STARKVILLE, Miss. – The seventh-ranked Tennessee men’s tennis team is set for a top-15 road matchup vs. No. 14 Mississippi State on Friday at 4 p.m. ET (3 p.m. CT) at A.J. Pitts Tennis Center.
Live stats and a live stream can be found here. CrackedRacquets will be providing cross-court coverage of conference matches on Friday through ESPN+ here.
LAST TIME OUT
The Vols (19-4, 8-1 SEC) posted a dominant sweep over No. 19 South Carolina on Senior Day to boast a 15-0 regular season record at home.
UT secured the doubles point for the 21st time this season with wins on courts one and two. Angel Diaz registered the Vols’ first win in singles play, routing Carter Morgan, 6-0, 6-2 on court six. Shunsuke Mitsui followed with a dominant 6-3, 6-1 victory over James Story on court two. Filip Pieczonka clinched the Big Orange win by cruising in a 6-1, 6-3 effort over Lucas da Silva at the No. 5 position, tallying his 15th singles win of the year.
SCOUTING MISSISSIPPI STATE
Mississippi State (15-5, 7-2 SEC) is on a four-match winning streak in conference play, most recently defeating Alabama, 4-3, on March 31.
Nemanja Malesevic, ranked 107th in singles, is 8-5 atop the Bulldogs’ lineup this season. No. 42 Peter Jovanovic boasts an 8-4 mark at the No. 2 spot, while Benito Sanchez Martinez holds a 10-5 record at the No. 5 position.
In doubles, Jovanovic and Sanchez Martinez, ranked 22nd as a pair, are 8-5 as MSU’s top duo in 2024 and have notched five wins in SEC play. Malesevic and Michal Novansky hold a 5-1 record at the No. 3 spot.
VOLS IN THE RANKINGS
Singles
#4 – Johannus Monday
#37 – Shunsuke Mitsui
Doubles
#8 – Johannus Monday/Angel Diaz
#50 – Shunsuke Mitsui/Filip Pieczonka
BULLDOGS IN THE RANKINGS
Singles
#42 – Peter Jovanovic
#107 – Nemanja Malesevic
Doubles
#22 – Peter Jovanovic/Benito Sanchez Martinez
Live stats and a live stream can be found here. CrackedRacquets will be providing cross-court coverage of conference matches on Friday through ESPN+ here.
LAST TIME OUT
The Vols (19-4, 8-1 SEC) posted a dominant sweep over No. 19 South Carolina on Senior Day to boast a 15-0 regular season record at home.
UT secured the doubles point for the 21st time this season with wins on courts one and two. Angel Diaz registered the Vols’ first win in singles play, routing Carter Morgan, 6-0, 6-2 on court six. Shunsuke Mitsui followed with a dominant 6-3, 6-1 victory over James Story on court two. Filip Pieczonka clinched the Big Orange win by cruising in a 6-1, 6-3 effort over Lucas da Silva at the No. 5 position, tallying his 15th singles win of the year.
SCOUTING MISSISSIPPI STATE
Mississippi State (15-5, 7-2 SEC) is on a four-match winning streak in conference play, most recently defeating Alabama, 4-3, on March 31.
Nemanja Malesevic, ranked 107th in singles, is 8-5 atop the Bulldogs’ lineup this season. No. 42 Peter Jovanovic boasts an 8-4 mark at the No. 2 spot, while Benito Sanchez Martinez holds a 10-5 record at the No. 5 position.
In doubles, Jovanovic and Sanchez Martinez, ranked 22nd as a pair, are 8-5 as MSU’s top duo in 2024 and have notched five wins in SEC play. Malesevic and Michal Novansky hold a 5-1 record at the No. 3 spot.
VOLS IN THE RANKINGS
Singles
#4 – Johannus Monday
#37 – Shunsuke Mitsui
Doubles
#8 – Johannus Monday/Angel Diaz
#50 – Shunsuke Mitsui/Filip Pieczonka
BULLDOGS IN THE RANKINGS
Singles
#42 – Peter Jovanovic
#107 – Nemanja Malesevic
Doubles
#22 – Peter Jovanovic/Benito Sanchez Martinez
DOMINATING IN CONFERENCE PLAY
UT currently sits in second place in the SEC with an 8-1 record, trailing just behind Kentucky (9-0). The Vols are on a four-match winning streak with three conference matches left in the regular season, all of which are away.
15-0 AT HOME
Tennessee secured a perfect 15-0 home regular season record for the fifth time in program history since 2000. The other undefeated home records came in 2021, 2011, 2010 and 2001.
SHUN AND Z AT NO. 2
The 20th-ranked duo of Mitsui and Pieczonka has been on a hot 10-match winning streak and holds a perfect 8-0 record in SEC play. The pair…
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