TUSCALOOSA, Ala. –– The Alabama men’s tennis team hosts LSU (10-5, 2-3 SEC) and Drake (4-8, 0-0 SL) in a doubleheader at the Alabama Tennis Stadium on Sunday. The Crimson Tide opens action against the Tigers at 1 p.m. CT before going head-to-head against the Bulldogs at 6 p.m. CT.
The Matches
LSU:
Date: Sunday, March 20
Time: 1 p.m. CT
Venue: Alabama Tennis Stadium
Drake:
Date: Sunday, March 20
Time: 6 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
The Tide
- UA hosts LSU and Drake at the Alabama Tennis Stadium in the team’s third home doubleheader this season
- Alabama is coming off its third-ranked SEC opponent, facing then-No. 9 Kentucky, then-No. 20 Ole Miss and then-No. 25 Auburn, respectively
- In all, seven of the Tide’s 15 matches have been against top-25 ranked opponents
- Enzo Aguiard and Filp Planinsek continue to pace the Tide in singles with Aguiard holding an 8-5 overall record and Planinsek holding a 7-7 record
- Planinsek and German Samofalov lead the team in doubles, ranking 28th in the latest ITA rankings
A Look at the Tigers
- LSU faced No. 29 Vanderbilt Friday, edging the Commodores in a 4-3 win
- Prior to Friday, the Tigers upset then-No. 20 Ole Miss, 5-2, before taking down New Orleans, 7-0, later in the day
- Ronnie Hohmann leads the team, ranking 50th in singles while playing at the top of the lineup
- Gabriel Diaz Freire and Vlad Lobak pace the team in doubles, holding a 13-4 overall record and a 4-3 record at No. 1 doubles
- LSU leads the all-time series 38-25
- Alabama last defeated LSU in 2019, topping the then-No. 18 Tigers 5-2
Scouting Drake
- Drake will face Samford on Saturday prior to its match against the Tide on Sunday
- The Bulldogs suffered a recent loss to Vanderbilt, being edged by the Commodores 4-3
- The two teams will face off for just the fourth time in program history
- Alabama leads the series 2-1
- Alabama and Drake last met in 2020 with Alabama downing the Bulldogs 6-1
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