OXFORD, Miss. – No. 29 Ole Miss men’s tennis pulled off yet another dramatic win over a ranked opponent on Sunday, as the Rebels toppled No. 21 Texas A&M in the team’s final home match of the season, 4-3.
The Rebels (16-6, 6-4 SEC) earned a crucial doubles point to open their day, and wins across the team’s top three singles players, including a clinching victory from Simon Junk proved enough to seal the Top 25 victory over the Aggies (14-9, 6-4 SEC) on Senior Day.
“It’s just so fitting that Simon was able to win that last match for us,” head coach Toby Hansson said. “His last match at home and he delivers. I’m just so proud of him.”
The Aggies got to work right away to open the doubles portion of the match, as the Rebel duo of Junk/Lithen was unable to take down the No. 40 doubles team in the nation from Texas A&M in Schachter/Hilderbrand. With a 6-3 loss on Court 1, the Rebels were now needing to sweep the remaining two doubles matches in order to clinch the doubles point in favor of Ole Miss.
On Court 3, Nikola Slavic and Noah Schlagenhauf did their part, mounting an impressive 6-2 victory to level the playing field with the Aggies. The senior-freshman duo has now won two of their past three doubles matches together, helping to claim the doubles point in the wins today and against LSU last weekend.
All eyes then turned to No. 2 doubles, where Lukas Engelhardt and Isac Strömberg looked to close out doubles on a high note for the Rebels. After a late surge from the Aggies, the Rebel duo saw themselves in a tiebreaker to decide the match’s doubles point.
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