Ole Miss lost to Arkansas 3-1 on Sunday at the Gillom Athletics Performance Center, dropping the final two sets after rallying to win the second. The Rebels fell to 8-16 overall and 2-11 in Southeastern Conference play. Arkansas improved to 13-11 and 5-8.
Jorda Crook paced Ole Miss with 13 kills, three blocks and two service aces. Shayla Meyer had 12 kills and 11 digs, hitting .310, while Vivianna Samaniego recorded 37 assists and 10 digs. Rileigh Butler made a career-high 15 digs.
Arkansas took the opening set 25-20 after building an 18-12 lead. Ole Miss cut the gap to three behind two kills from Melia Johnson and another from Meyer, but the Razorbacks held on.
The Rebels answered with a 25-22 second-set win. Crook supplied five early kills, and Ryea Jackson contributed a kill and a block during a 3-0 run that put Ole Miss ahead 10-8. After Arkansas tied the score at 12, the Rebels pulled away with a 6-2 stretch, using blocks from Keirstyn Carlton, Crook and Jaidyn Hartsfield. Arkansas hit .057 in the set.
Ole Miss rallied from a 10-6 deficit in the third and tied the score at 20, with Crook adding six kills and Hartsfield contributing two key swings. Arkansas capitalized on Rebels errors to win the set 25-22.
In the fourth, Crook had a service ace and Meyer added three kills, but Arkansas led 15-10 before the technical timeout and maintained its advantage to close out a 25-14 set win.
Ole Miss was scheduled to travel to No. 13 Texas for a Friday match at 6:30 p.m. Central time. The match was set to stream on SEC Network Plus.
