Tennis Wraps Road Matches With Ole Miss, Mississippi State

OXFORD, Miss./STARKVILLE, Miss. – The University of Missouri tennis team (6-16, 1-8 SEC) is slated to play No. 45 Ole Miss (9-8, 3-6 SEC) and No. 63 Mississippi State (10-11, 1-8 SEC) in its final weekend of regular season road matches on Friday, April 8, and Sunday, April 10. 

Battling Georgia and Tennessee

Mizzou faced two tough opponents at home this past weekend with (then) No. 10 Georgia and No. 29 Tennessee. Between the two matches, the Tigers faced three ITA ranked doubles pairs and seven ranked singles players. The largest achievement from the match against Georgia belonged to Gabriela Martinez, who made history for the program. Martinez defeated No. 71 Kowalski, scoring the only point for Mizzou. This point was the first score for the program versus Georgia since joining the SEC back in 2012. In the match against Tennessee, the Tigers fell just short on a number of courts. Each of the three doubles pairs won four games against Tennessee, forcing top performances from the Volunteers. As a number of singles matches were still going on, play was halted once Tennessee clinched due to flight concerns. 

Scouting Ole Miss & Mississippi State

No. 45 Ole Miss enters competition against Mizzou with a redeeming win against No. 63 Mississippi State after losing its previous three matches. Ole Miss’ other two SEC wins come against No. 42 Alabama and No. 65 LSU. In the April 6 rankings, the Rebels posted three ranked singles players with Tiphanie Fiquet (No. 34), Sabina Machalova (No. 49), and Anaelle Leclercq-Ficher (No. 120). No. 63 Mississippi State currently holds a three game losing streak, dropping matches against No. 45 Ole Miss, No. 15 Florida, and No. 34 South Carolina. In the rankings, Mississippi State claims one singles spot and one doubles ranking. Emmanouela Antonaki is slated No. 80. Magda Adaloglou and Chloe Cirotte possess the No. 58 slot in doubles action. 

Mizzou will begin competition against Ole Miss at 3 p.m. on Friday, April 8. The match against Mississippi State will take place at 12 p.m. on Sunday, April 10. Live stats and streaming will be available as well as updates via Twitter (@MizzouTennis).