Alabama Men’s Tennis Closes Regular Season on the Road Against Arkansas
4/13/2023 4:11:00 PM | Men's Tennis
The Crimson Tide travels to Arkansas to face the Razorbacks on Friday at 5 p.m.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. –– The Alabama men's tennis team (10-14, 9-7 SEC) hits the road to face Arkansas (12-12, 0-11 SEC) on Friday, for the Crimson Tide's regular season finale. First serve is scheduled for 5 p.m. CT at the Billingsley Tennis Center in Fayetteville, Ark.
The Match
- Date: Friday, April 14
- Time: 5 p.m. CT
- Location: Fayetteville, Ark.
- Venue: Billingsley Tennis Center
How to Follow
- A link to live scoring and the video stream will be available at RollTide.com.
- Updates will be provided on the team's Twitter account, @AlabamaMTN
About The Crimson Tide
- The Crimson Tide enters the match with momentum, coming off an upset win over then-No. 17 Auburn last Sunday
- The top-20 victory was the second this season for the Tide, who also defeated then-No. 16 Florida earlier in the year
- Additionally, the Tide's victory over Auburn marked the third consecutive match and 10th time this season UA battled to a 4-3 decision
- Filip Planinsek and Enzo Aguiard continue to pace the Tide with Planinsek entering the weekend ranked 75th-nationally and Aguiard ranking 113th -nationally in singles
- Both Planinsek and Aguiard hold a team-leading 13 wins in singles play
- The Crimson Tide has one doubles team ranked in this week's ITA poll with Aguiard and Planinsek landing at No. 87
Scouting The Razorbacks
- The Razorbacks are looking for their first conference win of the season, entering Friday's match with an 0-11 record in conference play
- Arkansas is coming off a loss after falling to Mississippi State, 6-1, last Sunday
- Gerard Planelles paces Arkansas with a 13-5 record in singles
- In doubles, No. 67 Adrien Burdet and Melvin Manuel hold a 5-4 record at the No. 1 spot
- Alabama and Arkansas will go head-to-head for the 35th time with UA leading the all-time series at 18-16
- The Razorbacks won the last meeting in April 2022, 5-2
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