The Vanderbilt University women’s tennis team will host Kentucky today, Saturday, April 8, 2023, at noon for its only SEC game of the weekend.
Saturday’s match will be played at the Lummis Family Tennis Center and admission is free. Fans can find parking in the 25th Avenue parking garage and the tennis center will operate a clear bag policy.
Chicken Shack will be at the game against Kentucky where the first $500 of food will be paid for by the Vanderbilt tennis program. Alcohol will be available for purchase.
Vanderbilt will continue its position at home when it hosts LSU. 52 at noon on Friday, April 14, followed by a game against TSU, not starting until 4:00 p.m. CT. Sunday, April 16, the Dores will celebrate senior day against Texas A&M.
The Commodores went 2-1 this past weekend, including a win over SEC foe No. 50 Alabama. The weekend also saw No. 35 Celia-Belle Mohr and Anessa Lee extend their singles hitting streaks to five and four respectively. Besides Mohr, two Dores have earned individual rankings in the latest ITA polls: Bridget Stammel at no. 78 and Anna Ross at no. 113. Mohr and doubles partner Marcella Cruz finished at no.
The Wildcats also took on Auburn and Alabama this past weekend; however, they were unable to emerge victorious. On Wednesday, Kentucky fell to Ohio State in a midweek matchup. In SEC play, the Wildcats are 4-6 and have a singles player and doubles pair in the latest ITA standings.
Vanderbilt has won nine of its last 10 meetings against Kentucky and will work its way up to 33-20 overall against their SEC rival.
About the Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt University is a university in Nashville, Tennessee. It was founded in 1873 by Cornelius Vanderbilt with a donation of one million dollars. It hosts around 13,000 students.
Vanderbilt spent $738 million on research and development in 2018, ranking it 31st in the nation. In 2013, Vanderbilt University was ranked ninth in the country in funding from the National Institutes of Health.
Vanderbilt is ranked the 116th best university in the world in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, and 33rd in the United States by the Academic Ranking of World Universities.
The Academic Ranking of World Universities ranks Vanderbilt as the 62nd-best university in the world. Additionally the ARWU Field rankings in 2015 placed Vanderbilt as 18th best in the world for Clinical Medicine and Pharmacy, and 21st in Social Sciences.
Vanderbilt is a founding and charter member of the Southeastern Conference and for a half-century has been the conference’s only private school. The university fields six men’s and ten women’s intercollegiate teams and has won five NCAA championships.
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