2012
TENNESSEE /// LADY VOLUNTEERS TENNIS
MATCH NOTES ITA KICK-OFF WEEKEND CHAMPIONSHIP
#19 TENNESSEE [1-2] VS. #22 TULSA [3-0] JAN. 28, 2012 /// GOODFRIEND TENNIS CENTER /// KNOXVILLE, TENN. PROJECTED LINEUPS: TENNESSEE
Head Coaches: Mike Patrick & Sonia Hahn-Patrick
TULSA
Head Coach: Dean Orford
DOUBLES Name (Rank) 1. Pluskota/Williams
2012 Total (Dual) 2-1 (2-1)
Name (Rank) 1. Erofeeva/Szatkowska
2012 Total (Dual) 10-4 (2-0)
2. Boren/Toti (18)
14-3 (4-0)
2. Davidson/Vickers
6-2 (3-0)
BRYNN BOREN
Pluskota & Williams paired together for first time in season-opening weekend ... Won Friday, 8-0 and have won 2 straight Duo has won 14 of 1 st7matches together ... Currently on career-long winning streak together with 6 straight wins.
3. Henderson/Szekely
2-0 (2-0)
3. Farley/Enrique
2-3 (2-0)
Name (Rank) 1. Natalie Pluskota (24)
2012 Dual 9-5 (1-0)
Name (Rank) 1. Anastasia Erofeeva (78)
2012 Total (Dual) 13-3 (3-0)
2. Kata Szekely (59)
9-2 (2-0)
2. Samantha Vickers (63)
14-3 (1-0)
3. Brynn Boren (27)
9-7 (1-2)
3. Ewa Szatkowska
6-9 (3-0)
4. Caitlyn Williams
1-0 (1-0)
4. Isaura Enrique
10-8 (1-1)
21 22 27 28
5. Sarah Toti
7-5 (1-2)
5. Michelle Farley
11-7 (3-0)
FEBRUARY
6. Joanna Henderson
3-4 (1-2)
6. Bonny Davidson
5-11 (2-0)
Henderson & Szekely also paired together for first time in season-opening weekend ... Won both matches handedly, 8-2
SINGLES Made singles debut on Friday, winning in straight sets (6-2, 6-1) ... Tied for team lead with 9 wins
Earned highest-ranked wins of career to open season, def. No. 30 Lindsey Hardenbergh (UVa) & No. 16 Lauren McHale (UNC) Snapped 4-match losing streak Friday with UT’s first singles point (6-1, 6-0) ... Is 12-2 in Knoxville.
Knoxville native won first career match over No. 75 Erin Vierra (UVa) ... Made debut after recovering from shoulder surgery in fall Toti won first career dual-match singles competition to cap Friday’s scoring ... Five of seven wins in straight sets Missed majority of fall action with nagging foot problems ... Provided clinching point for UT’s first win.
THE STORYLINES WIN NUMBER ONE
• Tennessee recorded its first win of the 2012 season, defeating UC Davis on Friday, 5-0, to advance to today’s ITA Kick-Off Championship match. • Two Lady Vols, freshmen Joanna Henderson and Sarah Toti, recorded their first career dual-match wins. • Natalie Pluskota made her 2012 debut in singles, winning 6-2, 6-1 over UCD’s Dahra Zamudio. She also moved into the top 10 in career doubles wins at UT with 90.
HOME SWEET HOME
• Tennessee has been extremely successful in home openers under co-head coaches Mike Patrick and Sonia Hahn-Patrick, posting 14 wins in 15 tries (.933). Additionally, since Patrick arrived in 1988, the Lady Vols have gone 24-1 (.960) in their first match at home.
y SCORING SYSTEM
THE 600-WIN MILESTONE
• With Friday’s win, the Lady Vols earned win number 600 in program history. All-time, Tennessee is 600-356 (.628).
SCOUTING TULSA
• Saturday’s meeting will mark the third all-time between Tennessee and the Hurricane, with the Lady Vols holding a 2-0 advantage. Tulsa is ranked 22nd nationally and moved to 3-0 on Friday with a 4-1 win over No. 33 North Carolina State. • The two schools have never played in a non-neutral setting. The first meeting, in 2004, was a 7-0 victory in Madison, Wis. at the ITA National Indoors. The most recent contest took place in an NCAA Tournament First Round match in Nashville. UT won, 4-0. • Tulsa’s top two singles players (No. 78 Anastasia Erofeeva & No. 63 Samantha Vickers) are a combined 27-6 and 4-0 in dual-match play.
New to the college game? All that matters is which team gets to four points first. In dual matches, teams first play a best-of-three doubles competition. Whichever team wins two of the three matches earns one point. Teams then play six singles matches, each worth one point. The team that takes four of the seven total available points wins the match. (Note: Doubles matches are eight-game pro sets. Singles matches are best-of-three sets.)
SCHEDULE /// 2012 SEASON JANUARY
3 5 10-13 17 19 25
MARCH 2 4 9 11 21 23 25 30
APRIL
1 6 8 14 19-22
vs. Virginia1 vs. North Carolina1 UC Davis^ Tulsa^
L, 4-3 L, 5-2 W, 5-0 2 p.m.
Notre Dame 5 p.m. Michigan 10 a.m. ITA National Indoors2 TBD at Indiana 2 p.m. at Ohio State Noon at UCF Noon
Florida* South Carolina* at Ole Miss* at Mississippi State* at UNLV at LSU* Arkansas* at Vanderbilt*
5 p.m. 1 p.m. 4 p.m. 2 p.m. 1 p.m. 4 p.m. 1 p.m. 5 p.m.
at Kentucky* Noon Auburn* 5 p.m. Alabama* 1 p.m. at Georgia* Noon SEC Championships3 TBD
MAY
11-12 NCAA First & Second Rounds 17-28 NCAA Championships: Final Site4 23-28 NCAA Championships: Singles/Doubles4 ^ ITA Kick-Off; *SEC match 1 Flushing, N.Y.; 2Charlottesville, Va.; 3Oxford, Miss.; 4 Athens, Ga.