Alabama Women’s Tennis Concludes Road Stretch with Missouri and Arkansas

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. ––The Alabama women's tennis team (11-8, 4-5 SEC) hits the road to face Missouri (10-12, 1-9 SEC) Friday and Arkansas (9-10, 3-7 SEC) Sunday in the team's last pair of regular season road matches. The Crimson Tide will go head-to-head with the Tigers in Columbia, Mo., at the County Club of Missouri on Friday at 2 p.m. CT. Alabama will then travel to Fayetteville, Ark., on Sunday to compete against the Razorbacks at 1 p.m. CT at the Billingsley Tennis Center.

The Matches

Missouri

Date: Friday, April 7
Time: 2 p.m. CT
Location: Columbia, Mo.
Venue: County Club of Missouri

Arkansas

Date: Sunday, April 9
Time: 1 p.m. CT
Location: Fayetteville, Ark.
Venue: Billingsley Tennis Center

How to Follow

Links to live scoring and the video stream will be available at RollTide.com
Updates will be provided on the team's Twitter account @AlabamaWTN

About the Crimson Tide

Alabama enters the weekend with an 11-8 overall record and a 4-5 SEC record
The Crimson Tide is coming off a win after downing Kentucky 4-1 in a road match last Friday
Klara Milicevic and Ola Pitak pace the team with 10 singles wins apiece this dual match season
Loudmilla Bencheikh trails closely behind with nine wins, all of which come from the No. 1 spot
In doubles, No. 42 Anne Marie Hiser and Bencheikh are on a two-match winning streak, which includes a ranked win over Kentucky's then-No.63 Carlota Molina and Elizabeth Stevens
Doubles unit Kasia Pitak and Ola Pitak have won three out of their last five matches

Scouting The Tigers

Missouri enters the match with a 10-12 overall record and a 1-9 SEC record
The Tigers are coming off a loss after falling to South Carolina, 4-0
Missouri will be looking for a win to break its five-match losing streak
No. 89 nationally ranked Mae Canete has battled it out against top-ranked opponents at the top of the ladder, leading the Tigers in the rankings
In doubles last Sunday, Inah Canete and Mae Canete secured a win against South Carolina's then-No. 70 Ayana Akli and Sarah Hamner
Alabama and Missouri will go head-to-head for only the 11^th time in series history with UA leading the all-time series at 8-2
The Tide won the last meeting in March 2022, 6-1

Scouting The Razorbacks

Arkansas enters the weekend 9-10 overall and 3-7 in SEC play
The Razorbacks are coming off a loss after falling to then-No. 17 Florida, 5-2, last Sunday
No. 49 Carolina Gomez and No. 94 Kelly Keller pace the Razorbacks as both hold eight wins at the top spots on the singles ladder, with Keller on court No. 1 and Gomez on court No. 2
No. 45 Indianna Spink and Morgan Cross lead the doubles unit with a 10-3 record at the No.1 spot
On court No. 2 in doubles, No. 75 Lenka Stara and Grace O'Donnell hold a 4-5 record
Alabama and Arkansas will face off for the 37th time in series history with UA leading 23-13
The Razorbacks won the last meeting in March 2022, 4-1
Prior to playing the Tide, Arkansas will face Auburn in a 6 p.m. CT road match on Friday

Get all the latest information on the team by following @AlabamaWTN on Twitter and Facebook and AlabamaWTN on Instagram. General athletic news can also be found at UA_Athletics on Twitter and Instagram and AlabamaAthletics on Facebook.

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