Alabama Men’s Tennis Welcomes No. 19 Columbia, Jacksonville State In Sunday Doubleheader

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Alabama men’s tennis team will host No. 19 Columbia (1-1) and Jacksonville State (3-1) on Sunday in the Crimson Tide’s third doubleheader of the season. Match play at the Roberta Alison Baumgardner Tennis Facility will begin at 11 a.m. CT against the Lions, followed by a 4 p.m. CT match with the Gamecocks.

The Matches

Columbia:

Date: Sunday, February, 5

Time: 11 a.m. CT

Location: Tuscaloosa, Ala.

Venue: Roberta Alison Baumgardner Tennis Facility

Jacksonville State:

Date: Sunday, February, 5

Time: 4 p.m. CT

Location: Tuscaloosa, Ala.

Venue: Roberta Alison Baumgardner Tennis Facility

Promotions

• Sunday’s match will be Honor’s College Day as the Crimson Tide invites members of the honors college to join them
• The team will also be giving away free Krispy Kreme donuts

How to Follow 

• Links to live scoring and the video stream will be available at RollTide.com 
• Updates will be provided on the team’s Twitter account @AlabamaMTN 

The Crimson Tide  

• UA enters the doubleheader undefeated through five matches
• The last time Alabama posted a 5-0 start to a season was in 2018 

• UA’s record includes three 7-0 decisions as the team has swept Samford, Chattanooga and Michigan State
• Alabama is coming off a home win, defeating Michigan State (7-0) last Sunday 
• The Crimson Tide has clinched the doubles point in all five matches this season 
• Alabama is halfway through a 10-match homestand to open the season
• No. 96 Roan Jones, German Samofalov and Filip Planinsek all head into Sunday with an undefeated, 5-0 singles record

Scouting Columbia

• Columbia enters the weekend ranked No. 19 in the ITA rankings and is 2-1 to start the season 
• The Tide and the Lions will go head-to-head for the fourth time in program history with UA holding a 2-1 advantage in the series  
• Alabama won the last meeting in 2007, 7-0 
• The Lions are coming off a win after downing SEC foe Ole Miss 6-1 on Friday
• The victory was the second consecutive win for Columbia as the team closed the ITA Kickoff Classic with a 4-0 decision against Oklahoma State
• Doubles pair Max Westphal and Theo Winegar rank No. 15 after a dominating fall performance
• The Lions have four singles players holding rankings as Michael Zheng leads the squad at 11^th
• Roko Horvart ranks 33^rd, Alex Kotzen ranks 49^th and Max Westphal ranks 64^th to round out the…