April 18, 2008

Fayetteville, AR (UWIRE) -- The No. 15 Arkansas Lady'Back tennis team will begin play at the SEC Tournament today at 10 a.m., as it will take on the winner of Alabama and LSU in Auburn.

"Our goal is to keep playing. During this time of the year, every time you go out there your goal is to get to the next day," Hegarty said. "It's like a micro-season, but when you are in them it feels a lot longer, so we try to do a lot of the same things that made us successful.

The team is heading into the tournament 2-3 in the last five games, but will look to find its rhythm that it had earlier in the season while battling the ups and downs, Hegarty said.

"I think the season sometimes does go in ebbs and flows, and there is no question when you go through emotional victories there can be a bit of a let down sometimes," Hegarty said. "I think maybe that did happen to us the last week or two."

Arkansas played LSU to finish out the regular season and could face them in the first round, but the team isn't looking for revenge, he said.

Hegarty said that the team is solely focused on trying to win an SEC Tournament championship.

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