No. 22 South Carolina Closes Out Regular Season at Home

April 13, 2017

COLUMBIA, S.C. — No. 22 South Carolina men’s tennis wraps up its final week of regular-season play with a pair of SEC matches at home. The Gamecocks will host Auburn on Friday, April 14 at 5 p.m. and No. 17 Mississippi St. on Sunday, April 16 at 12 p.m. both at the Carolina Tennis Center. Friday’s match will also serve as an opportunity to recognize this year’s senior class prior to first serve. Admission and parking for all home tennis matches is free of charge.

The Gamecocks (18-5, 7-3) look to build on a 1-1 road record last weekend. South Carolina took down Tennessee 4-3 on Friday and fell to No. 13 Georgia in a 4-3 battle last weekend.

GAMECOCK NOTABLES

• South Carolina is 18-5 overall and 7-3 in SEC play this season.
• With last Friday’s win over Tennessee the Gamecocks tied a program best seven SEC victories in a season.
• In the rankings, Harrison O’Keefe comes in at No. 76 and Gabriel Friedrich comes in at No. 38 in singles.
• The doubles pairing of O’Keefe and Dennis moved up nine spots in this week’s Oracle/ITA Rankings to No. 22 after taking down the nation’s No. 3 doubles pair on Sunday.
• The Gamecocks are currently tied for fourth in the SEC with Florida.

QUICK HITS: AUBURN

• The Tigers are 13-12 overall and 3-7 in the SEC this season.
• Auburn is coming off of a 1-2 weekend after splitting a doubleheader with Alabama A&M and Texas A&M in their final home competition of the season.
• Ranked singles: Maxime Hinnisdaels (50).
• Ranked doubles: Hinnisdaels and Conner Huertas (15).

QUICK HITS: No. 17 MISSISSIPPI ST.

• The Bulldogs are 17-5 overall and 8-2 in the league this season.
• Mississippi St. is coming off a 5-2 win over LSU last weekend and will face Florida before Sunday’s match.
• Ranked singles: Nuno Borges (4) and Strahinja Rakic (123).
• Ranked doubles: Trevor Foshey and Niclas Braun (27).

Up Next

South Carolina will compete in the 2017 SEC Men’s Tennis Tournament in Knoxville, Tenn., April 26-30. For more information on South Carolina men’s tennis, follow the team on Twitter and Instagram at gamecockmtennis or check in at GamecocksOnline.com.