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Alabama Men’s Tennis Travels to Ole Miss, Hosts No. 17 Auburn in Weekend Matches
4/6/2023 2:41:00 PM | Men's Tennis
The Crimson Tide competes against the Rebels Friday at 3 p.m. CT before turning around to host the Tigers Sunday at 1 p.m.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. ––The Alabama men's tennis team (9-13, 1-8 SEC) faces Ole Miss (14-6, 4-4) in a road match Friday before hosting Auburn (16-7, 4-4 SEC) on Sunday in the Tide's last home match of the season. The Crimson Tide heads to Oxford, Miss., Friday to compete against the Rebels in a 3 p.m. CT match, before returning home to Tuscaloosa to face the Tigers at 1 p.m. on Sunday.
The Matches
Ole Miss
- Date: Friday, April 7
- Time: 3 p.m. CT
- Location: Oxford, Miss.
- Venue: Palmer/Salloum Tennis Center
Auburn
- Date: Sunday, April 9
- Time: 1 p.m. CT
- Location: Tuscaloosa, Ala.
- Venue: 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
About The Crimson Tide
- No. 76 Filip Planinsek leads Alabama, holding a team-leading 12 wins in singles
- No. 116 Enzo Aguiard and Roan Jones trail closely behind in singles with both athletes posting 11 wins
- Freshman Matias Ponce De Leon clinched his third ranked win of the season last weekend against Mississippi State's then-No.108 Carles Hernandez
- To secure the doubles point against Mississippi State, No. 78 Planinsek and German Samofalov and the doubles team of Aguiard and Zach Foster both took home wins over ranked doubles pairs
- The Tide is coming off a close loss, 4-3, after battling it out against then-No.12 Mississippi State last Sunday
- Alabama has competed against a top-20 in six of its last nine matches
- The team has also had had eight matches this season end in a 4-3 decision
Scouting The Rebels
- Ole Miss enters the match with a 14-6 overall record and a 4-4 SEC record
- The Rebels are coming off a win after downing LSU, 6-1
- No. 60 Nikola Slavic and John Hallquist Lithen lead the team in singles with 13 wins apiece
- Lukas Engelhardt trails closely behind with 11 victories including winning his last seven consecutive matches
- The doubles duo of No. 52-ranked Slavic and Engelhardt lead the team with a 9-3 record at the top of the ladder
- No. 90 Hallquist and Simon Junk are coming off a doubles win against LSU's then-No.48 Stefan Latinovic and Nick Watson
- Alabama and Ole Miss will face off for the 51st time in series history with the Rebels leading 41-36
- The Rebels won the last meeting in March 2022, 6-1
Scouting The Tigers
- Auburn enters the weekend ranked No. 17 nationally with a 16-7 overall record and a 4-4 record in SEC play
- The Tigers are coming off a win after sweeping Alabama A&M, 4-0
- No. 59 Tyler Stice's 10-9 record at the No. 1 spot includes three ranked wins
- No. 109 Alejandro Moreno has recorded 11 wins this dual match season as he paces the Tigers at the No. 3 spot
- No. 30 Raul Dobai and Finn Murgett are 7-7 in doubles as they lead the team at the top of the ladder
- Alabama and Auburn will go head-to-head for the 99th time with UA leading the all-time series at 62-35-1
- The Tigers won the last meeting in March 2022, 4-0
- Prior to playing the Tide, the Tigers will face Arkansas in a 3 p.m. CT match on Friday
Get all the latest information on the team by following AlabamaMTN on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. General athletic news can also be found at UA_Athletics on Twitter and Instagram and Alabama Athletics on Facebook.
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