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Victories over a rival are always sweet, but they're even sweeter when you've never won before. The University of Memphis men's tennis team beat No. 13 Tennessee on Friday, their first victory over the Volunteers in program history.
In a third-set tiebreaker to decide the match, sophomore Joe Salisbury defeated No. 119 Hunter Reese to give the Tigers their first win of the season.
Down 5-6 in the third set, Salisbury held serve to notch the set at 6-6 and send the match into a tiebreaker. Reese controlled the tiebreaker with a 4-3 advantage when Salisbury reeled off four straight points, winning the match 1-6, 7-6, 6-6 (7-4) and giving the Tigers a win in their season opener.
After Tennessee won the doubles matches 2-1 and beat the Tigers in the first two singles matches, Memphis won the final four singles matches thanks to Connor Glennon, David O'Leary, Leon Nasemann, and Salisbury.
The win is the best in the program's history with the only other wins over ranked opponents coming against the No. 47 Oklahoma State Cowboys last season and William & Mary in March of 2003.
The Memphis tennis team next takes on Tennessee Tech on Friday at 6 p.m.
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