State Women's Tennis Welcomes Pair Of Alabama Foes For Weekend Matches
STARKVILLE, Miss. ? Mississippi State’s women’s tennis team (8-2, 0-2 SEC) plays host to Auburn (6-1, 1-1 SEC) and Alabama (11-0, 2-0 SEC) this weekend to open up the Lady Bulldogs’ 2009 Southeastern Conference home slate at the A.J. Pitts Tennis Centre. MSU faces
State comes into the weekend off to their best start since the 2005 season. The Lady Bulldogs are 8-2 on the year, matching their 8-2 start in 2005.
All three teams competing this weekend are ranked in the ITA National Rankings.
The Lady Bulldogs picked up big wins in their first weekend in SEC play. Playing two of the top teams in the league, senior Elna de Villers won three out of the four matches she played in, while junior Radka Ferancova defeated 77th-ranked Monica Dancevic of
The MSU senior duo of Martina Bankiova and de Villers are on a seven-match win streak in doubles after their two wins against
Following this weekend’s pair of SEC matches, the Lady Bulldogs will step back out of SEC play for their final non-conference match of the year, hosting Louisiana-Lafayette next Thursday, March 19, at 11 a.m. CT.
Admission to all MSU home tennis matches is free. Live stats will be available on mstateathletics.com.