OXFORD, Miss. — The Southeast Missouri women's tennis team faced a tough challenge on Sunday, falling to the University of Mississippi 4-0 in the first match and 4-1 in the second match. 
 
Match One
 
Ole Miss secured the doubles point with wins at the No. 1 and No. 2 positions. The No. 3 doubles match with Sofia Zemtsova and Yontha Tadoum against Owen Wilkinson and Riley Crowder was left unfinished with SEMO ahead 5-3.
 
In singles action, the Rebels extended their lead with Welker's 6-2, 6-0 victory over Maja Bajorek at No. 1 singles. Olson added to the tally, defeating Juliette Demunck 6-2, 6-3 at No. 2 singles. However, Zemtsova's match at No. 3 singles was unfinished when she was leading her match 7-5, 2-1. 
 
Crowder sealed the overall win for Ole Miss by defeating Kristina Kozakova 6-1, 6-0 at No. 4 singles. The matches at No. 5 and No. 6 singles were unfinished, with Ichino Horikawa leading Tadoum 6-2, 5-3, and Owen Wilkinson ahead of Mia Mayerova 6-4, 1-3.
 
Match Two
 
Ole Miss took the doubles point with wins at No. 1 and No. 2 doubles. The No. 3 doubles match featuring Demunck and Kozakova against Ole Miss's Brooklyn Olson and Owen Wilkinson was left unfinished with SEMO trailing 2-5.
 
In singles action, the Rebels clinched the match winning at No. 1, No. 3 and No. 4 singles. Demunck faced a tough battle against Nova, falling 2-6, 0-6 at No. 3 singles. Matches at No. 2 and No. 5 singles were left unfinished, with Bajorek leading 6-4, 0-4 against Olson and Mayerova trailing Horikawa 2-6, 2-3. Kozakova was the lone winner for SEMO taking her match at No. 6 singles 6-2, 6-2. 
 
Coaches Thoughts

Match one - In singles, the opponents were very tough and ready to play. Ole Miss has a strong line up top to bottom, which makes them worthy of their national ranking in the top 40, and we showed that we can play with such teams.

Match two- Our first doubles lost, but the first five games were all deuce points. The team fought well in each position in singles and doubles. Zemtsova played against the No. 8 ranked singles player in the nation and played a hard match from start to finish. All other girls did their best to fight and we're very proud of them.
 
Next up, SEMO Women's Tennis will face Tennessee Southern on Thursday in Nashville, Tennessee.