Hogs Travel To Ole Miss, Before Hosting Mississippi State, UAPB
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The Arkansas men’s tennis team will travel to Oxford, Miss. Thursday to end a three-match road trip against the Rebels before returning home to host No. 8 Mississippi State and UAPB in a Saturday doubleheader at home.
Ole Miss Match Info
Date: March 28
First Serve: 6 p.m.
Location: Oxford, Mississippi
Live Stats: http://bit.ly/2WuMmGR
Live Streams: http://bit.ly/2HKSxmD
Mississippi State, UAPB Match Info
Date: March 30
First Serve: 1 p.m.
Location: Fayetteville, Ark.
Miss. St. Live stats: http://bit.ly/2JJkflJ
UAPB Live stats: http://bit.ly/2OtpCnT
Arkansas’ match on Thursday against the Rebels will mark the end of a three match road trip, the first of two three match road trips in conference action for the Hogs. After hosting Mississippi State and UAPB on Saturday, the Razorbacks will travel to Tennessee (April 5), Georgia (April 7) and Alabama (April 11) before returning home April 13 to host Auburn in the regular season finale.
No. 52 Oscar Mesquida still leads the Hogs in the rankings, as he holds an even 7-7 record in dual matches this spring. This season he has faced a team high 11 ranked opponents, going 5-6 in those matches. Enrique Paya still holds the team lead in wins this season, being 17-12 overall and 9-8 in dual matches. Enrique Paya and Maxim Verboven are 9-6 since starting action in January to lead Arkansas in doubles play.
Ole Miss is led by 70th-ranked singles player Tim Sandkaulen who has helped lead the Rebels to wins in four of the last five conference matches. Fabian Fallert and his partner Finn Reynolds lead the Rebels in doubles action, coming in at No. 14.
Saturdays match against Mississippi State will be yet another matchup against a top-10 foe, as the Razorbacks have faced five teams currently ranked in the top-10 already this season. The Bulldogs come in ranked No. 8 and have a pair of ranked singles players, led by the No. 2 overall player Nuno Borges. The Bulldogs of Mississippi State also hold the No. 4 and the No. 8 ranked doubles pairs.
Arkansas will also face in state foe Pine Bluff for the first time in program history on Saturday following the match against Mississippi State.
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