The University of Mississippi Athletics
Rebel Netters Defeat Tennessee
6/21/1999 | Men's Tennis
March 13, 1998
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - The eighth-ranked Ole Miss men's tennis team got solid production at the top four singles spots to defeat 23rd-ranked Tennessee 4-1 Thursday. The Rebels improve to 11-2 overall and 3-0 in the SEC, while snapping the Volunteers (8-2, 3-2) eight-match winning streak.
Tennessee took a 1-0 lead in the match after winning the doubles point. They swept all three doubles positions. Sebastien DeChaunac and Martin Sjoqvist lost to Chad Copenhaver and Mark Way 8-4 at No. 1 doubles. Sebastien Lami and Vikrant Chada dropped an 8-5 decision to Paul Podbury and Juan Gamboa at No. 2 doubles. At three doubles, James Shortall and Barry Hassell fell to Mark Fitzpatrick and Mark Parsons 8-4.
DeChaunac evened the match at 1-1 after he defeated Way 7-5, 6-3 at No. 2 singles. He has now won 26 of his last 27 SEC matches and has only lost one SEC match in the last two years.
Sjoqvist lost the first set in his match against Fitzpatrick at No. 3 singles, but came back to win 1-6, 6-1, 6-3 to give Ole Miss a 2-1 lead. Chada defeated Copenhaver 6-3, 5-7, 6-2 at No. 4 singles as the Rebels pulled out to a 3-1 advantage. Chada has won six in a row and eight of his last nine matches.
Rebel freshman Lami clinched the match for the Rebels in a three-hour marathon with Podbury at No. 1 singles. All three sets went to a tiebreaker with Lami taking the last two for the 6-7(3), 7-6(3), 7-6(7) win. This was Lami's first time to play No. 1 singles this year.
The Rebels have now won six in a row and will take a break from conference action, when they host South Florida March 18 at 2:00 p.m. at the Palmer/Salloum Tennis Center.
#23 Tennessee 1
#8 Ole Miss 4
SINGLES
#1 Sebastien Lami (OM) def. Paul Podbury (UT) 6-7(3), 7-6(3), 7-6(7)
#2 Sebasatien DeChaunac (OM) def. Mark Way (UT) 7-5, 6-3
#3 Martin Sjoqvist (OM) def. Mark Fitzpatrick (UT) 1-6, 6-1, 6-3
#4 Vikrant Chada (OM) def. Chad Copenhaver (UT) 6-3, 5-7, 6-2
#5 Anders Stenman (OM) vs. Mark Parsons (UT) 4-6, 6-3, sus.
#6 James Shortall (OM) vs. Juan Gamboa (UT) 3-6, 6-1, sus.
DOUBLES
#1 Copenhaver-Way (UT) def. DeChaunac-Sjoqvist (OM) 8-4
#2 Podbury-Gamboa (UT) def. Lami-Chada (OM) 8-5
#3 Fitzpatrick-Parsons (UT) def. Shortall-Barry Hassell (OM) 8-4
