TENNESSEE 2012 LADY VOL TENNIS MATCH SIXTEEN
#8 TENNESSEE [10-5, 1-2] AT MISSISSIPPI STATE [4-6, 0-3] MARCH 11, 2012 /// A.J. PITTS TENNIS CENTRE /// STARKVILLE, MISS.
PROJECTED LINEUPS TENNESSEE
MISSISSIPPI STATE
Head Coaches: Mike Patrick & Sonia Hahn-Patrick
Head Coach: Daryl Greenan
DOUBLES Name (Rank) 1. Pluskota/Williams (9)
2012 Total (Dual) 7-4 (7-4)
Name (Rank) 2012 Total (Dual) 1. Perper/Tsigvintseva (44) 20-5 (11-1)
Pluskota and Williams returned to action Friday, going 1-1 last weekend...2-1 against Top 10 teams.
2. Boren/Toti (10)
24-5 (13-2)
2. Dion/Tran
Winning streak of 15 came to an end Friday, losing for the first time in 2012...13 wins lead SEC.
3. Henderson/Szekely
10-2 (10-2)
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Have won 10 of 12 together...Have won five of last six...Have won eight contests by at least five points.
16-10 (9-5) --
KATA SZEKELY
SINGLES
SCHEDULE /// 2012 SEASON
Name (Rank) 1. Natalie Pluskota (28)
2012 Dual 9-9 (1-4)
Name (Rank) 1. Alexandra Perper (91)
2012 Total (Dual) 8-2 (8-2)
2. Brynn Boren (35)
18-10 (10-5)
2. Olesya Tsigvintseva
8-11 (4-4)
3. Kata Szekely (37)
17-5 (10-3)
3. Naomi Tran
4-5 (4-5)
4. Caitlyn Williams
8-4 (8-4)
4. Petra Ferancova
7-14 (2-7)
21 22 27 28
5. Sarah Toti
13-10 (7-7)
5. Roseline Dion
8-10 (2-4)
FEBRUARY
6. Joanna Henderson
8-9 (6-7)
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In search of 50th career win...Missed last five contests before returning on Friday.
Took nation’s top-ranked player Allie Will to third-set tiebreaker...17 wins are a team-high...Won five of six.
Has won five of six..Provided tying point vs. So. Carolina (3-3) after winning a third-set tiebreaker...Also won third-set TB Friday. SEC Freshman of the Week after match-clinching win vs. So. Carolina...Won five of six...Provided clinching point in last 4 UT wins. Has shared time at positions three, four and five this season...Three-time SEC Freshman of the Week...Has lost four of five. Has played six straight matches from the No. 5 position...Has played two tiebreakers in 2012.
THE STORYLINES LATEST ITA RANKINGS
• Tennessee is now rated eighth in the nation in the latest Campbell/ITA College Tennis Rankings, released Tuesday, a week after the Lady Vols’ first top-five ranking (fifth) since being second in May 2001. • On Feb. 28, UT became the only school with two duos in the Top 10 of doubles, led by No. 9 Natalie Pluskota and Caitlyn Williams, and followed by No. 10 Brynn Boren and Sarah Toti. • Just three schools have three players ranked in the Top 37 of singles: Tennessee, USC and Florida. • Pluskota leads the way for UT in singles rankings, up eight spots to No. 28, while Boren and Szekely are ranked 35th and 37th, respectively.
ON THE ROAD AGAIN
• UT has opened the season 3-1 on the road after winning its first three for the fourth time under Mike Patrick and Sonia Hahn-Patrick. The Lady Vols started 5-0 on the road in 2011.
y SCORING SYSTEM
SCOUTING MISSISSIPPI STATE
• Mississippi State marks Tennessee’s third unranked opponent this season in 16 matches. • Mississippi State rests at the bottom of the SEC West, opening the conference slate with an 0-3 record. • The Bulldogs lost Friday, suffering a 0-7 shutout to Georgia at home. MSU was shorthanded, defaulting at No. 3 doubles and No. 6 singles. • Tennessee is 32-4 all-time against Mississippi State, including an 11-5 mark in Starkville. The Lady Vols have won seven straight and 27 of the last 28 meetings.
ON FRIDAY...
• Tennessee dropped its second SEC match in three attempts, falling to Ole Miss, 5-2. UT picked up wins from Brynn Boren and Kata Szekely.
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.)
JANUARY
3 5 10 11 12 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 #10 Michigan vs. #5 Baylor+2 vs. #16 USC+2 vs. #12 Northwestern+2 at Indiana at #64 Ohio State at UCF
W, 6-1 W, 5-2 W, 4-0 L, 1-4 W, 4-3 W, 5-2 W, 4-3 W, 7-0
#15 Florida* #22 South Carolina* at #25 Ole Miss* at Mississippi State* at UNLV at LSU* Arkansas* at Vanderbilt*
L, 0-7 W, 4-3 L, 2-5 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 3 SEC Championships 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, + ITA National Indoors 1 Flushing, N.Y.; 2Charlottesville, Va.; 3Oxford, Miss.; 4 Athens, Ga.