Alabama Men’s Tennis Set to Host Vanderbilt and No. 12 Mississippi State in Weekend Matches

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. ––The Alabama men’s tennis team (9-11, 1-6 SEC) welcomes Vanderbilt (6-12, 1-6 SEC) and No. 12 Mississippi State (16-4, 4-3 SEC) to the Alabama Tennis Stadium this weekend. First serve between the Crimson Tide and the Commodores is scheduled for 4 p.m. CT on Friday, while UA and the Bulldogs will face off Sunday at 1 p.m.

Sunday’s match will also serve as the program’s Senior Day celebration as the program recognizes Joao Ferreira at the match.  

The Matches

Vanderbilt

• Date: Friday, March 31
• Time: 4 p.m. CT
• Location: Tuscaloosa, Ala.
• Venues: The Alabama Tennis Stadium

Mississippi State

• Date: Sunday, April 2
• Time: 1 p.m. CT
• Location: Tuscaloosa, Ala.
• Venues: The Alabama Tennis Stadium

How to Follow

• A link to live scoring will be available at RollTide.com.
• Updates will be provided on the team’s Twitter account, @AlabamaMTN

Promotions

• Sunday’s match against Mississippi State will serve as the team’s Senior Day celebration as Alabama recognizes Joao Ferreira

  • Ferreira will receive a degree in business over the summer

• Additionally, fans will receive Chick-fi-A sandwiches and Alabama tennis coasters at Friday’s match against Vanderbilt
• Sunday will feature a cookout by the Crimson Racket Club as well as Alabama tennis luggage tags

About The Crimson Tide

• Enzo Aguiard and Filip Planinsek continue to lead Alabama
• The pair both hold a national ranking with Aguiard pacing the team at No. 83 and Planinsek following close behind at No. 88
• Additionally, the duo is coming off wins over ranked singles opponents as both Aguiard and Planinsek won their head-to-head battle at LSU
• Zach Foster has also had a strong showing in singles play, winning two of his last three matches and four of his last six
• In doubles action, Planinsek and German Samofalov are coming off a win over LSU’s 48^th-ranked pairing of Stefan Latinovic and Nick Watson
• Of Alabama’s seven SEC matches, five have been against top-20 opponents
• Alabama is coming off a recent loss to LSU in the team’s last outing

Scouting The Commodores

• Vanderbilt enters the match with a 6-12 overall record and a 1-6 record in SEC play
• The Commodores are coming off a loss to then-No. 33 Ole Miss, 5-2, last weekend
• Siim Troost paces Vanderbilt with a team-leading 10 singles wins during the dual match season
• Additionally, Troost and partner…