M TENNIS CENTRAL: Trojans Jamboree

Feb. 21, 2015

WEATHER UPDATE: TROY, Ala. -- Because of rain, Tennessee will not be playing Georgia Southern and Troy on Sunday as originally scheduled.

The match against Georgia Southern has been cancelled. Tennessee will instead play Troy on Monday at 1 p.m. Eastern/Noon central.

For news and notes:

TROY TROJAN JAMBOREE

Saturday's Troy Trojan Jamboree is another chance for the Vols (6-4) to play some outdoor tennis before the start of the SEC season in Troy, Ala.
The Vols are scheduled to play Georgia Southern at 11 a.m. and Troy at 3 p.m.
Forecast: Though the temperatures will be the 60s and 70s on Sunday, there is a high chance for rain. Keep updated with the latest on Twitter @Vol_Tennis.
The Vols' first outdoor match was last week against Tennessee Tech. After beating the Golden Eagles 6-1 indoors, the Vols went out to Barksdale Stadium for a chilly 4-0 victory in which the Vols did not drop a set.

OPPONENT NOTES

Host Troy is 9-4 this season. They have played two SEC teams already this year, losing at Florida 5-2 and pushing Ole Miss in a 4-3 loss.
The Trojans have one ranked singles player in the lineup, Gabriel Dias at No. 85. He plays at the top of the singles lineup.
Georgia Southern is 3-4 this year.

FAST START ON COURT 1

Mikelis Libietis has opened his senior season with a winning start to singles at the top of the lineup.
Counting his tournament run to the Wake Forest Fall Invitational title, Libietis enters the weekend on a career-best 11-match winning streak.
He is 7-0 in dual matches to start the spring with four ranked wins and 13-2 overall. Last week, he defeated Jason Tahir of Duke for a third time this season and then beat Wimbledon junior champion Noah Rubin of Wake Forest.
He now has 93 career victories, putting him just seven wins away from becoming Tennessee's fifth player to reach 100 career wins in both singles and doubles. He already has 106 doubles wins.
The four Vols who joined the 100/100 club came in pairs: Byron Talbot (161/131) and Shelby Cannon (140/128) in 1988, then John-Patrick Smith (152/146) and Boris Conkic (108/115) in 2011.
Hunter Reese is also on pace with 88 singles wins and 106 doubles wins.

THE NEXT STREAK

Mikelis Libietis and Hunter Reese look to start a new doubles winning streak after their career-best 18-match streak was snapped three weeks ago.
The Vol pair is 13-2 this season and have 86 wins together over the last four seasons, 16 wins away from Byron Talbot and Shelby Cannon's program team record of 102.

THE NEW NO. 3

Andrew Dromsky and Jack Schipanski have held their own at the No. 3 doubles position in the lineup this year.
They have started the spring 8-1 and are currently riding a 3-match winning streak.
Dromsky leads the Vols in individual doubles wins this season with 15. He has 59 career doubles wins, just one away from his 60th victory.

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