TENNESSEE 2012 LADY VOL TENNIS MATCH TWENTY-FOUR
#21 TENNESSEE [13-10, 4-6 SEC] AT #8 GEORGIA [18-3, 8-2 SEC] APRIL 14, 2012 /// DAN MAGILL TENNIS COMPLEX /// ATHENS, GA.
PROJECTED LINEUPS TENNESSEE
GEORGIA
Head Coaches: Mike Patrick & Sonia Hahn-Patrick
Head Coach: Jeff Wallace
DOUBLES Name (Rank) 1. Pluskota/Szekely (8)
2012 Total (Dual) 14-1 (7-0)
Name (Rank) 2012 Total (Dual) 1. Gilchrist/Gullickson (18) 20-7 (10-6)
Pluskota & Szekely have won all seven dual matches and are 4-1 overall against ranked opponents...6-0 in SEC play.
1-2 (1-2)
2. Fuller/Herring
26-12 (13-6)
3. Henderson/Williams
3-1 (2-0)
3. Kimbell/Kowase
19-2 (17-0)
Name (Rank) 1. Natalie Pluskota (31)
2012 Total (Dual) 12-10 (4-5)
Name (Rank) 1. Chelsey Gullickson (6)
2012 Total (Dual) 30-7 (16-5)
2. Brynn Boren (27)
23-11 (15-6)
2. Lauren Herring (59)
28-7 (16-3)
3. Kata Szekely (53)
22-8 (15-6)
3. Nadja Gilchrist
18-8 (14-4)
4. Caitlyn Williams
9-6 (9-6)
4. Maho Kowase (60)
22-6 (14-5)
21 22 27 28
5. Joanna Henderson
11-13 (9-11)
5. Kate Fuller (92)
26-11 (14-7)
FEBRUARY
6. Jesse Grace
3-11 (3-11)
6. Lilly Kimbell
21-8 (16-3)
KATA SZEKELY
2. Boren/Grace
Boren and Grace are 1-2 together, with lone win coming over Auburn’s 36-ranked pair (Pfeifler/Schippers) to clinch dubs point. Tennessee may default third spot...Match-time decision...Both Henderson and Williams nursing injuries.
SINGLES Win over Kentucky was first singles action since March 11...Has won three of last four matches, including two ranked wins. Career-high seven-match winning streak snapped Sunday vs. Alabama...Has won 10 of 12 overall...3-0 vs. Georgia. Has won three straight and four of five... Has already set career-high with 22 singles wins...8-2 from No. 3 spot.
Match-time decision...Opened April with 6-1, 6-1 win vs. UK after missing two matches...Is 2-2 in SEC play...Missed last weekend. Match-time decision after twisting ankle vs. Auburn, forcing her to retire match in first set...Two-time SEC Freshman of the Week. Has played at spots 4-6...Two of last three losses have gone to third-set tiebreakers.
THE STORYLINES ITA RANKINGS
• Tennessee is now rated 21st in the nation in the latest Campbell/ITA College Tennis Rankings, released Tuesday (April 3). The Lady Vols have been ranked as high as fifth this season (Feb. 28). • Natalie Pluskota and Kata Szekely moved up 10 spots to No. 8 together, the highest ranking for both this season. • The Lady Vols are the only team with three duos ranked in the Top 25. • 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 played a full singles lineup last Sunday for the first time since March 11. UT was forced to play its previous three matches shorthanded. Brynn Boren, Natalie Pluskota, Caitlyn Williams and Sarah Toti were all limited with various injuries.
y SCORING SYSTEM
SCOUTING GEORGIA
• Ranked eighth, Georgia is Tennessee’s 20th ranked opponent (9-10), 14th Top 25 opponent (6-7) and seventh Top 12 foe (3-3) in 24 matches. • Georgia opened the season with seven straight wins and has won seven of its last eight. The Bulldogs are currently second in the SEC East. • Tennessee is 9-39 all-time against Georgia, but has won the last three meetings, its longest winning streak in the series. The Lady Vols knocked off UGa, 4-1, to advance to the 2011 SEC Championships in the most recent matchup. • UT has only won in Athens twice, including the most recent trip, a 4-2 win in 2010.
LAST WEEK
• Tennessee split the weekend, defeating No. 63 Auburn, 4-3, before falling to No. 11 Alabama, 6-1. Kata Szekely went a combined 4-0 in singles and doubles.
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.)
SCHEDULE /// 2012 SEASON 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 L, 6-1
at Kentucky* W, 6-1 #63 Auburn* W, 4-3 #11 Alabama* L, 6-1 at #8 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.