Men’s Tennis Central: NCAA Knoxville Super Regional

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The ninth-ranked and eighth-seeded Tennessee men’s tennis team is making an appearance in the NCAA Super Regional round for a fourth consecutive tournament, set to face SEC foe and No. 9 seed South Carolina Saturday at 3 p.m. ET in Barksdale Stadium.
 
Live stats will be provided by UTsports.com and can be found here. Live streaming for the match is available for free through Playsight here.
 
Tickets for the Knoxville Super Regional are on sale for $5 and can be purchased here. UT students get in free with a student ID. Free 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.
  
WEEKEND SCHEDULE
Saturday, May 13
Tennessee (8) vs. South Carolina (9) – 3 p.m. ET
 
LAST TIME OUT
Tennessee swept Wake Forest, 4-0, last Saturday to advance to the Super Regionals.

SCOUTING SOUTH CAROLINA

Saturday marks just the second time in which Tennessee (23-7) has faced South Carolina (21-6) in the NCAA Tournament. It is also 61st all-time matchup between the Vols and Gamecocks, with Tennessee holding a 39-21 series lead, dating to 1968.

 

On April 9, then-ninth-ranked Tennessee dominated then-fifth-ranked South Carolina on the road, 6-1. The Vols have won six of the past seven meetings. Each of the doubles courts were decided by a tiebreaker, with UT clinching the doubles point with a 7-6(4) win on court three.

 

Five singles wins, including four in straight sets, led to Tennessee’s decisive victory.

 

VOLS IN THE RANKINGS

Singles

#5 – Johannus Monday

#31 – Emile Hudd

#117 – Shunsuke Mitsui

 

Doubles

#4 – Pat Harper/Johannus Monday

#59 – Emile Hudd/Shunsuke Mitsui

 

GAMECOCKS IN THE RANKINGS

Singles

#10 – Toby Samuel

#16 – Connor Thomson

#102 – Casey Hoole

#116 – James Story

#122 – Raphael Lambling

 

Doubles

#1 – Toby Samuel/Connor Thomson

#48 – Jake Beasley/James Story

 

JO MOMENTUM

• SEC Player of the Year Johannus Monday is a combined 39-6 (.867) in dual singles and doubles matches this spring. At 19-3 in singles and 20-3 on the doubles courts, 33 of those 39 total victories are at the No. 1 lineup spot (16-3 at No. 1 singles and 17-3 at…