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Lady Rebel Netters Shut Out LSU On The Road
4/15/2000 | Women's Tennis
April 15, 2000
BATON ROUGE, La. - The No. 15 nationally-ranked Ole Miss women's tennis team shut out 34th-ranked LSU 6-0 Saturday afternoon at the Dub Robinson Tennis Stadium to secure a first round bye in the upcoming SEC Tournament.
With the win, the Lady Rebels improve to 15-6 overall 8-3 in the SEC, while LSU drops to 13-9 and 3-8. Ole Miss will be the fourth seed in the SEC Championships, which will take place April 20-23 at the Palmer/Salloum Tennis Center on the campus of the University of Mississippi.
The Lady Rebels did not drop a set in singles on their way to a second consecutive shutout. They downed South Carolina 6-0 last weekend. Alesya Ignatieva dominated the Lady Tigers' Tami Botts 6-1, 6-1 at No. 5 singles and Irena Mihailova defeated Amy McIlhaney 6-4, 6-4 at No. 6 singles.
Senior Mariana Eberle, ranked No. 66 in the nation, downed Fernanda Tsucamoto 6-1, 6- 4 at the third spot to give Ole Miss a 3-0 lead and then 39th-ranked Celeste Frey handed 66th-ranked Ana Paula Mores a 6-3, 6-4 loss at No. 2 singles.
Ivona Mihailova, who is ranked No. 17 in the nation, recorded her second straight top 20 win as she defeated 10th-ranked Bruna Colosio 6-3, 6-4 at the top spot to clinch the victory for the Lady Rebels. Last weekend, she beat 20th-ranked Katarina Markovski of South Carolina. Mihailova ended Colosio's 12 match winning streak.
Freshman Mira Radu won her sixth match in a row, topping LSU's Lauren Haddix 7-5, 6- 3 at No. 5 singles to close out the match.
With the match won in singles, the two teams elected not to play the doubles. Ole Miss extended its winning streak against LSU to nine straight. The Lady Rebels have not lost to LSU since 1991.
The Lady Rebels will get ready to defend their SEC Tournament title this week as they host the SEC Championships. The tournament bracket will be announced following the completion of regular season play Sunday.
#15 Ole Miss 6, #34 LSU 0
SINGLES
#1 Ivona Mihailova (OM) def. Bruna Colosio (LSU) 6-3, 6-4
#2 Celeste Frey (OM) def. Ana Paula Mores (LSU) 6-3, 6-4
#3 Mariana Eberle (OM) def. Fernanda Tsucamoto (LSU) 6-3, 6-4
#4 Mira Radu (OM) def. Lauren Haddix (LSU) 7-5, 6-3
#5 Alesya Ignatieva (OM) def. Tami Botts (LSU) 6-1, 6-1
#6 Irena Mihailova (OM) def. Amy McIlhaney (LSU) 6-4, 6-4
Doubles were not played
