FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. –Razorback Men’s Tennis resumes the SEC game when the team travels to Gainesville, Florida and Columbia, SC to face No. 2 Florida (14-1, 8-0 SEC) and No. 10 South Carolina (10-6, 5- 3 SEC)) this weekend.
Games 16, 17
Opponents:Florida Gators // South Carolina Gamecocks
Dates:Friday, March 26 // Sunday, March 28
Schedules:16h CT // 12h CT
Locations:Gainesville, Florida // Columbia, SC
Live stats:bit.ly/2NWOp82 // bit.ly/39dCj1A
Live broadcast:bit.ly/31jX1sw // bit.ly/3w2Kk3s
Last time out
The Hogs won their fourth consecutive doubles point in a game at UCF, but the Knights sealed the victory in a singles action at the USTA National Campus on Wednesday, March 24. Hunter Harrison and Enrique Paya defeated No. 21 Hilderbrand / Decamps in first place, while Melvin Manuel and Adrien Burdet moved to 4-0 with a victory on the second court.
Exploring crocodiles
Florida is putting together a string of 11 consecutive wins, with its only loss against then Texas number 6 in Austin. The Gators are 8-0 at home and unbeaten in the conference. UF has three players ranked in the top 15, including No. 2 Duarte Vale and No. 7 Andy Andrade. Vale has won six consecutive wins and is 11-3 in first place, while Andrade is 12-3 in singles during the double season.
Will Grant and Johannes Ingildsen’s duo is 9-1 in the double season and was ranked 9th by ITA on Wednesday.
Exploring Gamecocks
Four Gamecocks were listed in the latest ITA ranking released on March 24. Daniel Rodrigues and Toby Samuel combined for a record of 22-5 during the double season and are ranked 3rd and 70th in the country, respectively. Connor Thomson and Raphael Lambling were also ranked in the top 90 by ITA.
South Carolina has won the doubles point in its last two games against No. 16 NC State and No. 1 North Carolina and has two doubles in the ITA ranking.
Quick successes
>> The last time Hogs took down one of the top five opponents was last season against No. 5 Baylor on February 1st.
>> Arkansas will seek its first victory against Florida since 2014.
>> The Razorbacks won the last clash with South Carolina, defeating the Gamecocks in 2019 by a score of 5-2.
>> Arkansas is currently led by Adrien Burdet and Nico Rousset with nine individual wins each.
>> Burdet and Melvin Manuel are 4-0 this spring as a duo, with three of those wins against SEC competition. Alex Reco and Nico Rousset lead the team after adding eight wins so far during the double season.