OXFORD, Miss. – Fueled by five singles wins, the Ole Miss men’s tennis team was able to overpower the Tulane Green Wave 5-2 to secure the victory at Galtney Tennis Center on Sunday.
The Rebels (4-2) overcame a slow start to the match that included dropping the doubles point to open the day, but key singles wins by Nikola Slavic, John Hallquist Lithen, Simon Junk, Noah Schlagenhauf and Isac Strömberg helped see the Ole Miss side past a difficult Tulane (1-2) squad.
“Got off to a slow start in singles and doubles today,” head coach Toby Hansson said. “Happy to see Isac be able to turn around his match and find a way to win that one. Really just across the board we were looking down in the first 20 minutes of singles, but the guys bounced back and competed well. Wasn’t our highest level, but we found a way to win today and at the end of the day that’s what matters.”
Sunday’s match would open with a trio of tightly knit doubles matches taking place across all three courts. Despite the very best efforts of the Rebels, the team saw itself on the backfoot early after dropping the No. 2 and No. 3 doubles matches 6-4 and 7-5, respectively.
Tulane’s momentum carried into singles play with the Green Wave seeing two early set wins of Court 4 and Court 6. The Rebels were looking for a momentum shift, and they were able to find just that with their first singles victory of the day by Simon Junk.
Serving as the veteran of the Rebel squad, Junk put together a strong showing in the No. 3 singles slot by putting together a 6-4, 6-4 victory. However, after a Tulane win over Lukas Engelhardt the Green Wave was able to jump back…
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