Huskers Fall Short of Rebels

The Nebraska men’s tennis team fell to Ole Miss, 4-2 on Saturday, Feb. 7 at the Sid and Hazel Dillon Tennis Center in Lincoln. This was Nebraska’s first loss of the season, while Ole Miss (8-0) remained undefeated. NU (6-1) fell one win short of tying the best start in program history. 

In doubles play, Nebraska started off slow with Nikolay Sysoev/Leo Linquet (NEB) dropping their match vs. Isac Strömberg/Kai Milburn (MISS), 2-6. The Huskers answered right back with Colson Wells/Jeri Lassila (NEB) winning their match against Stefano D’Agostina/Pietro Pampanin (MISS), 6-1. 

With doubles all tied up, Henry Lamchinniah/Joan Torres Espinosa (NEB) continued to fight on court three vs. Matthieu Chambonniere/Benjamin Martin (MISS) and prevailed in their match in a tie breaker, 7-6 [7-4] to secure the doubles point for Nebraska and take the lead 1-0 going into singles play. 

In singles play, Nebraska found themselves down quickly with Linquet losing his match on court two to Chambonniere, 1-6, 2-6. This tied the match up, 1-1 with the rest of the five singles matches eventually going to a third set. 

Concluding almost an hour after the finish of Linquet’s match, Sysoev earned another singles win beating D’Agostina in a three set match, 6-2, 2-6, 6-3. After the Huskers took the 2-1 lead, Ole Miss came back firing on all courts winning the next three singles matches in a row. Niels van der Sijs was the first to drop his match 6-4, 4-6, 3-6 to Strömberg. 

As Nebraska fought on court four and six, Ole Miss was able to get the edge taking both courts almost exactly right after each other. Lamchinniah lost his match vs. Martin, 6-3, 2-6, 3-6 and Lassila suffered his first loss of the season falling to Vlado Jankanj, 5-7, 6-4, 2-6 to secure the match for the Rebels as Nebraska suffered their first loss of the season. 

The match between Wells and Pampanin was declared unfinished on court three. 

UP NEXT
Nebraska will take on North Dakota (4-3) tomorrow, Sunday, Feb. 8 at 11 a.m. (CT) at the Sid and Hazel Dillon Tennis Center in Lincoln.