Men’s Tennis Central: #5 Tennessee vs. #28 Auburn

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Fresh off a Friday sweep of Alabama, the No. 5 Tennessee men's tennis team is set to face 28th-ranked Auburn on Senior Day Sunday afternoon at Barksdale Stadium. First serve is set for 1 p.m. ET, with Senior Day ceremonies beginning at 12:45 p.m. ET.

Tennessee will honor graduate students Adam Walton and Mark Wallner prior to Sunday's regular season finale. A win would give the Vols their 20th win of the season. Live stats will be provided by UTsports.com and can be found here. Live streaming is available for free through Playsight here.

Admission is free and complimentary tennis parking is located in SC40 at the Kingston Pike Building. Additional parking information can be found here.

For outdoor matches at Barksdale Stadium this season, concessions and alcoholic beverages will be sold on the concourse, at the top of the grandstand behind court two. Concessions will only be sold during outdoor matches at Barksdale Stadium and not at matches that are moved indoors to Goodfriend Tennis Center.

More information on Tennessee's enhanced fan experience efforts can be found here.

LAST TIME OUT
The Vols knocked off Alabama, 7-0 Friday evening, controlling the match from start to finish.

SCOUTING AUBURN
Tennessee (19-6, 7-4 SEC) has won 14 of the previous 16 meeting with Auburn and has won three in a row over the Tigers. Friday marks the 61st all-time matchup in the series, with the Vols holding a 43-17 advantage, dating to 1960. Auburn (18-8, 5-6 SEC) has dropped each of its past three SEC matches and a win would give Tennessee its 11th home victory of the season.

VOLS IN THE RANKINGS
Singles
#8 – Johannus Monday
#12 – Adam Walton
#75 – Emile Hudd

Doubles
#32 – Emile Hudd/Shunsuke Mitsui
#43 - Pat Harper/Adam Walton

TIGERS IN THE RANKINGS
Singles
#34 – Tyler Stice
#124 – Tad Maclean

Doubles
#16 – Tad Maclean/Finn Murgett

SENIOR DAY
Entering Sunday's match against Auburn, Walton has 97 doubles and 113 singles wins for 210 combined victories at Tennessee, while Wallner boasts 53 career doubles wins and 28 singles wins in three seasons with the Vols, including the abbreviated 2020 dual season.. Wallner has accumulated 81 combined singles and doubles wins during his Tennessee career.

CLINCHED
Tennessee senior Emile Hudd has clinched six of Tennessee's 19 wins this season, leading the team in that category. Hudd is 8-3 (3-1 SEC) at No. 3 singles this season.

EYES ON THE CENTURY MARK
After earning his 97th career doubles triumph Friday against Alabama, Walton now stands three doubles victories away from 100. Reaching this feat would make him just the sixth Vol in program history to accrue 100 career doubles and 100 career singles wins.

UP NEXT
The 2022 SEC Tournament is set to run Wednesday-Sunday, April 20-24 this week at Athens, Georgia. The official bracket will be revealed Sunday evening following the conclusion of all SEC matches.

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Players Mentioned

Pat Harper

Emile Hudd

Shunsuke Mitsui

Johannus Monday

Mark Wallner

Adam Walton

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