The University of Mississippi Athletics
Rebels Conclude Regular Season on the Road
4/13/2016 | Women's Tennis
Live Scoring (Arkansas) | Live Scoring/Video (Missouri)
OXFORD, Miss. - The Ole Miss women's tennis team will travel to Fayetteville, Arkansas and Columbia, Missouri this weekend for matches against Arkansas and Missouri to conclude the regular season.
The Rebels will face the Razorbacks Thursday at 1 p.m., at the Billingsley Tennis Center, followed by the Tigers Saturday at 12 p.m., at the Mizzou Tennis Complex.
Last time out…
Ole Miss took two from Arkansas State Tuesday to improve to 11-9 overall. In their last SEC match, the Rebels had their 26-match win streak against Mississippi State snapped in a 5-2 loss in Starkville.
Scouting Arkansas…
Arkansas fell to 16-10 overall and 5-6 in the SEC after a home loss against No. 5 Vanderbilt. The Razorbacks battled the Commodores the entire match but fell short by a score of 4-3. Arkansas is led by Yuliya Lysa, who is ranked No. 27 with a 12-4 record at No. 1 singles, 8-3 in the SEC.
Scouting Missouri…
Missouri comes into the match at 15-10 overall and 2-9 in the SEC. The Tigers are coming off a 4-1 loss against Kentucky at home. Junior, Bea Machado Santos, secured the only win of the day for Mizzou, knocking off Kentucky for her fourth win over a ranked opponent this season.
Rebels vs. Arkansas and Missouri…
The Rebels swept Arkansas and Mizzou back to back at home last season. The Rebels have won all three meetings with the Tigers and only dropped one match in all three.
National Rankings…
In the latest individual Oracle/ITA Rankings, sophomore Arianne Hartono is up seven spots to No. 22 in singles. Hartono is 20-9 overall, 13-3 at No. 1 Singles and 6-3 in the SEC. She and senior Mai El Kamash are No. 26 in doubles.
Quoting Head Coach Mark Beyers…
"The team knows that our backs are against the wall, and we need to come up with some wins. Arkansas has a great team. We've seen throughout the SEC this season how close everything is from 1-14. Alabama came within a couple of points of beating South Carolina. Anybody can beat anybody in this conference. We've been very close a few times and haven't been able to come up with four points. We need to do a better job of closing out some of these matches. Hopefully we can do that this weekend."
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