OXFORD, Miss. – The No. 29 Ole Miss men’s tennis team is set to close out its home schedule this weekend in Oxford, hosting a pair of matches against Alabama and Texas A&M.
The Rebels (14-6, 4-4 SEC) will open the weekend by playing No. 56 Alabama (9-13, 1-8 SEC) on Friday, April 7. This match is set to take place at 3 p.m. CT. Ole Miss will host the team’s final regular season home match of the season at 1 p.m. CT on Sunday, April 9, against No. 21 Texas A&M (13-8, 5-3 SEC).
Both matches are set to be played at Palmer/Salloum Tennis Center, weather permitting. Live scoring and live video for both matches will be available to the public. Links to both can be found above as well as on the Ole Miss men’s tennis schedule page.
Rebels in the Rankings
The Rebels jumped up into a new season-best ranking of No. 29 in the country in the latest ITA Team Rankings, climbing three spots from their ranking of No. 32 a week ago. Senior Nikola Slavic continues to climb his way up the singles rankings, as another ranked win puts the Stockholm, Sweden, native up into the No. 60 singles position. He and teammate Lukas Engelhardt remain ranked in doubles, as the duo moved up to No. 52 in the ITA Doubles Rankings. The doubles team of Simon Junk and John Hallquist Lithen rounded out the week of rankings for the Rebels by making their ranking debut of 2022-23, as the pair grabbed the No. 90 spot following a ranked doubles win over LSU last weekend.
Court 1 Dream Team
Nikola Slavic and Lukas Engelhardt have been on a tear for the Rebels in the No. 1 doubles position, earning a 9-3 record when playing together in Court 1 doubles this year. With an overall record of 15-7 in 2022-23, the senior duo has yet to drop a ranked doubles matchup this season, going 3-0 to help the Ole Miss tandem slide into the No. 52 position in the latest ITA Doubles Rankings. While the pair is likely set to split up this weekend, the duo will still continue to pose a threat for the Rebels moving forward in the SEC season on their respective doubles courts.
A Historic Streak for the Rebels
Prior to the Rebels’ loss to the Florida Gators earlier in the season, the team saw itself on a historic win streak, having won their previous nine straight dual matches. The streak stands as the longest streak for the Rebel squad since the 2008-09 season, in which Ole Miss strung…
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