The University of Mississippi Athletics
Women's Tennis To Host Ole Miss Fall Classic
9/14/2006 | Women's Tennis
Play begins Friday at 9 a.m. Saturday’s action also begins at 9 a.m., with Sunday’s finals to start at 10:30 a.m. The tournament will include five flights of singles and two flights of doubles.
The field includes SEC teams
“We are really excited that we have the strongest field at the Fall Classic that we’ve had, with some top nationally-ranked players,” said assistant coach and tournament director Whitt Taber. “This is a great opportunity for our fans to come out this weekend and watch some high-level tennis for free.”
The Lady Rebels will have four players competing in the field led by All-SEC senior Ilona Somers. Somers, the defending champion of the Ole Miss Fall Classic went 20-10 last year, including 6-5 in the SEC to pick up all-conference honors. She won both the singles and doubles titles at last year’s event.
Junior Nika Koukhartchouk reached the final of the event last year where she lost to Somers in a hard-fought match. Carlin Cochran, one of five juniors on the squad, rounds out the list of returning players competing this weekend.
Making her debut, junior standout Elizabeth Wood, of Spring,
