Mississippi State
Alabama
State Set To Host No. 21 Alabama On Friday
March 21, 2024 | Women's Tennis
STARKVILLE – Mississippi State head coach Chris Hooshyar is seeking positive results as his Bulldogs host No. 21 Alabama Friday at 3 p.m.
Friday's match is scheduled to be played at the A.J. Pitts Tennis Centre but will move inside the Rula Tennis Pavilion in the event of inclement weather.
MSU (9-8, 0-5 SEC) has won three of the last four meetings against the Crimson Tide, including a 4-2 victory the last time the two teams met in Starkville in 2022.
Alexandra Mikhailuk has recorded 67 career singles wins and is tied with MSU Hall of Famer and current Northwestern head coach Claire Pollard (1986-89) for the 10th-most wins in school history. Mikhailuk, a graduate from Burlington, Ontario, Canada, needs one more victory to match Sabine Guibal (1988-91) for ninth place on that list.
Freshman Jayna Clemens has played well of late, winning six of her last seven singles matches and is expected be back in the lineup against Alabama.
Alabama comes into Friday's affair at 13-3 overall and 4-2 in conference play. The Tide are just 1-3 on the road this season and were swept last weekend at then No. 19 South Carolina 4-3 and then No. 16 Florida 4-0.
Alabama is headlined by the country's seventh-ranked doubles duo of Loudmilla Bencheikh and Anne Marie Hiser. Bencheikh is also ranked 46th in singles while Petra Sedlackova sits at 104th nationally.
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