TENNESSEE 2012 LADY VOL TENNIS MATCH SEVENTEEN
#12 TENNESSEE [11-5] AT #67 UNLV [8-5] MARCH 21, 2012 /// FRANK & VICKI FERTITTA TENNIS COMPLEX /// LAS VEGAS, NEV.
PROJECTED LINEUPS TENNESSEE
UNLV
Head Coaches: Mike Patrick & Sonia Hahn-Patrick
Head Coach: Kevin Cory
DOUBLES Name (Rank) 1. Pluskota/Williams (15)
2012 Total (Dual) 7-4 (7-4)
Name (Rank) 1. Josifoska/Pavlovic
2012 Total (Dual) 9-4 (9-4)
Pluskota and Williams are 2-0 against Top 5 teams...Three wins by at least six points...Pluskota 9th all-time in doubles wins (96).
2. Boren/Toti (12)
25-5 (14-2)
2. Batta/de Lanlay
7-2 (7-2)
Have traded wins and losses in last four matches after winning 15 consecutive...14 wins are SEC best.
3. Henderson/Szekely
11-2 (11-2)
3. Bouchier/Ferenczi-Bako 3-7 (3-7)
Have won 11 of 13 together...Have won seven of last eight...Have won nine contests by at least five points.
SINGLES
SCHEDULE /// 2012 SEASON
Name (Rank) 1. Natalie Pluskota (29)
2012 Dual 10-9 (2-4)
Name (Rank) 1. Lucia Batta (59)
2. Brynn Boren (25)
19-10 (11-5)
2. Aleksandra Josifoska (125) 20-12 (9-4)
3. Kata Szekely (37)
18-5 (11-3)
3. Nives Pavlovic
14-7 (8-5)
4. Caitlyn Williams
8-4 (8-4)
4. Manon de Lanlay
14-8 (9-4)
21 22 27 28
5. Sarah Toti
14-10 (8-7)
5. Anett Ferenczi-Bako
13-9 (8-5)
FEBRUARY
6. Joanna Henderson
9-9 (7-7)
6. Ella Bourchier
7-13 (5-7)
Recorded 50th career win vs. Mississippi State...Has played last two after missing five previous contests.
2012 Total (Dual) 22-7 (12-1)
NATALIE PLUSKOTA
Has won three straight and six of seven, four of which have come from No. 1 spot...19 wins are a team-high. Has won three straight and six of seven...Two of last three have come down to third-set tiebreakers. SEC Freshman of the Week (3/14)...Won five of six...Provided clinching point in four of last five UT wins. Snapped three-match skid vs. Mississippi State...Three-time SEC Freshman of the Week.
Snapped three-match skid vs. Mississippi State...3-1 in tiebreakers...Played last seven from No. 5 spot.
THE STORYLINES ITA RANKINGS
• Tennessee is now rated 12th in the nation in the latest Campbell/ITA College Tennis Rankings, released Tuesday (March 20), The Lady Vols have been ranked as high as fifth this season (Feb. 28). • UT is one of just two schools with two doubles tandems ranked in the Top 15.
ON THE ROAD AGAIN
• UT has opened the season 4-1 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.
WITH A WIN...
• This can become the fourth Lady Vols squad since 1992 and first since 2003 with 10 non-conference victories (2003, 2001, 1992).
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SCOUTING UNLV
• Ranked 67th, UNLV is Tennessee’s 15th ranked opponent in 17 matches. • The Rebels have also shutout five opponents, and have won by at least five points in all of their victories but one. • After wining three of four, UNLV lost last weekend, 5-2, to Fresno State. • UNLV is led by No. 59 Lucia Batta, who is 3-6 vs. ranked opponents.
BACK ON TRACK
• Tennessee is looking for its first consecutive wins since stringing together four in a row (Northwestern-UCF). Its season-high winning streak is five (UC Davis-Baylor). • The Lady Vols are coming off their fifth shutout of the season at Mississippi State (7-0). UT swept the doubles point and won in straight sets on five of six singles courts.
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 #67 UNLV at LSU* Arkansas* at Vanderbilt*
L, 0-7 W, 4-3 L, 2-5 W, 7-0 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.
FACTS BOX /// BY THE NUMBERS
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11
Five of UT’s 11 wins have come via shutouts, including the Lady Vols’ most recent win, a 7-0 decision vs. Mississippi State.
Opponents Tennessee has played ranked in the Top 25 in the Lady Vols’ first 16 matches. UT has won six of those.
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Brynn Boren and Sarah Toti’s 14 dual-match wins lead all SEC tandems. Tennessee has also won the doubles point in 14 of 16 matches.
MORE NOTES: SEC FRESHMEN OF THE WEEK
• Three Lady Vols have been honored with SEC Freshman of the Week (Joanna Henderson, Sarah Toti and Caitlyn Williams), tying the conference record). • Toti was recognized as the SEC Freshman of the Week in each the first three weeks of the season. • Williams and Henderson won in back-to-back efforts (March 7, 14). • Toti is the first women’s tennis student-athlete to earn any kind of player of the week distinction three weeks in a row. She matched doubles partner Brynn Boren’s UT record of three overall freshman of the week awards, which Boren accomplished in 2011.
BATTLE TESTED
• Out of Tennessee’s 16 opponents this season, 13 have been ranked in the ITA poll at the time of the match. Additionally, UT has played four teams in the Top 10 and 11 schools in the Top 25. • The Lady Vols have fared well against top-flight competition, going 8-5 against ranked opponents, 3-2 against Top 12 foes and 6-5 against Top 25 schools. • Three of UT’s five losses are to teams currently ranked in the top eight (Florida-2, USC-3 & Virginia-8).
DOUBLE THE PLEASURE, DOUBLE THE FUN
• Tennessee has been stellar in doubles action thus far, winning 33 of its 44 (.750) overall matches. The Lady Vols won the doubles point in their first 12 contests, marking a program record to open the season, and have won it 14 out of 16 times. The duo of Brynn Boren and Sarah Toti lead UT at 14-2, while Joanna Henderson and Kata Szekely are 11-2, and Natalie Pluskota and Caitlyn Williams are 7-4. • The Boren-Toti combination has clinched the doubles point for UT a team-high nine times and is 25-5 overall. Their 15 match-win streak was snapped, but the duo is still an SEC-best 14-2 in dual-matches. • Pluskota and Williams have knocked off two top five doubles squads this season. Pluskota and Williams have defeated No. 3 Christian/Santamaria (USC) and No. 5 Frilling/Mathews (Notre Dame).
CLUB 50
• Natalie Pluskota registered her 50th career win with a 2-6, 6-2, 7-5 decision over Mississippi State’s Andrea Perper (ranked 91st) on March 11. • Brynn Boren can join her with one more singles win, while Kata Szekely can reach the milestone with two more wins.
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STATS
MATCH RECAP
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A link to the most updated Lady Vol stats.
A recap of last weekend’s win over Mississippi State.
TENNESSEE ROSTER & RECORDS Name (Singles/Doubles Rank) Brynn Boren (25/12) Jesse Grace Joanna Henderson Natalie Pluskota (29/15 & 21) Kata Szekely (37/21) Sarah Toti (--/12) Caitlyn Williams (--/15)
Year So. Fr. Fr. Sr. Jr. Fr. Fr.
Ht. 5-9 5-6 5-11 5-10 5-6 5-10 5-8
Hometown Laguna Niguel, Calif. Germiston, South Africa Aberdeen, Scotland Newnan, Ga. Szekesfehervar, Hungary Las Vegas, Nev. Knoxville, Tenn.
Co-Head Coaches: Mike Patrick and Sonia Hahn-Patrick (15th season) Volunteer Assistant Coach: Mario Toledo
UNLV ROSTER Name (Singles/Doubles Rank) Lucia Batta (59/--) Ella Bourchier Manon de Lanlay Anett Ferenczi-Bako Aleksandra Josifoska (125/--) Nives Pavlovic Rumyana Terzieva
Year So. Jr. Fr. Fr. So. Jr. Sr.
Hometown Budapest, Hungary Tasmania, Australia Arcachon, France Budapest, Hungary Skopje, Macedonia Belgrade, Serbia Sofia, Bulgaria
Head Coach Kevin Cory | Assistant Coach Mark Roberts
Singles 19-10/11-5 2-5/2-5 9-9/7-7 10-9/2-4 18-5/11-3 14-10/8-7 8-4/8-4
Doubles 25-5/14-2 1-3/1-3 14-6/11-2 17-8/8-4 20-4/11-2 25-5/14-2 8-8/7-7
CURRENT ITA RANKINGS TEAM
Team Tennessee
SINGLES
Name Natalie Pluskota Brynn Boren Kata Szekely
DOUBLES
Names Pluskota/Williams Boren/Toti Pluskota/Szekely
Now Prev. (3/13) 12 11 Now Prev. (2/28) 29 28 25 35 37 37 Now Prev. (2/28) 15 9 12 10 21 17
TRACKING TRENDS Three Lady Vols started new singles winning streaks Sunday, while Brynn Boren and Sarah Toti own a team-best 15 straight together in doubles. Here’s a look at Lady Vol winning streaks: Singles Brynn Boren Jesse Grace Joanna Henderson Natalie Pluskota Kata Szekely Sarah Toti Caitlyn Williams
Now Season Career 3 5 (2x) 6 1 1 (2x) 1 (2x) 1 5 5 1 4 5 3 5 6 1 4 4 1 4 4
Doubles Brynn Boren Jesse Grace Joanna Henderson Natalie Pluskota Kata Szekely Sarah Toti Caitlyn Williams
Now Season Career 1 15 15 1 1 1 3 4 (2x) 4 (2x) 1 7 16 3 9 18 1 15 15 -- 4 4
SEC EAST STANDINGS Team SEC Overall Streak Florida 4-0 11-1 W6 Georgia 3-1 13-2 W2 Vanderbilt 3-1 11-5 W1 Tennessee 2-2 11-5 W1 South Carolina 1-3 10-4 W2 Kentucky 0-4 8-7 L6
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