Mercer Heads to Tennessee For Friday Afternoon Match

MACON, Ga. – The Mercer Bears will hit the road for their sixth match of the spring season, traveling to No. 16 Tennessee on Friday for a 4 p.m. match.

Mercer comes into the contest with a 2-3 overall record. The Bears won their match, 4-3, over the Presbyterian College Blue Hose on Saturday with Carver Arant clinching the victory with a 1-6, 6-1, 6-2 win over Jaime Castillo-Lopez in the No. 3 singles position.

GAMEDAY LINEUP
Date: Friday, January 31, 2020 | 4:00 p.m. (ET)
Teams: Mercer (2-3, 0-0 SoCon) at #16 Tennessee (6-1, 0-0 SEC)
Location: Knoxville, Tenn. | Goodfriend Tennis Center (Indoor)
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SCOUTING THE VOLS
Tennessee is currently tied with the Michigan Wolverines for 16^th in the Oracle/ITA Division I top-25 poll. The Vols enter tomorrow's match with a record of 6-1 but are coming off their first defeat of the season, a 4-2 loss to Columbia on Sunday. Mercer is Tennessee's second SoCon opponent of the season. The Vols defeated The Citadel on January 20, sweeping the Bulldogs, 7-0.

Tennessee currently has a pair of players – Adam Walton and Finn Stodder – ranked in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's top-125 singles poll. Walton sits inside the top-25 at No. 23, while Stodder is ranked 112^th. The Vols also have a pair of teams in the ITA doubles poll, which ranks the top 60 teams in the country. The duo of Scott Jones and Luca Wiedenman sit 49^th, while Jordan Chrysostom and Jones are ranked 59^th.

UP NEXT
Mercer will not return to action until Wednesday, February 12 when they hit the road to play Georgia Southern. The time for the match will be announced at a later date.

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Mercer Heads to Tennessee For Friday Afternoon Match

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