TENNESSEE 2012 LADY VOL TENNIS ITA NATIONAL TEAM INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - ROUND OF 16
#17 TENNESSEE [4-2] VS. #5 BAYLOR [9-1] FEB. 10, 2012 /// BOAR’S HEAD SPORTS CLUB /// CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA.
PROJECTED LINEUPS TENNESSEE
BAYLOR
Head Coaches: Mike Patrick & Sonia Hahn-Patrick
Head Coach: Joey Scrivano
DOUBLES Name (Rank) 1. Pluskota/Williams
2012 Total (Dual) 4-2 (4-2)
Name (Rank) 1. Sanford/Nakic
2012 Total (Dual) 4-2 (1-1)
2. Boren/Toti (18)
17-3 (6-0)
2. Horter/Secerbegovic
3-2 (3-2)
SARAH TOTI
Coming off loss after four-match winning streak...Defeated #5 Kristy Frilling & Shannon Mathews (Notre Dame), 8-4, last Friday. Currently on career-long winning streak together with nine straight wins...Have clinched doubles point in four of six matches.
3. Henderson/Szekely
4-0 (4-0)
3. Burgic/Novakova
2-0 (2-0)
Name (Rank) 1. Natalie Pluskota (24)
2012 Dual 9-7 (1-2)
Name (Rank) 1. Diana Nakic (14)
2012 Total (Dual) 20-6 (6-2)
2. Brynn Boren (27)
12-7 (4-2)
2. Nina Secerbegovic
10-1 (10-0)
3. Kata Szekely (59)
11-2 (4-0)
3. Sona Novakova
11-1 (10-0)
4. Caitlyn Williams
2-2 (2-2)
4. Jordaan Sanford
14-5 (6-1)
21 22 27 28
5. Sarah Toti
10-5 (4-2)
5. Ema Burgic
3-4 (2-1)
FEBRUARY
6. Joanna Henderson
6-4 (4-2)
6. Megan Horter
12-9 (7-3)
Undefeated at 4-0...Have been first duo to finish in three matches...Provided first doubles-point clincher last Saturday.
SINGLES Made singles debut vs. UC Davis, winning in straight sets (6-2, 6-1) ... In search of 50th career win.
Leads team with 12 singles wins...Has won four straight matches...Moved to No. 2 spot Friday (4-0 in career). Three of four wins are ranked, including. No. 30 Lindsey Hardenbergh (UVa) & No. 16 Lauren McHale (UNC)
Knoxville native won first career match over No. 75 Erin Vierra (UVa) ... Made debut after recovering from shoulder surgery in fall Toti has won four consecutive matches after opening 0-2, including match-clinchers in two of last three contests.
Missed majority of fall action with nagging foot problems ... Has won 4 straight...Provided clinching point for UT’s first win vs. UC Davis.
THE STORYLINES LAST WEEKEND
• UT capped the weekend with its highest ranked win of the season, defeating No. 10 Michigan, 5-2, marking the Lady Vols’ fourth consecutive win. UT won the doubles point for the sixth time this season, and picked up singles wins from Toti, Boren, Szekely and Henderson. It marked Michigan’s first loss. • UT opened the weekend with a dominating 6-1 victory over No. 24 Notre Dame.
ITA NATIONAL INDOOR HISTORY
• The Lady Vols are participating in their third consecutive ITA National Indoor Team Championships and 14th overall. All-time, UT is 9-21 in the tournament and netted opening round wins in 1992, 1998 and 2002. The Lady Vols faced Baylor in the consolation round last year, falling 1-4.
y SCORING SYSTEM
HOW THEY GOT HERE
• Tennessee recorded its first two wins of the 2012 season, defeating UC Davis, 5-0, and Tulsa, 4-0, to advance to its third consecutive ITA National Indoor Team Championships (Feb. 10-13) in Charlottesville, Va. • Blanking both opponents, Tennessee’s first two wins came in shutout fashion for just the fourth time in school history.
SCOUTING BAYLOR
• UT is 1-1 all-time against Baylor, both competitions being held in neutral sites. The first meeting came in 1997, a 5-1 win in Houston in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. • Baylor is ranked fifth, seeded third in the tournament and boasts a 9-1 overall record, its lone loss a 5-2 setback to No. 1 Florida. • The top half of Baylor’s lineup is made up of seniors.
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
vs. #9 Virginia1 vs. #4 North Carolina1 #58 UC Davis^ #22 Tulsa^
3 #24 Notre Dame 5 #10 Michigan ITA NATIONAL INDOORS 10 Baylor 17 at Indiana 19 at Ohio State 25 at UCF
MARCH 2 4 9 11 21 23 25 30
APRIL
1 6 8 14 19-22
Florida* South Carolina* at Ole Miss* at Mississippi State* at UNLV at LSU* Arkansas* at Vanderbilt*
L, 4-3 L, 5-2 W, 5-0 W, 4-0
W, 6-1 W, 5-2 3:30 p.m. 2 p.m. Noon Noon
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.;