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).
y SCORING SYSTEM
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.