COLUMBIA, S.C. -- With four straight-set wins in singles, the Tennessee men's tennis team rallied from the brink with a 4-3 victory over Auburn to start the SEC Tournament on Wednesday. The Vols (12-16) lost the doubles point and trailed 3-0 after losing two early singles matches. Though the scoreboard showed the Vols on the edge of defeat, Tennessee had won the first set in the four remaining matches and quickly closed them all out in straight-set fashion.
Freshman Jack Heslin got the Vols on the board with a win on court 6, and sophomores Luis Valero and Igor Smelyanski followed with ranked victories on courts 1 and 2 to tie the match at 3-3.