STARKVILLE — On the heels of a successful 2023 season, Mississippi State men’s tennis was named the top team in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Southern Regional on Sunday.
Mississippi State, which won a regional championship in Starkville in May, finished ahead of Southeastern Conference opponents Ole Miss, LSU, Auburn and Alabama in ITA’s final regional rankings.
Overall, Mississippi State finished No. 16 in the country with a 21-8 record, including nine wins against ranked teams and a 17-1 record at home.
Individually, five players were ranked in the top 15 players in the region, with Nemanja Malesevic and Ewen Lumsden both ranked inside the top six. Malesevic was the highest-ranked Bulldog in the region at No. 4.
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