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The University of Mississippi Athletics
Ole Miss
Auburn
Ole Miss Defeats Auburn, 4-3
3/4/2001 | Men's Tennis
March 4, 2001
AUBURN, Ala. - The No. 9 nationally-ranked Ole Miss men's tennis team defeated 27th-ranked Auburn, 4-3, Sunday afternoon at the Luther Young Tennis Complex to go 1-1 on their road trip. The Rebels improve to 8-3 on the year and 2-1 in the SEC.
Ole Miss won the opening doubles point to take a 1-0 lead in the match. Auburn took the top spot, as ninth-ranked Georges Matijasevic and Tiago Ruffoni downed 21st-ranked James Shortall and Kristofer Stahlberg, 8-3. Martin Selin and Conor Casey defeated Rameez Junaid and Ryan Sanders, 8-4 at No. 3 doubles, and then Alex Hartman and Patrick Chucri defeated Mark Kovacs and Raitis Tukans, 9-7 at the No. 2 position to clinch the point.
In singles, 12th-ranked Shortall dominated 44th-ranked Ruffoni, 6-1, 6-2 at No. 2 singles. Stahlberg, ranked No. 38 in the nation, continued his assault on college tennis, by defeating Junaid, 7-6(5), 6-1 at No. 3 singles. He is undefeated in dual matches at 9-0 and has won nine in a row.
Auburn's Kovac put the Tigers on the board with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Rebel Paul Ciorascu at No. 5 singles. The Tiger's Andre Boz made it 3-2 when he defeated Ole Miss' Chucri, 6-2, 7-5 at No. 6 singles.
Seventh-ranked Hartman clinched the victory with a straight-set win over Matijasevic, 6-2, 7-6(3) at No. 1 singles. With the win sealed, Selin retired in the third set of his match against Estevam Strecker.
On Friday, the Rebels suffered a 4-3 setback at Alabama. Ole Miss lost the doubles point but then went ahead 3-2 with wins at Nos. 2, 3 and 4 singles. Alabama claimed a win at No. 1 and 5 singles, before rallying to clinch the win at No. 6 singles.
The Rebels head to Pensacola, Fla., where they will meet up with Division II powerhouse West Florida on March 8, before returning home to host Indiana on March 14.
#9 Ole Miss 4
#27 Auburn 3
SINGLES
#1 Alex Hartman (OM) def. George Matijasevic (AU) 6-2, 7-6(3) #2 James Shortall (OM) def. Tiago Ruffoni (AU) 6-1, 6-2 #3 Kristofer Stahlberg (OM) def. Rameez Junaid (AU) 7-6(5), 6-1 #4 Estevam Strecker (AU) def. Martin Selin (OM) 6-4, 3-6, 1-0, ret. #5 Mark Kovacs (AU) def. Paul Ciorascu (OM) 6-2, 6-3 #6 Andre Boz (AU) def. Patrick Chucri (AU) 6-2, 7-5
DOUBLES
#1 Matijasevic-Ruffoni (AU) def. Shortall-Stahlberg (OM) 8-3 #2 Hartman-Chucri (OM) def. Kovacs-Raitis Tukans (AU) 9-7 #3 Selin-Casey (OM) def. Junaid-Ryan Sanders (AU) 8-4
