The Ole Miss men’s tennis team attempted to defend the home court on Friday as the No. 19 Columbia Lions traveled to Oxford.
Unfortunately, the Rebels suffered their second loss of the season in what has now turned into a short losing streak. After starting the season 3-0, Ole Miss has now dropped to 3-2.
The double point was tightly contested and took all three matches to decide.
The first doubles court pitted Lukas Engelhardt and Nikola Slavic of Ole Miss against Max Westphal and Nicolas Kotzen. Kotzen and Westphal prevailed 6-3.
The third court was the second game to finish, and gave the Rebels a tying point as Isac Stromberg and Noah Schlagenhauf prevailed against Alex Kotzen and Michael Zheng.