#25 MSU Men's Tennis Meets Alabama In Tuscaloosa Sunday
State, 11-7 overall and 6-3 in the SEC, currently leads the Western Division. 'Bama will enter Sunday's affair at 9-9 overall and 2-7 in league play. The Crimson Tide is coming off a 5-2 setback to 32nd-ranked Ole Miss Friday at home. The Bulldogs own a slight 25-24 series lead on the Tide and the teams are knotted at 11-11 all-time in Tuscaloosa.
Three Bulldogs are ranked in the top 100 nationally in singles with Louis Cant (77th), George Coupland (76th) and Artem Ilyushin (94th). Cant and MSU rookie Malte Stropp form the nation's 84th-ranked doubles duo. Cant and Stropp have each won eight consecutive singles matches.
Alabama sports the country's 76th-ranked doubles tandem in Jarryd Botha and Ricky Doverspike.
Follow Sunday's matchup in Tuscaloosa, the Bulldogs will return home next Saturday, April 16, to close out the 2011 regular season by hosting arch rival Ole Miss. Match time between the Bulldogs and Rebels is set for 1 p.m. CT at MSU's A.J. Pitts Tennis Centre.