Georgia:
Date: Sunday, April 17
Time: Noon CT
Location: Athens, Ga.
Venue: Magill Tennis Complex

How to Follow

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

Cracked Racquets

Friday's match will be part of Cracked Racquets' Redzone Broadcast of SEC competition
The broadcast is set to run for Friday SEC and non-conference matchups throughout the regular season
In conjunction with the live broadcasts of matches, Cracked Racquets will produce a weekly SEC focused show to highlight upcoming events and recap matches from the week prior

The Tide

UA travels to Tennessee and Georgia this weekend as the Crimson Tide's regular season comes to a close
Alabama closed a six-match homestand last week, taking a 4-3 win over UAB
In his final match at the Alabama Tennis Stadium, Patrick Kaukovalta came-from-behind to take a 5-7, 7-6 (3), 6-3 win at No. 2 singles for the deciding point
Additionally, Alabama hosted three top-25 ranked SEC teams in its last four matches, going head-to-head with then-No. 24 Texas A&M, then-No. 3 Florida and then-No. 9 South Carolina
Filip Planinsek jumped to No. 36 in the ITA singles rankings after defeating top-ranked singles player Ben Shelton from Florida in a 2-6, 6-1, 6-3 upset
Alabama enters the weekend 8-18 overall and 0-10 in conference matches
UA has seen three 5-2 decisions and one 4-3 decision in its last five SEC matches

Scouting Tennessee

Tennessee enters the weekend ranked fifth nationally, with a 18-6 overall record and a 6-4 record in conference play
The Volunteers are coming off a recent win over Vanderbilt, capturing a 4-3 victory last Sunday after falling 4-3 in a conference matchup with then-No. 12 Kentucky on Friday
Johannus Monday leads the team in singles, ranking eighth, while Adam Walton ranks 12^th and Emile Hudd ranks 75^th
The doubles team of Hudd and Shunsuke Mitsui ranks 32^nd as Pat Harper and Walton rank 43^rd

A Look at the Bulldogs

Georgia is coming off a recent loss to then-No. 12 Kentucky, dropping 5-2 to the Wildcats
UGA is 15-6 overall and 7-3 in conference as the Bulldogs enter the weekend ranked 11^th
Four players are ranked in the ITA singles rankings as Hamish Stewart ranks 14^th, Philip Henning ranks 47^th, Tristan McCormick ranks 79^th and Trent Bryde ranks 107^th
Bryde and Henning rank 27^th as a doubles team while McCormick and Stewart rank 63^rd and Henning and Stewart rank 83^rd
Alabama last defeated the Bulldogs during the 2018 season, going 4-2 against then-No. 21 Georgia

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