Saturday, May 4
Stillwater, Okla.
1 p.m. CT
Alabama
vs
SMU
Women’s Tennis Opens NCAA Tournament with SMU on Saturday
5/3/2024 4:11:00 PM | Women's Tennis
The Crimson Tide opens its 18th NCAA Tournament appearance at the Stillwater Regional
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Alabama women's tennis team will face SMU in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday in Stillwater, Okla. The No. 2-seeded Crimson Tide and the No. 3-seeded Mustangs will compete at 1 p.m. CT at Oklahoma State's Greenwood Tennis Center.
Match Information
- Date: Saturday, May 4
- Time: 1 p.m. CT
- Location: Stillwater, Okla.
- Venue: Greenwood Tennis Center
- Watch
- Live Scoring
How to Follow
- Links to live scoring and video streams will be made available at RollTide.com
- Updates will be provided on the team's X account, @AlabamaWTN
The Stillwater Regional
- The Crimson Tide and Mustangs will meet for the fourth time in series history, with UA leading the series 3-0
- Alabama enters the tournament as the No. 2 seed at the Stillwater Regional with an overall record of 15-10
- SMU is the No. 3 seed in the regional after cruising to the American Athletic Conference championship to enter the match 13-11
- The tournament begins at 1 p.m. on Saturday and will conclude with the second-round match on Sunday at 2 p.m.
Alabama in the NCAA Tournament
- Alabama captured its 18th NCAA Tournament berth, earning a spot in four of the last five national competitions (there was no NCAA Tournament in 2020 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic)
- The big marks the first appearance under head coach Jonatan Berhane
- The Crimson Tide's deepest run came in 2014, with the team advancing to the quarterfinals
- The program is 12-17 all-time in the NCAA Tournament
- The 2023-24 season was highlighted by wins over then-No. 22 Texas Tech and then-No. 24 Illinois
- Additionally, Alabama won the Blue-Gray National Tennis Classic for the first time since 2015
- The Tide went on an 11-match winning streak from Jan. 28 to March 10, which included a 4-0 start to Southeastern Conference play
- UA opened SEC play with a dominant 4-3 victory over then-No. 27 Vanderbilt
Match Notes
- Alabama enters the tournament ranked No. 33 in the ITA Rankings
- Loudmilla Bencheikh (No. 61) and Petra Sedlackova (No. 94) continue to hold a spot in the singles rankings
- Bencheikh and Anne Marie Hiser (No. 20) stay in the top-25 doubles rankings and will compete in the NCAA Doubles Championship beginning May 20
- In the most recent contest, the Tide fell to sixth-seeded South Carolina in the Second Round of the 2024 Southeastern Conference Women's Tennis Tournament
Get all the latest information on the team by following AlabamaWTN on X, Instagram, and Facebook.
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