The No. 30 Ole Miss Women’s Tennis team lost to No. 23 Florida, 4-1, at the William F. Galtney Indoor Tennis Center on Saturday afternoon night.
Ole Miss (6-5, 1-4 SEC) managed to get ahead of Florida early after taking the doubles point. Ole Miss’s duo of Alice Soulie and Riley Crowder defeated Valery Gyina and Brooke Black, 6-4.
Shortly after, the No. 85 duo of Andrea Nova and Emily Welker picked up a ranked doubles win after they defeated No. 19 Xinyi Nong Nikola Daubnerova, 6-3, securing the doubles point for the Rebels.
In singles, Florida (8-3, 3-2 SEC) managed to come back and clinch the match by taking four straight singles courts.
Ole Miss will travel to Norman, Oklahoma, on Friday, March 13, for a matchup against the No. 19 Oklahoma women’s tennis team at 5 p.m.
SATURDAY’S RESULTS:
Doubles
1. #85 Andrea Nova/Emily Welker (OM) def. #19 Xinyi Nong/Nikola Daubnerova (UF) 6-3
2. Alice Soulie/Riley Crowder (OM) def. Valery Gyina/Brooke Black (UF) 6-4
3. Brooklyn Olson/Beatrice Stagno (OM) vs. Lucie Pawlak/India Houghton (UF) 5-5, unfinished
Singles
1. #103 India Houghton (UF) def. #12 Emily Welker (OM) 6-3, 6-3
2. Alice Soulie (OM) vs. #76 Valery Gyina (UF) 6-2, 5-7, 5-4, unfinished
3. #26 Gabia Paskauskas (UF) def. Brooklyn Olson (OM) 6-0, 5-7, 6-4
4. Brooke Black (UF) def. Andrea Nova (OM) 7-6 (7-5), 6-4
5. Riley Crowder (OM) vs. Xinyi Nong (UF) 6-7 (8-10), 7-5, unfinished
6. #72 Nikola Daubnerova (UF) def. Ichino Horikawa (OM) 6-4, 6-2
Order of finish: Doubles (2, 1); Singles (1, 6, 4, 3)