Alabama Competes In SEC Road Contests Against No. 15 Florida, South Carolina

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. –– The Alabama women's tennis team closes out its final two Southeastern Conference road matches this weekend as the team plays No. 15 Florida on Friday and No. 34 South Carolina on Sunday. Alabama's match against the Gators is set to begin at 4 p.m. CT at the Alfred A. Ring Tennis Complex while the Crimson Tide's match against the Gamecocks is set to start at 12 p.m. CT at the Carolina Tennis Center.

The Matches

Florida:
Date: April 8
Time: 4 p.m. CT
Venue: Alfred A. Ring Tennis Complex
Location: Gainesville, Fla.

South Carolina:
Date: April 10
Time: Noon CT
Venue: Carolina Tennis Center
Location: Columbia, S.C.

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

The Alabama Crimson Tide

Alabama enters the weekend ranked 42^nd with a 14-7 overall record and a 4-5 record in Southeastern Conference action
Loudmilla Bencheikh ranks 98^th in this week's singles poll while Petra Sedlackova ranks 102^nd
UA split last weekend, taking an exciting 4-3 win over LSU that came down to a three-set victory from Anna Parkhomanko on the final match of the night
The team followed with a difficult head-to-head battle with then-No. 7 ranked Texas A&M with the Aggies taking a 6-1 win

The Florida Gators

The 15^th-ranked Gators hold a 16-4 record this season and an 8-2 record in conference play
The team is currently on an eight-match winning streak, which includes defeating Kentucky and Vanderbilt last weekend
This will be the 45^th meeting between the two teams with Alabama's last win coming during the 2019 season
McCartney Kessler leads the team in singles, ranking 15^th nationally, while Marlee Zein ranks 64^th
In doubles, Carly Briggs and Zein enter the weekend ranked seventh as Alicia Dudeney and Bente Spee are 44^th

A Look at South Carolina

South Carolina is 11-8 this season and 6-4 in league play
The team ranks 34^th nationally with Sarah Hamner pacing the squad as the second-ranked singles player in the country
Additionally, Ayana Akli ranks 57^th and Elise Mills ranks 104^th in singles, while Hamner and Misa Malkin rank 25^th and Ayana Akli and Malkin rank 77^th in doubles
The Gamecocks won their last outing, defeating Kentucky 4-2 on the road
Prior to that, USC fell 4-3 to Vanderbilt in Nashville

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