TUSCALOOSA, Ala. –– The Alabama men’s tennis team is set to host a trio of matches this weekend as the Crimson Tide welcomes No. 24 Texas A&M Friday at 6 p.m. CT, Arkansas Sunday at 1 p.m. CT and Tennessee Tech Sunday at 5:30 p.m. CT.
The Matches
Texas A&M:
Date: Friday, April 1
Time: 6 p.m. CT
Venue: Alabama Tennis Stadium
Arkansas:
Date: Sunday, April 3
Time: 1 p.m. CT
Venue: Alabama Tennis Stadium
Tennessee Tech:
Date: Sunday, April 3
Time: 5:30 p.m. CT
Venue: Alabama Tennis Stadium
How to Follow
- Links to live scoring and video streams will be available at RollTide.com. Updates will be provided on the team’s Twitter account, @AlabamaMTN
Cracked Racquets
- Friday’s match will be part of Cracked Racquets’ Redzone Broadcast of SEC competition
- The broadcast is set to run for Friday SEC and non-conference matchups throughout the regular season
- In conjunction with the live broadcasts of matches, Cracked Racquets will produce a weekly SEC focused show to highlight upcoming events and recap matches from the week prior
The Tide
- UA returns home for a trio of matches after facing eight of the last 13 opponents either on the road or at a neutral site
- Alabama is coming off a win, defeating Tennessee State last Sunday in a neutral site match
- The Tide played Vanderbilt earlier in the day as the Commodores took a narrow 4-3 victory
- Filip Planinsek ranks 112nd in the latest ITA rankings, holding an 18-10 overall record and an 11-8 record at the top of the ladder for the Tide
- In doubles, Planinsek and German Samofalov rank 44th nationally with a 6-6 record
- Alabama is 6-14 on the season and 0-6 in Southeastern Conference play
A Look at the Aggies
- Texas A&M holds a top-25 ranking, entering the weekend at No. 24 with a 17-9 overall record and a 4-2 record in conference play
- The Aggies captured a pair of wins last Sunday, topping then-No. 8 Georgia 4-3 in a home match before downing UTSA 6-1 later in the day
- In the doubles rankings, Austin Abbrat and Noah Schachter rank 57th, going 8-9 on the year and 3-5 at the No. 1 spot
- Schachter ranks 56th in singles, putting together a 14-18 overall record and an 8-12 record on court one
Scouting Arkansas
- Arkansas is ranked 52nd entering the weekend with a 10-10 record and a 1-6 conference record
- The Razorbacks have competed in four-consecutive top-15 matches, facing then-No. 12 Kentucky, then-No. 8 Georgia, then-No.2 Florida and then-No. 6 South Carolina in the last two weekends
- Aleksa Bucan leads the team, ranking No. 67 in singles with a 15-9 record, while Alexandre Reco ranks No. 107 with a 9-11 record
- Rico and Nico Rousset lead the team in doubles, holding a 7-9 record at the No. 1 spot
- The two teams met earlier this season at the ITA Kickoff with Arkansas winning the contest
- Prior to that, Alabama won the last two meetings against the Razorbacks, including last year’s competition
The Golden Eagles
- Tennessee Tech holds a 1-9 record on the year
- The Golden Eagles will play Chattanooga Thursday and Eastern Illinois Saturday prior to the match at Alabama on Sunday
- The two teams have competed four times with Alabama leading the series 3-1
- Andre Rodeia leads the team in dual match competition with a 3-4 record while playing as the No. 4 in the lineup
- In doubles action, Mika Berghaus and Elias Grubert pace the team with a 3-6 record
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