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No. 10 Ole Miss Downs Arkansas, 4-1
2/23/2001 | Men's Tennis
Feb. 23, 2001
FAYETTEVILLE, ARK. - The #10 ranked Ole Miss men's tennis team got its SEC portion of the season off to a good start with a 4-1 win over Arkanasas at the UA Indoor Facility.
The Rebels (6-2, 1-0) got off to a quick start by winning the doubles point when Ole Miss' James Shortall and Kristofer Stahlberg defeated Arkansas' Oskar Johansson and Henrik Tofft, 9-8 in a tie breaker. Alex Hartman and Patrick Chucri defeated the Razorbacks' Magnus Kullenberg and Eddie Pacheco, 8-2. The Rebels's lone loss in doubles came when Arkansas' Aleksey Bubis and Oggie Kolev defeated Paul Ciorascu and Conor Casey, 8-4.
In No. 1 singles, Ole Miss' Alex Hartman was defeated by Oskar Johansson 6-4, 4-6, 6-2.
But Ole Miss got wins from Shortall, who defeated Tofft 7-6, 6-2 in No. 2 singles. Stahlberg defeated Tiago Azevedo 6-3, 6-4 in No. 3 singles. In No. 4 singles, Martin Selin defeated Kullenberg, 3-6, 7-5, 6-1 to wrap up the victory for the Rebels.
The Rebels will be back in action on March 2nd, when they travel to Tuscaloosa, Ala., to take on the Alabama Crimson Tide.
OLE MISS 4, ARKANSAS 1
Singles1. Oskar Johansson (UA) def. Alex Hartman 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
2. James Shortall (UM) def. Henrik Tofft 7-6, 6-2
3. Kristofer Stahlberg (UM) def. Tiago Azevedo 6-3, 6-4
4. Martin Selin (UM) def. Magnus Kullenberg 3-6, 7-5, 6-1
Doubles
1. Shortall/Stahlberg (UM) def. Johansson/Tofft 9-8
2. Chucri/Hartman (UM) def. Kullenberg/Pacheco 8-2
3. Bubis/Kolev (UA) def. Casey/Ciorascu 8-4
