Tennessee tennis defeats Ole Miss

Tennessee tennis defeats Ole Miss in Oxford.

Tennessee’s men’s tennis team notched a Southeastern Conference road win against a top-25 opponent Sunday.

The No. 2 Volunteers defeated No. 14 Ole Miss, 6-1, in Oxford.

Tennessee (14-2, 2-0 SEC) won five of six singles against the Rebels (10-4, 0-1 SEC).

Adam Walton outlasted Nicola Slavic, 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (5), at No. 1 singles.

At No. 2, Emile Hudd defeated Finn Reynolds, 7-6 (9-7), 7-6 (7-4).

The Rebels notched its only win of the day at No. 3 singles as J. Hallquist Lithen defeated Angel Diaz, 4-6, 7-5, 0-6.

Martim Prada also notched a singles win over Lukas Engelhardt, 6-3, 7-6 (5).

At No. 5 singles, Tennessee’s Shunsuke Mitsui defeated Simon Junk, 6-3, 6-3. At No. 6 singles, Pat Harper earned a three set victory over Jan Soren Hain, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.

The Vols won a doubles point by sweeping two matches.

Walton and Harper defeated Ole Miss’ tandem of Hain and Junk, 6-2. Johannus Monday and Mark Wellner defeated Slavic and Lithen, 7-1.