The clinching fourth point came from the nation’s second-ranked Johannus Monday. His 6-3, 6-4, victory over Stefanos Savva put the finishing touches on a stellar regular season from the junior. Monday closes the regular season at 14-2 (9-1 SEC) at the No. 1 singles position this year.
Tennessee (20-6, 10-2 SEC) earned the doubles point for a 23rd time this season, with wins on courts one and two. The third-ranked duo of Pat Harper and Johannus Monday defeated 67th-ranked Adrien Burdet and Melvin Manuel of Arkansas, 6-1, atop the doubles lineup. Harper and Monday improved to 14-3 as a pairing this season with the win.
The Vols’ 42nd-ranked pairing of Emile Hudd and Shunsuke Mitsui provided the doubles clinch on court two, routing Arkansas’ (12-14, 0-12 SEC) Stefanos Savva and Alan Sau Franco in 6-1 fashion. With the triumph, Hudd and Mitsui improved to 17-2 as a pairing this season.
With the match played in clinch-clinch style, Tennessee’s trio of singles victories came at the top three lineup spots.
Tennessee increased its lead to 2-0 with No. 27 Hudd’s straight-set, 6-2, 6-1, win over Manuel at the No. 2 position. The two-time reigning SEC Player of the Week ends the regular season at 11-2 (8-2 SEC) when playing at the No. 2 singles spot this season.
Soon after Hudd’s win, Tennessee’s Blaise Bicknell was assertive in a 6-4, 6-1, win over Sau Franco. Bicknell has won five of his past seven competed singles matches. Monday served out his match on court one to clinch Tennessee’s win. Singles matches on courts four, five and six each went unfinished.
20 WINS AGAIN
Tennessee’s win over Arkansas Sunday gives UT a third consecutive 20-win regular season. In 2021, the Vols logged 21 wins in the regular season. This season and in 2022, the team’s 20th win of the year came in the regular-season finale.
VOLS THE NO. 2 SEED FOR SEC TOURNAMENT
Tennessee is locked in as the No. 2 seed at the SEC Tournament, set to run April 19-23 in Auburn, Ala. The Vols will begin play in the quarterfinals Friday, facing the winner of seventh-seeded Ole Miss or No. 10 seed LSU.
UP NEXT
Tennessee travels to the Plains for the SEC Tournament, with its first action coming Friday.
RESULTS: Tennessee 4, Arkansas 0
Doubles
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