Alabama Men’s Tennis Set to Host Vanderbilt and No. 12 Mississippi State in Weekend Matches

Friday, March 31

Tuscaloosa, Ala.

4 P.M. CT

Alabama

Vanderbilt

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Alabama Men’s Tennis Set to Host Vanderbilt and No. 12 Mississippi State in Weekend Matches

3/30/2023 11:51:00 AM | Men's Tennis

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The Crimson Tide faces the Commodores Friday at 4 p.m. CT and the Bulldogs Sunday at 1 p.m. CT

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. ––The Alabama men's tennis team (9-11, 1-6 SEC) welcomes Vanderbilt (6-12, 1-6 SEC) and No. 12 Mississippi State (16-4, 4-3 SEC) to the Alabama Tennis Stadium this weekend. First serve between the Crimson Tide and the Commodores is scheduled for 4 p.m. CT on Friday, while UA and the Bulldogs will face off Sunday at 1 p.m.

Sunday's match will also serve as the program's Senior Day celebration as the program recognizes Joao Ferreira at the match.

The Matches

Vanderbilt

Date: Friday, March 31
Time: 4 p.m. CT
Location: Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Venues: The Alabama Tennis Stadium

Mississippi State

Date: Sunday, April 2
Time: 1 p.m. CT
Location: Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Venues: The Alabama Tennis Stadium

How to Follow

A link to live scoring will be available at RollTide.com.
Updates will be provided on the team's Twitter account, @AlabamaMTN

Promotions

Sunday's match against Mississippi State will serve as the team's Senior Day celebration as Alabama recognizes Joao Ferreira
- Ferreira will receive a degree in business over the summer
Additionally, fans will receive Chick-fi-A sandwiches and Alabama tennis coasters at Friday's match against Vanderbilt
Sunday will feature a cookout by the Crimson Racket Club as well as Alabama tennis luggage tags

About The Crimson Tide

Enzo Aguiard and Filip Planinsek continue to lead Alabama
The pair both hold a national ranking with Aguiard pacing the team at No. 83 and Planinsek following close behind at No. 88
Additionally, the duo is coming off wins over ranked singles opponents as both Aguiard and Planinsek won their head-to-head battle at LSU
Zach Foster has also had a strong showing in singles play, winning two of his last three matches and four of his last six
In doubles action, Planinsek and German Samofalov are coming off a win over LSU's 48^th-ranked pairing of Stefan Latinovic and Nick Watson
Of Alabama's seven SEC matches, five have been against top-20 opponents
Alabama is coming off a recent loss to LSU in the team's last outing

Scouting The Commodores

Vanderbilt enters the match with a 6-12 overall record and a 1-6 record in SEC play
The Commodores are coming off a loss to then-No. 33 Ole Miss, 5-2, last weekend
Siim Troost paces Vanderbilt with a team-leading 10 singles wins during the dual match season
Additionally, Troost and partner Jeremie Casabon rank 35^th nationally in the ITA rankings, holding a 6-3 record on court one
The doubles pairing of Nathan Cox and Michael Ross has won its last four matches at the No.2 spot
Alabama and Vanderbilt will go head-to-head for the 70^th time with UA leading the all-time series at 42-27
The Tide won the last meeting, taking a 4-3 win in the 2022 SEC Tournament

Scouting The Bulldogs

Mississippi State enters the weekend ranked 12^th nationally with a 16-4 overall record and a 4-3 record in SEC play
The Bulldogs are coming off a loss to then-No. 6 Kentucky, 4-3, last weekend
Benito Sanchez Martinez paces the Bulldogs with a team-leading 15 singles wins, while 108^th-nationally ranked Carles Hernanez and Petar Jovanovice both have 14 wins
Nemanja Malesevic joins Hernanez in the rankings, entering the weekend at No. 123
In doubles, No. 74 Petar Jovanovic and Ewen Lumsden hold a 14-4 record and are on a five-match winning streak
Hernandez and Malesevic are ranked 44^th in the latest ITA doubles rankings with an 8-6 dual match record and a 13-8 overall record
Alabama and Mississippi State will face off for the 88th time in series history with MSU leading 54-33
The Bulldogs won the last meeting in March 2022, 5-0
Prior to playing the Tide, the Bulldogs will face Tennessee in a 3 p.m. CT road match on Friday

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