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Lady Rebel Netters Defeat Auburn 5-2 On The Road
3/7/2004 | Women's Tennis
March 7, 2004
AUBURN, Ala. - The 27th-ranked Ole Miss women's tennis team won a huge doubles point and then carried the momentum into singles play, on their way to a 5-2 victory over Auburn Sunday afternoon at the Luther Young Tennis Complex. With the win, the Lady Rebels improved to 7-5 overall and 1-3 in the SEC, while Auburn fell to 6-6 and 1-3 in conference play.
The Lady Rebels have now won 13 of the last 15 meetings against the Tigers, including back-to-back wins.
"Any time you get an SEC win on the road it's great," head coach Mark Beyers said. "We got off to a great start, winning the doubles and then we jumped on them (Auburn) early on courts five and six. We never really gave them a chance to get back in the match. Now we have two non-conference matches, which should give us some confidence."
Ole Miss won at all three positions in doubles to take the early 1-0 lead. After claiming the No. 2 spot 9-7, Chloe Carlotti and Virginia Tomatis won a tiebreaker, 9-8(5) against the Auburn tandem of Petra Bercik and Carolina Ramirez at the top spot to clinch the point. They are now 8-2 at No. 1 doubles.
Senior Florencia Basile dominated Sarah Suitor, 6-1, 6-0, at No. 5 singles to make it 2-0 Lady Rebels. She improved to 10-2 in dual matches and has won 10 of her last 12 matches. Tomatis increased the lead to 3-0, when she downed Liz Sauerborn 6-3, 6-3 at the No. 4 position.
Carlotti, ranked No. 96 in the nation, defeated Auburn's Petra Bercik, 6-3, 6-4, to clinch the win and snap a two-match losing streak.
With the match already decided, freshman Emily Ladyman beat AU's Nancy Peaden in three sets on court six to make it 5-0. Auburn came back to win on court three and then also picked up a win at No. 2 singles for the final 5-2 score.
The Lady Rebels will step out of conference play to host Middle Tennessee Wednesday at 2 p.m. before facing New Orleans Sunday at 1 p.m.
#27 Ole Miss 5
Auburn 2
DOUBLES
#1 Carlotti/Tomatis (OM) def. Bercik/Ramirez (AU) 9-8 (7-5)
#2 Ladyman/Peppl (OM) def. Sauerborn/Suitor (AU) 9-7
#3 Basile/Harboe (OM) def. Cowart/Rosenbrock (AU) 8-6
SINGLES
#1 Chloe Carlotti (OM) def. Petra Bercik (AU) 6-3, 6-4
#2 Carolina Ramirez (AU) def. Karem Harboe (OM) 7-5, 6-3
#3 Isabel Rosenbrock (AU) def. Sabrina Peppl (OM) 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
#4 Virginia Tomatis (OM) def. Liz Sauerborn (AU) 6-3, 6-3
#5 Florencia Basile (OM) def. Sarah Suitor (AU) 6-1, 6-0
#6 Emily Ladyman (OM) def. Nancy Peaden (AU) 6-0, 4-6, 1-0 (11-9)
