The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
Sunday, January 21
Murfreesboro, Tenn.
11:00 AM
UAB
at
Middle Tennessee
Blazers Open Conference USA Play at Middle Tennessee
1/20/2018 11:49:00β―AM | Men's Tennis
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. β The UAB men's tennis team closes out its season-opening three-game road swing on Sunday as the Blazers travel to Murfreesboro, Tennessee, to open Conference USA play against Middle Tennessee.
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Competition from the Adams Tennis Center will begin at 1 p.m. CST with doubles play.
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The match will be the first of three regular-season conference tilts that the Blazers will compete in this season, with the Green and Gold also facing conference opposition in the Conference USA Shootout on March 30-31. UAB finished C-USA play last year at 2-2.
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UAB is coming off two setbacks against SEC opposition last weekend as it fell to No. 14 Mississippi State 7-0 last Sunday and 4-0 at Alabama last Monday.
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The Blazers' lone victory of the weekend came in doubles play against the Bulldogs on Sunday when Anru Fourie and Kenton Parton produced an impressive 6-2 win over the No. 41 Bulldog tandem of Floridan Broska and Giovanni Oradini.
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Middle Tennessee is coming off its first defeat of the season, a tough 4-3 loss on the road at Vanderbilt on Friday. The Blue Raiders opened the season strong, posting 7-0 victories over Austin Peay and Chattanooga on Jan. 15.
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In the last regular season meeting between the two programs, the Blue Raiders emerged victorious over the Blazers, taking the match 4-1 in Murfreesboro. The two squads also met this past fall at the Dale Short Shootout, where the Blazers claimed two singles victories and three doubles victories.
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Live stats for Sunday's match will be provided by Middle Tennessee and can be found here.
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For more information on UAB men's tennis, follow the Blazers on Twitter (@UAB_MTEN), Instagram (@uabmenstennis) and Snapchat (@UABAthletics).
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Competition from the Adams Tennis Center will begin at 1 p.m. CST with doubles play.
Β
The match will be the first of three regular-season conference tilts that the Blazers will compete in this season, with the Green and Gold also facing conference opposition in the Conference USA Shootout on March 30-31. UAB finished C-USA play last year at 2-2.
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UAB is coming off two setbacks against SEC opposition last weekend as it fell to No. 14 Mississippi State 7-0 last Sunday and 4-0 at Alabama last Monday.
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The Blazers' lone victory of the weekend came in doubles play against the Bulldogs on Sunday when Anru Fourie and Kenton Parton produced an impressive 6-2 win over the No. 41 Bulldog tandem of Floridan Broska and Giovanni Oradini.
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Middle Tennessee is coming off its first defeat of the season, a tough 4-3 loss on the road at Vanderbilt on Friday. The Blue Raiders opened the season strong, posting 7-0 victories over Austin Peay and Chattanooga on Jan. 15.
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In the last regular season meeting between the two programs, the Blue Raiders emerged victorious over the Blazers, taking the match 4-1 in Murfreesboro. The two squads also met this past fall at the Dale Short Shootout, where the Blazers claimed two singles victories and three doubles victories.
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Live stats for Sunday's match will be provided by Middle Tennessee and can be found here.
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For more information on UAB men's tennis, follow the Blazers on Twitter (@UAB_MTEN), Instagram (@uabmenstennis) and Snapchat (@UABAthletics).
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