TENNESSEE 2012 LADY VOL TENNIS MATCH TWENTY-THREE /// SENIOR DAY
#19 TENNESSEE [13-9, 4-5 SEC] VS. #11 ALABAMA [14-3, 8-1 SEC] APRIL 8, 2012 /// BARKSDALE STADIUM /// KNOXVILLE, TENN.
PROJECTED LINEUPS TENNESSEE
ALABAMA
Head Coaches: Mike Patrick & Sonia Hahn-Patrick
Head Coach: Jenny Mainz
DOUBLES 2012 Total (Dual) 13-1 (6-0)
Name (Rank) 1. Guarachi/McLane (19)
2012 Total (Dual) 14-2 (12-2)
NATALIE PLUSKOTA
Name (Rank) 1. Pluskota/Szekely (18)
Pluskota & Szekely have won all six dual matches and are 3-1 overall against ranked opponents...All wins by at least four points.
2. Boren/Williams
1-0 (1-0)
2. Foehse/Macfarlane (47) 15-2 (13-2)
3. Henderson/Grace
1-1 (1-1)
3. Ebada/Lindsey
Name (Rank) 1. Natalie Pluskota (29)
2012 Total (Dual) 12-9 (4-4)
Name (Rank) 2012 Total (Dual) 1. Mary Anne Macfarlane (23) 30-11 (11-6)
2. Brynn Boren (28)
23-10 (15-5)
2. Alexa Guarachi (56)
26-7 (11-4)
3. Kata Szekely (49)
21-8 (14-6)
3. Courtney McLane
19-10 (9-4)
4. Caitlyn Williams
9-6 (9-6)
4. Alex Clay
10-8 (8-7)
21 22 27 28
5. Joanna Henderson
11-13 (9-11)
5. Antonia Foehse
24-7 (9-2)
FEBRUARY
6. Jesse Grace
3-10 (3-10)
6. Taylor Lindsey
22-10 (11-4)
Boren and Williams made debut together vs. Kentucky with 8-6 win to clinch doubles point after trailing 6-4. Tandem clinched Tennessee’s doubles point vs. Arkansas with 8-6 win...Suffered 8-5 loss vs. Kentucky.
11-3 (9-3)
SINGLES Last home match...Win over Kentucky was first singles action since March 11...Has won last three matches and is 3-1 in SEC play. Won career-high seventh straight Friday and clinched second straight (third overall) win for UT...Is 7-1 in SEC play.
Has won three of last four...Became third Lady Vol this season to win 50th career match in 2012 with win vs. Kentucky. Match-time decision...Opened April with 6-1, 6-1 win vs. UK after missing previous two matches...Is 2-2 in SEC play. Match-time decision after twisting ankle vs. Auburn and being forced to retire match. Has played at spots 4-6...Last two losses have come in three-set tiebreaker efforts.
THE STORYLINES SENIOR DAY
• Prior to Sunday’s match, senior Natalie Pluskota will be honored on the court during a brief presentation. For more on Pluskota’s phenomenal UT career, see the flip side of the notes.
ITA RANKINGS
• Tennessee is now rated 22nd 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). • UT is one of five schools with at least three players ranked in the Top 50 (Boren-28, Pluskota-29, Szekely-49).
INJURY BUG
• Tennessee has played four of its last five without a full singles lineup. Brynn Boren, Joanna Henderson, Natalie Pluskota, Caitlyn Williams and Sarah Toti have all been limited with various injuries.
y SCORING SYSTEM
SCOUTING ALABAMA
• Ranked 11th, Alabama is Tennessee’s 19th ranked opponent in 23 matches and 13th in the Top 25. • Alabama has won 10 of its last 11, including Friday’s 4-3 win at #5 Georgia. It was just the Bulldogs’ third loss overall and second in SEC play. • Tennessee is 30-13 all-time against Alabama and has won six of the last seven meetings. The Tide’s lone win in that span came last season as Alabama won, 5-2. • The Lady Vols hold a 15-5 edge in the series in Knoxville.
ON FRIDAY...
• Tennessee won its second consecutive match for the first time since closing February with four straight wins. The Lady Vols defeated Auburn, 4-3, despite defaulting the No. 3 spot in doubles, No. 6 in singles and retiring No. 4 in singles. UT won doubles and got wins from Natalie Pluskota, Kata Szekely and Brynn Boren.
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* 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.