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Lady Rebels Win 15th Straight Against Mississippi State
4/10/2004 | Women's Tennis
April 10, 2004
STARKVILLE, Miss. - The Ole Miss women's tennis team downed arch-rival Mississippi State, 5-1, Saturday afternoon at the A.J. Pitts Centre to win its 15th straight against the Lady Bulldogs (6-13, 1-10). With the win, the Lady Rebels improved to 11-10 overall and 3-8 in the SEC as they get ready for the SEC Tournament next weekend.
Ole Miss got on the board first by taking the doubles point with wins at all three positions. Chloe Carlotti and Virginia Tomatis, ranked No. 27 in the nation, improved to 14-5 at No . 1 doubles with a 8-6 win over State's Magdi Rekasi and Anastasia Kugakolova. Karem Harboe and Florencia Basile won easily at No. 3 , 8-3, to move their record to 14-5.
In singles, Ole Miss dominated early to win the first set on five of the six courts. Harboe made it 2-0, when she downed Tarryn Rudman 6-0, 6-1 on court three. Tomatis blanked her opponent, Yumi Ueda, 6-0, 6-0, on court five to give the Lady Rebels a 3-0 lead.
Junior All-American Carlotti finished off the Lady Bulldogs with her 6-1, 6-1 win over State's Marcelle Hirt at the top spot. Carlotti, ranked No. 63 in the nation, is now 12-8 at No. 1 singles.
"They came out with a lot fire in doubles. It was senior day and they had a lot people there. We played well and were able to sweep the doubles. We jumped on them early in singles and never gave them a chance. We are proud of the girls for carrying the momentum into singles. State had been playing well lately, and it so it was impressive for us to take care of business."
Basile cruised to a 6-2, 6-2 win over Rekasi and No. 4 singles to round out the scoring. State's lone point came at No. 2 singles where Kugakolova defeated Lady Rebel Sabrina Peppl, 7-5, 6-2. Audra Adams led Lady Bulldog Justyn Switala 6-3, 5-2 before the match was suspended due to rain. Ole Miss now leads the all-time series with Mississippi State 41-5. The last time Mississippi State defeated Ole Miss was back in 1989 when Andy Jackson (current men's coach at Florida) coached the team and led the Bulldogs to a 7-2 win. The Lady Rebels will turn their attention to the SEC Tournament which begins Thursday April 15 in Nashville, Tenn. The bracket for the tournament will be released following the conclusion of SEC regular season play, Sunday.
#54 Ole Miss 5 Mississippi State 1
DOUBLES #1 Carlotti/Tomatis (OM) def. Rekasi/Kugakolova (MSU) 8-6 #2 Peppl/Adams (OM) def. H. Rudman/T. Rudman (MSU) 9-8(4) #3 Harboe/Basile (OM) def. Hirt/Switala (MSU) 8-3 SINGLES #1 Chloe Carlotti (OM) def. Marcelle Hirt (MSU) 6-1, 6-1 #2 Anastasia Kugakolova (MSU) def. Sabrina Peppl (OM) 7-5, 6-2 #3 Karem Harboe (OM) def. Tarryn Rudman (MSU) 6-0, 6-1 #4 Florencia Basile (OM) def. Magda Rekasi (MSU) 6-2, 6-2 #5 Virginia Tomatis (OM) def. Yumi Ueda (MSU) 6-0, 6-0 #6 Audra Adams (OM) vs. Justyn Switala (MSU) 6-3, 5-2 OM, sus.
