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Alabama Men’s Tennis Closes Out Regular Season with Two-Match Road Swing
4/12/2018 9:40:00 AM | Men's Tennis
The Crimson Tide takes on No. 10 Florida on Friday at 4 p.m. CT and No. 27 South Carolina on Sunday at noon CT
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Alabama men's tennis team finishes out its regular season by traveling to No. 10 Florida on Friday at 4 p.m. CT and then to No. 27 South Carolina on Sunday at noon CT.
Florida holds the 37-17 advantage in the all-time series against Alabama, with the Crimson Tide last defeating the Gators in 2008. The Tide leads the all-time series 22-18 against the Gamecocks with Alabama's last win against USC coming in 2016.
Junior Mazen Osama moved up 24 spots in the latest Oracle/ITA Singles Rankings to achieve his highest ranking for the second-straight week after defeating his fifth nationally-ranked opponent this past Friday against Georgia's No. 19 Wayne Montgomery, 7-5, 6-3. Osama is 10-5 so far in 2018, while holding down the No. 1 spot for the Crimson Tide.
The No. 51 duo in the country in Osama and sophomore Edson Ortiz went 1-0 this past weekend when the two took down Montgomery/Ponwith, 6-2, on Friday against No. 21 Georgia. The tandem has a 15-4 record at the No. 1 doubles spot so far this season.
Alabama also re-entered the team rankings at No. 45 after going 1-1 this past weekend. The Crimson Tide picked up its first win over a Top 25 weekend this past Friday, defeating No. 21 Georgia 4-2, before falling to No. 24 Tennessee 5-2 on Sunday.
Florida has multiple players that are nationally-ranked, including No. 12 Alfredo Perez, No. 23 Johannes Ingildsen, No. 47 Oliver Crawford and No. 104 Duarte Vale. The Gators also have various doubles pairs ranked in No. 5 Ingildsen/Perez, No. 16 Perez-Blanco/Crawford, No. 32 Andrade/Perez-Blanco, No. 53 Vale/Kessler, No. 83 Perez/Crawford.
For Sunday's match, the Gamecocks have two nationally-ranked singles players in No. 32 Gabriel Friedrich and No. 61 Paul Jubb. The doubles tandems of No. 34 Friedrich/Dennis, No. 49 Dennis/O'Keefe and No. 74 Friedrich/Mayronne are also ranked for USC.
MATCH INFORMATION
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Date: Friday, April 13 & Sunday, April 15
Time: 4 p.m. CT & noon CT
Teams: No. 45 Alabama (16-9, 2-8 SEC) vs. No. 10 Florida (14-8, 9-3 SEC)
No. 45 Alabama (16-9, 2-8 SEC) vs. No. 27 South Carolina (16-7, 6-5 SEC)
Location: Alfred A Ring Tennis Complex (1,000) & Carolina Tennis Center (730)
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