Arkansas Drops SEC Home Opener to Ole Miss, 4-2

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The No. 44 Razorback males’s tennis workforce (12-3, 0-2) fell brief on Thursday evening within the SEC dwelling opener at Billingsley Tennis Middle to No. 35 Ole Miss (12-2, 2-0). The Hogs clinched the doubles level, however the Rebels responded by profitable 4 of the 5 singles matches en path to a 4-2 victory.

Arkansas began off robust, taking the doubles level with wins on courts two and three. Juniors Stefanos Savva and Alan Sau Franco grabbed a convincing 6-1 victory within the No. 2 spot over Hallquist Lithen/Junk of Ole Miss. Sophomore Jake Sweeney and junior Foster Rogers adopted with a 6-3 win to safe the early 1-0 lead for the Razorbacks.

In singles play, the Rebels answered rapidly by taking two straight-set victories from Lukas Engelhardt on courtroom 4 and No. 69 Nikola Slavic on courtroom one. Sau Franco had the lone singles win for the Hogs, defeating Schlagenhauf 6-3, 6-4 within the No. 5 spot. With the victory, Sau Franco improves to 6-1 in singles play this season. Ole Miss closed out the match with two consecutive three-set wins from Hallquist Lithen and Junk on courts two and three.

The Razorbacks will tackle No. 6 Kentucky on Saturday, March 11 at midday earlier than returning dwelling subsequent Saturday on March 18 in opposition to No. 39 Texas A&M.

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