Alabama Men’s Tennis to Face Mississippi State in Second Round of SEC Tournament Thursday

AUBURN Ala. –– The Alabama men’s tennis team will go head-to-head with Mississippi State in the second round of the SEC Tournament. First serve between the 11th-seeded Crimson Tide and the sixth-seeded Bulldogs is scheduled for 9 a.m. CT on Thursday at Auburn’s Yarbrough Tennis Center.

The Match

• Mississippi State:
• Date: Thursday, April 20
• Time: 9 a.m. CT
• Location: Auburn, Ala.
• Venue: Yarbrough Tennis Center

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

The SEC Tournament

• Alabama will compete as the 11th-seeded in the tournament and will face the sixth-seeded Bulldogs in the second round
• The tournament began Wednesday, April 19, and will run through Sunday, April 23, with the championship taking place at 3:30 p.m. CT
• Auburn is hosting the men’s tennis Southeastern Conference tournament with the matches being held at Yarbrough Tennis Center
• The winner of Alabama vs Mississippi State will face third-seeded Kentucky on Friday at 9 a.m.

About the Crimson Tide

• Alabama concluded the regular season with an 11-14 overall record and a 3-9 SEC record
• The Tide has defeated two top-20 ranked opponents this season, then-No.16 Florida and then-No.17 Auburn
• Alabama battled in 10 matches during the regular season that resulted in a 4-3 decision
• No. 92 Filip Planinsek and No. 121 Enzo Aguiard have paced the team in singles as both concluded the regular season with 14 wins each
• Doubles unit German Samofalov and Yair Sarouk leads the team with five victories
• Aguiard and Zach Foster trail closely behind in doubles as they finished on a three-match winning streak

Scouting the Bulldogs

• Mississippi State enters the SEC tournament ranked 15^th, nationally, with a 19-6 overall record and a 7-5 SEC record
• The Bulldogs are coming off a loss to then-No. 2 Georgia, 6-1
• Mississippi State has defeated nine ranked opponents
• Nemanja Malesevic leads the team in the ITA rankings at No. 80
• Ewen Lumsden ranks 103^rd and Carles Hernandez ranks 116^th to round off singles
• In doubles, No. 57 Malesevic and Henandez have secured eight wins at the top of the ladder
• Doubles pair Malesevic and Michal Novansky are ranked 81^st after coming off a win over Georgia’s then-No. 5 Trent Bryde and Ethan Quinn

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