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No. 33 Crimson Tide Ready for Second Round Contest in SEC Championships Versus No. 28 LSU on Thursday Afternoon
4/17/2019 3:51:00 PM | Women's Tennis
Alabama and the Tigers will play at 2 p.m. CT on Thursday
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The No. 33 Alabama women's tennis team will look to continue its momentum when it takes on No. 28 LSU in the second round of the 2019 SEC Women's Tennis Championships on Thursday at 2 p.m. CT at the George P. Mitchell Tennis Center in College Station, Texas.
The Crimson Tide finished the regular season winning its last four of five matches and ended the year with an 18-10 record including a 6-7 mark in SEC play, while the 28th-ranked Tigers are 15-10 overall and 5-8 in league competition. This is the second meeting of the season with then-ranked No. 12 LSU taking the first match 4-0 on March 1 in Baton Rouge to open SEC play.
In the latest Oracle/ITA Rankings, senior Andie Daniell came in at No. 49 in singles, while the team moved up two spots to No. 33 in the country.
Earlier this week, Daniell was named SEC Player of the Week for the first time in her career. The Douglasville, Ga., native has gone 7-0 in her most recent matches and has picked up five top-125 wins to improve to a career-best and team-high 10-6 over ranked opponents in 2018-19. On the year, Daniell sports a 23-9 singles record and is currently No. 9 all-time in career singles wins at Alabama with 85.
Junior Alba Cortina Pou has an impressive 16-4 record in dual match season, while she and partner junior Luca Fabian sport a 13-8 doubles record.
LSU has struggled down the stretch, losing its final four of five matches to end the regular season. The Tigers have two players ranked in the latest singles rankings in No. 8 Eden Richardson and No. 61 Jessica Golovin, while the two are the No. 15-ranked doubles pair.
The match will have live scoring on 12thman.com. As the No. 8 seed and No. 9 seed matchup, the winner will advance to take on undefeated and No.1 seed Georgia on Friday at 2 p.m. CT.
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