Mississippi’s Zalina Khairudinova returns the ball during a match against Kentucky in Oxford, Miss., Sunday, March 16, 2014. (Photo/Thomas Graning)
The Ole Miss women’s tennis team will travel to Starkville on Sunday to face in-state rival Mississippi State.
The Rebels (10-5, 4-4 Southeastern Conference) will enter Sunday’s contest on a three-match winning streak, and all wins came over SEC opponents. The Rebels will look to surpass the .500 mark in their conference record this weekend.
The Bulldogs (9-9, 1-7 SEC) enter the game heading in a different direction. Mississippi State is on a four-match losing streak, and it has lost seven of its last eight matches. Its lone win came against Tennessee in Starkville on March 9.
Freshman Zalina Khairudinova will headline Sunday’s match for the Rebels. Khairudinova won last week’s SEC Freshman of the Week after going 4-1 in singles and doubles.
Ole Miss head coach Mark Beyers told Ole Miss Sports Information that his team is excited to be 4-4 in the SEC and that the Bulldogs look to give the Rebels a tough fight on the road.
Sunday’s contest is set for 1 p.m.
