TENNESSEE 2012 LADY VOL TENNIS MATCH NINETEEN
#12 TENNESSEE [11-7, 2-3 SEC] VS. #37 ARKANSAS [9-7, 1-4 SEC] MARCH 25, 2012 /// BARKSDALE STADIUM /// KNOXVILLE, TENN.
PROJECTED LINEUPS TENNESSEE
ARKANSAS
Head Coaches: Mike Patrick & Sonia Hahn-Patrick
Head Coach: Michael Hegarty
DOUBLES Name (Rank) 1. Pluskota/Williams (15)
2012 Total (Dual) 7-4 (7-4)
Name (Rank) 1. Paulson/Gingras (75)
2012 Total (Dual) 7-10 (6-9)
Doubles lineups are match-time decision...Pluskota and Williams haven’t played together since March 9...Have lost 2 of 3.
2. Boren/Toti (12)
25-5 (14-2)
2. Roy/Carbone
13-11 (8-7)
3. Henderson/Szekely
11-2 (11-2)
3. Lukomskaya/Parenteau 4-13 (4-10)
Have split last four after winning 15 consecutive together...14 dual-match wins leads SEC...Ranked as high as second.
Have won three straight together and seven of last eight...Nine wins by at least five points...Team-best 3-1 in SEC play.
SARAH TOTI
SINGLES
SCHEDULE /// 2012 SEASON
Name (Rank) 1. Brynn Boren (25)
2012 Total (Dual) 19-10 (11-5)
Name (Rank) 1. Emily Carbone
2012 Total (Dual) 11-15 (7-9)
2. Kata Szekely (37)
18-7 (11-5)
2. Claudine Paulson
15-11 (10-5)
3. Caitlyn Williams
8-6 (8-6)
3. Stephanie Roy
9-14 (6-11)
4. Sarah Toti
15-11 (9-8)
4. Kate Lukomskaya
11-14 (7-9)
21 22 27 28
5. Joanna Henderson
10-10 (8-8)
5. Laurie Gingras
14-11 (9-7)
FEBRUARY
6. Jesse Grace
3-6 (3-6)
6. Catherine Parenteau
11-15 (8-8)
Expected to play after missing last two matches with illness...In search of 50th career win...Has won three straight and six of seven. Has lost two in a row from the No. 1 spot after overall winning three straight and six of seven previously...2 wins from 50th in career. SEC Freshman of the Week (3/14)...Provided clinching point in four of last five UT wins...Match-time decision.
Only Lady Vol to win Friday...Three-time SEC Freshman of the Week...Has been shifted all around lineup due to team injuries (2-5). Has won two of last three...Dropped three-set tiebreaker after winning first set on Friday...Has played at spots 4-6. Saw first career winning streak with victories at Mississippi State and UNLV, before losing Friday.
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.
HOME SWEET HOME
• Tennessee started 4-0 at home for the fifth consecutive year and has accomplished the feat 12 times under co-head coaches Mike Patrick and Sonia Hahn-Patrick. The Lady Vols are 5-1 at home now.
BACK IN THE SEC
• This Lady Vols are looking to even their SEC record at .500 (3-3) with a win Sunday. UT hasn’t dropped consecutive conference matches this season.
y SCORING SYSTEM
SCOUTING ARKANSAS
• Ranked 37th, Arkansas is Tennessee’s 17th ranked opponent in 19 matches. • Tennessee and Arkansas have one common opponent, with both schools taking down Ohio State by a 4-3 advantage. • Arkansas split two Friday matches, defeating Oral Roberts (5-1) but falling to Georgia (7-0) at home. • Tennessee is 21-4 all-time against the Razorbacks, including an 11-1 mark in Knoxville. Arkansas’ lone win at Tennessee came in a 6-1 triumph in 2008. • In the series, UT has won two straight, both by a 6-1 margin.
AGAINST LSU
• Playing without Brynn Boren and Natalie Pluskota in singles, UT entered Friday’s match at LSU with just five in the lineup. UT won the doubles point, before LSU won five straight singles contests to take a 5-1 lead. Sarah Toti picked up UT’s lone singles win for the final 5-2 score.
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, 4-1 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 #49 LSU* #37 Arkansas* at Vanderbilt*
L, 7-0 W, 4-3 L, 5-2 W, 7-0 L, 4-3 L, 5-2 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.