TENNESSEE 2012 LADY VOL TENNIS MATCH TWENTY
#19 TENNESSEE [11-8, 2-4 SEC] VS. #25 VANDERBILT [12-6, 4-2 SEC] MARCH 28, 2012 /// BROWNLEE O. CURREY JR. TENNIS CENTER /// NASHVILLE, TENN.
PROJECTED LINEUPS TENNESSEE
VANDERBILT
Head Coaches: Mike Patrick & Sonia Hahn-Patrick
Head Coach: Geoff Macdonald
DOUBLES Name (Rank) 1. Pluskota/Szekely (18)
2012 Total (Dual) 10-1 (3-0)
Name (Rank) 1. Antal/Mira
2012 Total (Dual) 4-3 (3-3)
Doubles lineups are match-time decision...Pluskota and Szekely have won all three dual-match contests, all in last week.
2. Boren/Williams
0-0 (0-0)
2. Leatu/Wu
7-8 (7-8)
3. Henderson/Grace
1-0 (1-0)
3. Casares/Radeva
5-1 (5-1)
Boren hasn’t played with anyone but Sarah Toti this season...Would mark fourth different partner for Williams.
Tandem clinched Tennessee’s most recent doubles point vs. Arkansas with 8-6 win...Henderson has won career-high six straight.
KATA SZEKELY
SINGLES
SCHEDULE /// 2012 SEASON
Name (Rank) 1. Natalie Pluskota (29)
2012 Total (Dual) 10-9 (2-4)
Name (Rank) 1. Jackie Wu (34)
2012 Total (Dual) 21-8 (12-6)
2. Brynn Boren (28)
20-10 (12-5)
2. Lauren Mira (104)
23-9 (11-5)
3. Kata Szekely (49)
19-7 (12-5)
3. Marie Casares (106)
17-8 (7-7)
4. Joanna Henderson
10-11 (8-9)
4. Alex Leatu
12-8 (11-7)
21 22 27 28
5. Jesse Grace
3-7 (3-7)
5. Ashleigh Antal
19-4 (14-3)
FEBRUARY
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6. Nelly Radeva
20-7 (16-2)
Match-time decision...Hasn’t played singles since March 11 vs. Mississippi St., when she reached her 50th career win.
Won 50th career match Sunday, returning from two-match illness absence...Can match season-high win streak of 5 with win. Can become third Lady Vol in 2012 to notch 50th career win...Is 8-4 vs. ranked opponents this season...Has won four of six overall. Has lost two in a row after winning two straight...Two of last three matches have gone to three sets...2-Time SEC Freshman of Week Has played at spots 4-6...Grace is 1-1 from No. 5 position...Antal has won six of seven. Tennessee projected to default No. 6 position.
THE STORYLINES ITA RANKINGS
• Tennessee is now rated 19th in the nation in the latest Campbell/ITA College Tennis Rankings, released Tuesday (March 27), The Lady Vols have been ranked as high as fifth this season (Feb. 28). • UT is one of five schools with at least three players ranked in the Top 50 (Boren-28, Pluskota-29, Szekely-49). • The Lady Vols are the only team with three duos ranked in the Top 21. • For a more detailed look at where UT stacks up in the latest rankings, check out the top right corner of Page 2.
INJURY BUG
• Tennessee has been forced to play its last three matches without a full singles lineup. Brynn Boren, Natalie Pluskota, Caitlyn Williams and Sarah Toti were all limited with various injuries.
y SCORING SYSTEM
SCOUTING VANDERBILT
• Ranked 25th, Vanderbilt is Tennessee’s 18th ranked opponent in 20 matches. Additionally, the Commodores are UT’s 12 Top 25 foe. • Vanderbilt has split its last four matches after winning four straight. Last weekend, VU lost to Alabama and defeated Auburn, both by a 5-2 margin. • Tennessee is 33-20 all-time against Vanderbilt, but the Commodores hold an 11-7 advantage in Nashville. • Vanderbilt ended Tennessee’s 2011 season, defeating the Lady Vols, 4-3, in Knoville last May in the NCAA Tournament. UT had won the previous three meetings.
LAST WEEK
• With the injury bug (see left), Tennessee found itself on the losing end of three straight matches last week, two of which still only came by a 4-3 defeat despite playing shorthanded.
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 #25 Vanderbilt*
L, 7-0 W, 4-3 L, 5-2 W, 7-0 L, 4-3 L, 5-2 L, 4-3 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.