TENNESSEE 2012 LADY VOL TENNIS MATCH FIFTEEN
#8 TENNESSEE [10-4, 1-1] AT #25 OLE MISS [8-5, 1-1] MARCH 9, 2012 /// PALMER/SALLOUM TENNIS CENTER /// OXFORD, MISS.
PROJECTED LINEUPS TENNESSEE
OLE MISS
Head Coaches: Mike Patrick & Sonia Hahn-Patrick
Head Coach: Mark Beyers
DOUBLES Name (Rank) 1. Pluskota/Williams (9)
2012 Total (Dual) 7-3 (7-3)
Name (Rank) 1. Boxx/Guthrie (7)
Pluskota and Williams returned to action Friday, going 1-1 last weekend...2-0 against Top 10 teams.
2. Boren/Toti (10)
24-4 (13-1)
2. Rangel/Stephens
Winning streak of 15 came to an end Friday, losing for the first time in 2012...13 wins lead SEC.
3. Henderson/Szekely
9-2 (9-2)
3. Jones/Rohde-Moe
2012 Total (Dual) 19-5 (10-1) 16-9 (9-4) 6-11 (4-6)
Have won nine of 11 together...Have won five of last six...Have won eight contests by at least five points.
SINGLES
SCHEDULE /// 2012 SEASON
Name (Rank) 1. Natalie Pluskota (28)
2012 Dual 9-8 (1-3)
Name (Rank) 1. Kristi Boxx (22)
2. Brynn Boren (35)
17-10 (9-5)
2. Caroline Rohde-Moe (63) 19-6 (9-3)
3. Kata Szekely (37)
16-5 (9-3)
3. Erin Stephens
11-17 (2-6)
4. Caitlyn Williams
8-4 (8-4)
4. Julia Jones
14-11 (9-2)
21 22 27 28
5. Sarah Toti
13-9 (7-6)
5. Abby Guthrie
10-12 (7-5)
FEBRUARY
6. Joanna Henderson
8-8 (6-6)
6. Vivian Vlaar
7-5 (7-3)
In search of 50th career win...Missed last five contests and is match-time decision.
2012 Total (Dual) 17-7 (7-4)
KATA SZEKELY
Took nation’s top-ranked player Allie Will to third-set tiebreaker...16 wins are a team-high...Won last four of five from No. 1 spot. Has won four of five from No. 2 spot...Provided tying point vs. So. Carolina (3-3) after winning a third-set tiebreaker.
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 three of four. Has played five 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 3-0 on the road 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 OLE MISS
• Ole Miss is ranked 25th after splitting its SEC opening weekend, defeating Auburn 7-0 and falling to No. 25 Alabama, 5-2. • Against Alabama, senior Kristi Boxx became Ole Miss’ all-time leader in career doubles wins with 103. • Tennessee and Ole Miss are the only two schools to have an individual win SEC Freshman of the Week. Sarah Toti won the first three, followed by UM’s Erin Stephens and Julia Jones. UT’s Caitlyn Williams won the award this week. • Tennessee is 25-15 all-time against Ole Miss, including an 8-6 mark in Oxford. The Lady Vols have won 13 of the last 15 meetings.
LAST WEEKEND
• Tennessee dropped its SEC opener, 7-0, to Florida last Friday, before rebounding for a 4-3 comeback win vs. South Carolina on Sunday after trailing 3-2.
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
Florida* South Carolina* at Ole Miss* at Mississippi State* at UNLV at LSU* Arkansas* at Vanderbilt*
L, 0-7 W, 4-3 4 p.m. 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.