Alabama Closes Regular Season At Home Against No. 10 Georgia, No. 26 Tennessee

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. –– Alabama women's tennis concludes the regular season this weekend as the Crimson Tide hosts No. 10 Georgia on Friday at 5 p.m. CT and No. 26 Tennessee on Sunday at 1 p.m. CT. Both matches will be played at the Alabama Tennis Stadium.

The Matches

Georgia:
Date: April 15
Time: 5 p.m. CT
Venue: Alabama Tennis Stadium

Tennessee:
Date: April 17
Time: 1 p.m. CT
Venue: Alabama Tennis Stadium

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, @AlabamaWTN

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 Alabama Crimson Tide

The women's team will close the regular season this weekend as the Crimson Tide hosts Georgia and Tennessee in matches at the Alabama Tennis Stadium
The Crimson Tide returns home after a four-match road stretched that featured two top-15 Southeastern Conference opponents in then-No. 7 Texas A&M and then-No.15 Florida
UA also played LSU and South Carolina during that road series
Alabama enters the weekend ranked 45^th in the latest ITA rankings, holding a 14-9 overall record and a 4-7 record in SEC play
The Tide has been dominant at home this season posting an 11-2 record when playing at Alabama
Petra Sedlackova has dropped just three dual matches this season as the No. 87 singles player holds a 15-3 record at the No. 3 slot for the Tide
Loudmilla Bencheikh has also paced the team in singles action, holding an 11-9 record at the No. 1 spot to rank 90^th nationally
The pairing of Bencheikh and Anne Marie Hiser hold a 12-7 record at No. 1 doubles, while Ola Pitak and Kasia Pitak are 13-3 at No. 3 doubles

Scouting Georgia

The 10^th ranked Bulldogs are 15-3 on the year and 10-1 in conference action
The team's lone conference loss was a 7-0 decision to then-No. 12 Texas A&M
UGA is coming off a narrow win against Vanderbilt on Sunday, defeating the Commodores 4-3
Lea Ma ranks 25^th in singles to lead the team, while Mell Reasco ranks 29^th, Dasha Vidmanova ranks 66^th and Meg Kowalski ranks 108^th
In doubles, Morgan Coppoc and Ania Hertel pace the team at No. 15, while Reasco and Dasha Vidmanova come in at No. 45

A Look Tennessee

The Lady Volunteers are 12-7 on the year and 6-5 in SEC play
UT enters the weekend ranked 26^th after moving up three spots from last week
Tennessee swept Kentucky in a 4-0 decision in its last outing, rebounding from a tough 5-2 loss to Vanderbilt two days prior
Tennessee has three players ranked nationally in singles with Rebeka Mertena ranking 30^th, Tenika McGriffin ranking 52^nd and Elza Tomase ranking 111^th
In doubles, Daria Kucer and McGriffin rank 17^th, Esther Adeshina and Mertena rank 76^th and Adeshina and Tomase rank 90^th

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