UK junior Alex Hume picked up his third victory over a ranked opponent Sunday, but it wasn?t enough, as No. 5 Ole Miss sent No. 12 Kentucky to its second-consecutive defeat, 6-1, at the Palmer/Salloum Tennis Center in Oxford, Miss.

Kentucky (7-5, 0-2) produced solid doubles efforts at the Nos. two and three positions after dropping the first position, but the Rebels seized the doubles point. Juniors Alex Hume and Nate Emge held a 7-6 lead at the third doubles slot, but Ole Miss rallied to win three of the last four games to clinch the point.

The Rebels (10-1, 2-0) increased their lead to 3-0 with victories at the sixth and fourth singles positions before UK?s Hume answered with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Ole Miss? 52nd-ranked Jakob Klaeson. Ole Miss? fourth-ranked Catalin Gard clinched the win for the Rebels with a 6-4, 6-3 win over UK?s Witten at the first singles slot, ending Witten?s six-match win streak. Ole Miss added wins at the second and third singles slots for the final 6-1 margin.

Kentucky will look to rebound this Friday at home against South Carolina. The match is set for 1 p.m. EST at the Boone Tennis Center.

No. 5 Ole Miss, 6, No. 12 Kentucky 1

Doubles

1. Gard/Claesson (UM) def. No. 49 Martirosyan/Witten (UK) – 8-2
2. Tveit/Aarum (UM) vs. Emery/Sundh (UK) – 8-7, susp.
3. Klaeson/ten Berge (UM) def. Emge/Hume (UK) – 9-7

Singles

1. No. 4 Catalin Gard (UM) def. No. 3 Jesse Witten (UK) – 6-4, 6-3
2. Eric Claesson (UM) def. Matt Emery (UK) – 6-4, 6-2
3. Erling Tveit (UM) def. No. 41 Nate Emge (UK) – 6-2, 6-7(6), 10-7
4. Fredrik Aarum (UM) def. Tigran Martirosyan (UK) – 6-3, 6-0
5. Alex Hume (UK) def. No. 52 Jakob Klaeson (OM) – 6-4, 6-2
6. Juan Pablo Di Cesare (UM) def. Nolan Polley (UK) – 6-2, 6-3