Men's Tennis To Face Kentucky, Vanderbilt This Weekend

March 29, 2001

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RECORD: 12-4 (3-2 SEC)
NATIONAL RANKING: #12 (ITA/WingspanBank.com)

NEXT UP: #42 Kentucky - March 30, #41 Vanderbilt, April 1
WHERE: Lexington, Ky./Nashville, Tenn.
TIME: 6:00 p.m./Noon

OLE MISS TRAVELS TO KENTUCKY AND VANDERBILT ...
Ole Miss (12-4, 3-2) travels to Kentucky and Vanderbilt this weekend for a pair of SEC matches. On Friday, the Rebels will face No. 42 Kentucky at 6:00 p.m. Sunday, Ole Miss meets 41st-ranked Vanderbilt at noon.

SCOUTING KENTUCKY AND VANDERBILT...
Kentucky is 7-10 on the year and 1-3 in the SEC. The Wildcats are coming off back-to-back losses to Florida (4-3) and Tennessee (4-0). They are led by 49th-ranked Edo Bawano, who was named the SEC Player of the Week for the week of March 19. Vanderbilt is 8-8 overall and 1-6 in the SEC. The Commodores shocked No. 20 Alabama 4-3 on Saturday to claim their first SEC win of the season.

THE SERIES ...
Ole Miss has won seven consecutive matches against Kentucky including last year's 5-2 win in Oxford. The last time the two teams met in Lexington, the Rebels came away with a 5-2 win. The Rebels have won 11 in a row over Vanderbilt. They defeated the Commodores 7-0 last year in Oxford.

REBELS GO 1-1 LAST WEEKEND ...
Ole Miss went 1-1 last weekend losing a close 4-3 match to No. 5 ranked Georgia and defeating South Carolina 4-2 at the Palmer/Salloum Tennis Center.

NATIONAL RANKINGS ...
Ole Miss is ranked No. 12 in the latest WingspanBank.com ITA National Rankings. Individually, sophomore Alex Hartman is ranked No. 16 , James Shortall is ranked No. 29 and Kristofer Stahlberg is ranked No. 38 in singles. In doubles, Shortall and Stahlberg are ranked No. 25.

2001 SPRING SCHEDULE

DATE        OPPONENT (RANKING)           TIME/SCOREFeb. 3      ARKANSAS-LITTLE ROCK     W, 7-0Feb. 6      MEMPHIS                  W, 6-1Feb. 8      vs. Mississippi State (15) 1 W, 4-1Feb. 11     MIDDLE TENNESSEE (40)    W, 4-3Feb. 15     vs. TCU (6) 2            L, 4-2Feb. 16     vs. Tennessee (2) 2          L, 4-2Feb. 17     vs. San Diego State (43) 2   W, 4-3Feb. 23     at Arkansas (t23)            W, 4-1Mar. 2      at Alabama (39)          L, 4-3Mar. 4      at Auburn (27)           W, 4-3Mar. 8      at West Florida          W, 4-0Mar. 14     INDIANA (38)             W, 4-1Mar. 18     SOUTH FLORIDA (35)           W, 6-1Mar. 20     LOUISIANA-MONROE             W, 7-0Mar. 23     GEORGIA (5)                  L, 4-3Mar. 25     SOUTH CAROLINA (40)          W, 4-2Mar. 30     at Kentucky                  6:00 p.m.Apr. 1      at Vanderbilt           12:00 p.m.Apr. 6      TENNESSEE                    2:00 p.m.Apr. 8      FLORIDA                  1:00 p.m.Apr. 11     at LSU                   2:00 p.m.Apr. 14     MISSISSIPPI STATE            1:00 p.m.Apr. 19-22  SEC Championships           TBA
(1) River Hills Mississippi Cup - Jackson, Miss.(2) USTA/ITA National Team Indoor - Seattle, Wash.

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