Men’s Tennis Central: #14 Tennessee vs. #12 Mississippi State

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The 14th-ranked Tennessee men’s tennis team gears up for a top-15 home matchup Friday, playing host to No. 12 Mississippi State at Barksdale Stadium. First serve is slated for 1 p.m. ET.
 
The match will be streamed live online via SEC Network+ and the ESPN app, with Cracked Racquets providing whiparound coverage.
 
Live stats will be provided by UTsports.com and can be found here. Live streaming is also available for free through Playsight here.
 
Admission is free and complimentary tennis parking is located in SC40 at the Kingston Pike Building. Additional parking information can be found here.
 
For outdoor matches at Barksdale Stadium this season, concessions and alcoholic beverages will be sold on the concourse, at the top of the grandstand behind court two. More information on Tennessee’s enhanced fan experience efforts can be found here.
 
The first 100 fans in attendance Friday will receive an $8 concession voucher.
 
LAST TIME OUT

Tennessee posted a 2-0 weekend last week, logging a 4-1 victory over No. 9 Columbia for its first top-10 win of the season before defeating Texas A&M Sunday, 6-1.

SCOUTING MISSISSIPPI STATE

Tennessee (14-6, 4-2 SEC) and Mississippi State (16-4, 4-3 SEC) meet Friday for the 67th time in series history, dating to 1933. Winners of three straight against the Bulldogs, the Vols hold a 39-27 lead in the all-time series. From 1971 to 1988, Tennessee won 16 consecutive matches over Mississippi State. Of note recently for Mississippi State was its 5-2 road win over then-second-ranked South Carolina on March 19. In their most recent action, the Bulldogs fell on the road at then-sixth-ranked Kentucky, 4-3.

 

Last season, 24th-ranked Mississippi State served as No. 2 Tennessee’s season opener, a match in Starkville that the Vols won convincingly, 5-2.

 

VOLS IN THE RANKINGS

Singles

#2 – Johannus Monday

#57 – Emile Hudd

#122 – Shunsuke Mitsui

 

Doubles

#2 – Pat Harper/Johannus Monday

#60 – Emile Hudd/Shunsuke Mitsui

 

BULLDOGS IN THE RANKINGS

Singles

#108 – Carles Hernandez

#123 – Nemanja Malesevic

 

Doubles

#44 – Carles Hernandez/Nemanja Malesevic

#74 – Petar Jovanovic/Ewen Lumsden

DUBS DUBS

• Tennessee’s dual doubles record over the past three seasons is 146-59 (.712). In 20 matches this year, UT has won the doubles point 18 times and in its 86 matches since the start of the 2021 dual season, Tennessee has won the doubles point 67…