{"id":226205,"date":"2026-03-29T22:10:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T22:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/226205\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T22:10:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T22:10:07","slug":"womens-tennis-defeated-by-no-7-texas-ole-miss-athletics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/226205\/","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s Tennis Defeated by No. 7 Texas – Ole Miss Athletics"},"content":{"rendered":"

OXFORD, Miss. \u2013 Despite taking the doubles point early, No. 41 Ole Miss women’s tennis ultimately succumbed to No. 7 Texas, 4-1, at the Palmer\/Salloum Tennis Center on Sunday.
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\nOle Miss (9-9, 3-8 SEC) set the tone early in doubles play as the No. 23 pairing of Andrea Nova<\/a> and Emily Welker<\/a> earned a victory against No. 53 Anastasia Abbagnato and Salma Drugdova, 6-2.
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\nTexas (14-4, 9-2 SEC) would respond, with Carmen Herea and Mathilde Ngijol-Carr\u00e9 defeating Ichino Horikawa<\/a> and Beatrice Stagno<\/a>, 6-3.
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\nThe deciding match for the doubles point came down to Alice Souli\u00e9 and Riley Crowder<\/a>, who were up against No. 71 Elizabeth Ionescu and Christasha McNeil. The Longhorns would play to the brink of closing out doubles play as Ionescu and McNeil got out to a 5-3 advantage, but Souli\u00e9 and Crowder, the Rebels, came back to knot the match 6-6, forcing a tiebreaker. Souli\u00e9 and Crowder went on to clinch the doubles point as they won the tiebreaker, 7-2.
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\nIn singles play, Texas would round off four straight courts to clinch the match. Before the match was clinched, Stagno was out in front in her matchup against Ngijol-Carre, 6-3, 5-3. Additionally, No. 15 Welker was headed into a third set with No. 1 Herea before the match went unfinished, 6-3, 3-6.
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\nThe Rebels will be back in action at the Palmer\/Salloum Outdoor Tennis Center on Thursday, April 2, at 4 p.m. CT against No. 49 Mississippi State.
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\nSATURDAY’S RESULTS:
\nDoubles
\n1. #23 Andrea Nova<\/a>\/Emily Welker<\/a> (OM) def. #53 Anastasia Abbagnato\/Salma Drugdova (TEX) 6-2
\n2. Alice Soulie\/Riley Crowder<\/a> (OM) def. #71 Elizabeth Ionescu\/Christasha McNeil (TEX) 7-6 (7-2)
\n3. Carmen Herea\/M Ngijol-Carre (TEX) def. Ichino Horikawa<\/a>\/Beatrice Stagno<\/a> (OM) 6-3
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\nSingles
\n1. #15 Emily Welker<\/a> (OM) vs. #1 Carmen Herea (TEX) 3-6, 6-3, unfinished
\n2. #12 Anastasia Abbagnato (TEX) def. Alice Soulie (OM) 6-2, 6-3
\n3. #71 Eszter Meri (TEX) def. Brooklyn Olson<\/a> (OM) 6-0, 6-0
\n4. Christasha McNeil (TEX) def. Andrea Nova<\/a> (OM) 6-2, 6-2
\n5. Elizabeth Ionescu (TEX) def. Riley Crowder<\/a> (OM) 0-6, 6-1, 6-1
\n6. Beatrice Stagno<\/a> (OM) vs. M Ngijol-Carre (TEX) 6-3, 5-3, unfinished
\nOrder of finish: Doubles (1, 3, 2); Singles (3, 2, 4, 5)
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