MATCH CENTRAL: Vols vs. Arkansas
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March 24, 2012
TENNESSEE vs. ARKANSAS
Sunday, March 25 | 2 p.m. ET
Billingsley Tennis Center | Fayetteville, Ark.
Projected Lineups
TENNESSEE
Singles
ARKANSAS
1
Nikolas Zogaj
Sr. // Antwerp, Belgium
» Record: 15-11 (3-2 SEC)
» Ranking: 120
» Record: 15-11 (3-2 SEC)
» Ranking: 120
Libietis got back on the winning road Saturday with a 6-2, 6-4 win against LSU's No. 71 Borsos ... Freshman Vol is 9-7 on court 1 this year and has faced ranked opponents in his last 11 completed matches ... Libietis has been SEC Freshman of the Week 3 times already.
2
Gregoire Lehmann
Jr. // Aix en Provence, France
» Record: 10-11 (0-5 SEC)
» Ranking: N/R
» Record: 10-11 (0-5 SEC)
» Ranking: N/R
Reese won his first match at the No. 2 position last week against LSU ... He beat No. 82 Roberto Maytin of Baylor in three sets to clinch the 4-3 UT victory ... Named SEC Player of the Week for his performance ... Has played majority of the season on court 3.
3
Matt Walters
Sr. // Jonesboro, Ark.
» Record: 15-9 (0-5 SEC)
» Ranking: N/R
» Record: 15-9 (0-5 SEC)
» Ranking: N/R
Fickey has gone 3-1 -- including 2-1 in the SEC -- since moving down to the No. 3 singles position ... Two SEC wins came against ranked opponents (No. 48 Lutjen of Ole Miss; No. 75 Malte Stropp of Mississippi State) ... Last in straight sets Friday.
4
Manfred Jeske
Soph. // Pretoria, South Africa
» Record: 13-12 (1-4 SEC)
» Ranking: N/R
» Record: 13-12 (1-4 SEC)
» Ranking: N/R
Chaplin clinched the Vols' 4-3 victory over LSU, beat Szacinski 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 with the match tied up at 3-3 ... It was his first career deciding victory at 3-all ... Has played all but one match this year on court 4.
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Mike Ward
Jr. // Knutsford, England
» Record: 14-10 (2-3 SEC)
» Ranking: N/R
» Record: 14-10 (2-3 SEC)
» Ranking: N/R
Jones has been on a hot streak of late, having won eight of his last nine matches ... All but one of those matches has been played outdoors ... Vol is 28-16 in career dual matches.
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Jovan Parlic
Fr. // Miami, Fla.
» Record: 12-5 (0-1 SEC)
» Ranking: N/R
» Record: 12-5 (0-1 SEC)
» Ranking: N/R
Patrick has started the SEC season 0-4 and has not played in the last two matches, with Peter Nagovnak getting the start against Baylor and LSU ... Vols have had three different players on court 6 this season, including Bryan Swartz.
TENNESSEE
Doubles
ARKANSAS
M. Libietis / H. Reese
» Record: 20-4 (5-0 SEC)
» Ranking: 7
» Ranking: 7
1
H. Fess / M. Walters
» Record: 18-4 (1-2 SEC)
» Ranking: N/R
» Ranking: N/R
Libietis and Reese enter Sunday on a 9-match winning streak that includes a win against a top-10 team ... Freshman duo is 14-2 in dual matches at the No. 1 position this season with eight ranked wins ... Believed to be the Vols' first-ever all-freshman doubles team to reach national top 10 ranking.
J. Chaplin / E. Jones
» Record: 2-1 (1-0 SEC)
» Ranking: N/R
» Ranking: N/R
2
N. Zogaj / G. Lehmann
» Record: 5-8 (0-1 SEC)
» Ranking: N/R
» Ranking: N/R
Vols have played several combinations on courts 2 and 3 ... Chaplin and Jones won the decisive doubles point against LSU's Skupski and Turbervill on Friday, taking the tiebreaker 9-8 (1).
B. Fickey / B. Swartz
» Record: 4-1 (0-1 SEC)
» Ranking: N/R
» Ranking: N/R
3
M. Jeske / M. Nott
» Record: 10-5 (1-3 SEC)
» Ranking: N/R
» Ranking: N/R
Fickey and Swartz are back together again, this time at the No. 3 position ... Pair won the third flight of the Tennessee Fall Invitational in September ... Swartz has been back in the doubles lineup since the start of the outdoor season.
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