TENNESSEE 2012 LADY VOL TENNIS MATCH SIX
#17 TENNESSEE [3-2] VS. #10 MICHIGAN [4-0] FEB. 5, 2012 /// GOODFRIEND TENNIS CENTER /// KNOXVILLE, TENN.
PROJECTED LINEUPS TENNESSEE
MICHIGAN
Head Coaches: Mike Patrick & Sonia Hahn-Patrick
Head Coach: Ronni Bernstein
Name (Rank) 1. Pluskota/Williams
2012 Total (Dual) 4-1 (4-1)
Name (Rank) 1. Bektas/Bolender (24)
2012 Total (Dual) 11-6 (3-1)
2. Boren/Toti (18)
16-3 (5-0)
2. Nguyen/Sulahian
14-4 (3-1)
JOANNA HENDERSON
DOUBLES Have won four consecutive matches...Defeated #5 Kristy Frilling & Shannon Mathews (Notre Dame), 8-4, on Friday.
Currently on career-long winning streak together with 8 straight wins...Have clinched doubles point in four of five matches.
3. Henderson/Szekely
3-0 (3-0)
3. Dodge/Lee
9-5 (2-2)
Name (Rank) 1. Natalie Pluskota (24)
2012 Dual 9-6 (1-1)
Name (Rank) 1. Emina Bektas (36)
2012 Total (Dual) 15-4 (4-0)
2. Brynn Boren (27)
11-7 (3-2)
2. Brooke Bolender (46)
12-4 (3-1)
3. Kata Szekely (59)
10-2 (3-0)
3. Mimi Nguyen (113)
13-4 (4-0)
4. Caitlyn Williams
2-1 (2-1)
4. Sarah Lee
15-5 (4-0)
21 22 27 28
5. Sarah Toti
9-5 (3-2)
5. Kristen Dodge
14-7 (1-3)
FEBRUARY
6. Joanna Henderson
5-4 (3-2)
6. Michelle Sulahian
13-9 (2-2)
Undefeated at 3-0...Haven’t allowed more than two points all season...Have been first duo to finish in three matches.
SINGLES Made singles debut last Friday, winning in straight sets (6-2, 6-1) ... Match on Friday was retired after UT scored first six points. 14-2 in Knoxville ... Leads team with 11 singles wins...Has won three straight matches...Moved to No. 2 spot Friday (3-0 in career). Earned highest-ranked wins of career to open season, def. 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 three consecutive matches after opening 0-2, including match-clinchers in last two contests.
Missed majority of fall action with nagging foot problems ... Has won 3 straight...Provided clinching point for UT’s first win vs. UC Davis.
THE STORYLINES MOST RECENTLY...
• UT won its third consecutive match Friday, dominating No. 24 Notre Dame, 6-1. The Lady Vols swept doubles and clinched the point for the fifth time this season. From there, four players won their third consecutive singles matches and five overall won in straight sets. • Up comfortably at 6-0, UT decided to retire Natalie Pluskota’s match. Pluskota was in her second set after winning the opening set in a 7-6 (4) tiebreaker.
LATEST ITA RANKINGS (FEB. 2)
• Per Thursday’s ITA Poll, UT moved up two spots to its highest ranking of the season at 17. UT opened the season ranked 18th (Jan. 3) and dropped to 19th after the first weekend (Jan. 24). UT has yet to play an unranked team and will add its third top-10 and fifth top-25 opponent Sunday against #10 Michigan (4-0).
y SCORING SYSTEM
ITA KICK-OFF CHAMPS
• Tennessee recorded its first two wins of the 2012 season last weekend, 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 MICHIGAN
• UT owns a 10-3 all-time record against the Wolverines, and has won all four meetings in Knoxville. After winning the first seven matchups, the two schools have traded the last six get-togethers. • The last time UM and UT met was in the 2010 NCAA Tournament. The Lady Vols defeated Michigan, 4-0, in Athens, Ga., to advance to the quarterfinals. • Michigan is undefeated at 4-0, coming off a 4-3 victory at No. 18 Vanderbilt on Friday.
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. #9 Virginia1 vs. #4 North Carolina1 #58 UC Davis^ #22 Tulsa^
L, 4-3 L, 5-2 W, 5-0 W, 4-0
#24 Notre Dame W, 6-1 #10 Michigan 10 a.m. 2 ITA National Indoors 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.