Saturday, March 9
Columbia, S.C.
not before 7:30 AM
Mississippi State
at
South Carolina (conclusion)
No. 10 MSU men's tennis heads to Gainesville, Florida, to take on No. 9 Florida before returning to Columbia to resume its match at No. 29 South Carolina on Monday.
No. 10 Men’s Tennis’ Match At South Carolina Suspended; Faces No. 9 Florida Sunday
March 09, 2019 | Men's Tennis
by Caleb Garner, Graduate Assistant/Communications
STARKVILLE – No. 10 Mississippi State men's tennis will have to wait a bit longer to resume its match at No. 29 South Carolina, as persistent rains through the night led to wet courts Saturday morning, forcing the match to be suspended until Monday at Noon CT at the Carolina Tennis Center.
Before returning to the Palmetto State to complete that match, MSU (10-2, 2-0 SEC) travels south to Gainesville, Florida, for a top-10 battle at ninth-ranked Florida (8-2, 2-0) on Sunday. First serve is set for Noon CT at the Alfred A. Ring Tennis Complex, the site of the 2019 SEC Men's Tennis Championship.
MSU In The Oracle ITA Rankings …
The Bulldogs are currently ranked 10th nationally, marking the 17th straight edition of the rankings in which MSU has appeared in the top 25 and its 13th appearance in a row in the top 10. In the ITA national singles rankings, two-time All-American Nuno Borges leads three State players at No. 3 in the nation, while Giovanni Oradini comes in at 102nd nationally. State boasts a pair of ranked doubles tandems in third-ranked Braun and Giovanni Oradini and No. 7 Borges and Strahinja Rakic.
Know The Foe: Florida
Florida enters Sunday's match coming off a 6-1 win against Ole Miss in Gainesville Friday night. The Gators field four ranked singles players, including No. 24 Oliver Crawford, 48th-ranked freshman Sam Riffice, No. 54 Andy Andrade and No. 79 Johannes Ingildsen.
In doubles, four UF tandems are ranked inside the ITA's top 80. Brian Berdusco and Ingildsen are ranked ninth nationally, while Andrade and Crawford team up to form the nation's 14th-ranked duo. Andrade and Riffice are ranked 27th, while McClain Kessler and Duarte Vale are ranked No. 73 and play at the No. 1 position for the Gators.
Need To Know …
Live Scoring/Video
Live video and live scoring will be available for MSU's match at Florida.
Last Time Out For MSU …
MSU's match at South Carolina was suspended midway through singles play Friday with the Bulldogs holding a 1-0 lead after taking a tightly-contested doubles point. USC got a quick advantage with a win on court 1 before the Bulldogs notched the first point of the match for the fifth straight match and the 23rd time in 24 outings. State held a set advantage on courts 4 and 5 while the Gamecocks were up a set on courts 1 and 2, with the other two courts in late deadlocks in the first set.
Next Up For MSU …
After taking on the Gators, the Bulldogs head back up to Columbia Monday to resume its match at No. 29 South Carolina at Noon CT. Then, State will return to the A.J. Pitts Tennis Centre to host No. 17 Alabama at 3 p.m. on Thursday.
For more information on the Mississippi State men's tennis program, follow "HailStateMT" on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
STARKVILLE – No. 10 Mississippi State men's tennis will have to wait a bit longer to resume its match at No. 29 South Carolina, as persistent rains through the night led to wet courts Saturday morning, forcing the match to be suspended until Monday at Noon CT at the Carolina Tennis Center.
Before returning to the Palmetto State to complete that match, MSU (10-2, 2-0 SEC) travels south to Gainesville, Florida, for a top-10 battle at ninth-ranked Florida (8-2, 2-0) on Sunday. First serve is set for Noon CT at the Alfred A. Ring Tennis Complex, the site of the 2019 SEC Men's Tennis Championship.
MSU In The Oracle ITA Rankings …
The Bulldogs are currently ranked 10th nationally, marking the 17th straight edition of the rankings in which MSU has appeared in the top 25 and its 13th appearance in a row in the top 10. In the ITA national singles rankings, two-time All-American Nuno Borges leads three State players at No. 3 in the nation, while Giovanni Oradini comes in at 102nd nationally. State boasts a pair of ranked doubles tandems in third-ranked Braun and Giovanni Oradini and No. 7 Borges and Strahinja Rakic.
Know The Foe: Florida
Florida enters Sunday's match coming off a 6-1 win against Ole Miss in Gainesville Friday night. The Gators field four ranked singles players, including No. 24 Oliver Crawford, 48th-ranked freshman Sam Riffice, No. 54 Andy Andrade and No. 79 Johannes Ingildsen.
In doubles, four UF tandems are ranked inside the ITA's top 80. Brian Berdusco and Ingildsen are ranked ninth nationally, while Andrade and Crawford team up to form the nation's 14th-ranked duo. Andrade and Riffice are ranked 27th, while McClain Kessler and Duarte Vale are ranked No. 73 and play at the No. 1 position for the Gators.
Need To Know …
- Mississippi State is playing its 95th season of men's tennis, with Matt Roberts in his fifth season at the helm.
- MSU's No. 10 national ranking marks the 17th straight week the Bulldogs appeared in the top 25 of the Oracle ITA Rankings and its 13th straight appearance in the top 10.
- Florida holds a 36-19 lead in the series against MSU since 1969, but the Bulldogs have won two straight, taking both in 2018 with the most recent victory coming in last year's SEC Tournament semifinals.
- Nuno Borges is currently fourth all-time at MSU in career singles wins (101) and third in total dual match wins (112), while being tied for second in dual match singles triumphs (66).
- Borges and Strahinja Rakic are tied for first all-time in career wins by a doubles pair (47), while Niclas Braun and Giovanni Oradini are fourth (38).
- Niclas Braun is currently tied for fifth in career doubles wins (80) and sixth in dual match doubles wins (50) at MSU.
Live Scoring/Video
Live video and live scoring will be available for MSU's match at Florida.
Last Time Out For MSU …
MSU's match at South Carolina was suspended midway through singles play Friday with the Bulldogs holding a 1-0 lead after taking a tightly-contested doubles point. USC got a quick advantage with a win on court 1 before the Bulldogs notched the first point of the match for the fifth straight match and the 23rd time in 24 outings. State held a set advantage on courts 4 and 5 while the Gamecocks were up a set on courts 1 and 2, with the other two courts in late deadlocks in the first set.
Next Up For MSU …
After taking on the Gators, the Bulldogs head back up to Columbia Monday to resume its match at No. 29 South Carolina at Noon CT. Then, State will return to the A.J. Pitts Tennis Centre to host No. 17 Alabama at 3 p.m. on Thursday.
For more information on the Mississippi State men's tennis program, follow "HailStateMT" on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
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