Lady Rebel Netters Fall To No. 20 Texas 6-1

AUSTIN, Texas Playing shorthanded, the 49^th-ranked Ole Miss women’s tennis team dropped a 6-1 decision to No. 20 Texas on the road Friday afternoon.  With the loss, the Lady Rebels fell to 3-2 on the season, while Texas improved to 3-0.

With only five players available, the Lady Rebels would have to win the top two doubles spots to take the point.  Ilona Somers and Kseniia Tokarieva posted an 8-5 win against UT’s Sarah Lancaster and Courtney Zauft at No. 1 doubles, but the Longhorns took the No. 2 match 8-5 to clinch the point.

The Longhorns raced out to big leads on all five singles courts and Ole Miss could never recover.  After Ole Miss had to default the No. 6 singles match because of injury, UT gained straight-set victories on courts three and five to seal the win.

Somers improved to 4-0 at No. 1 singles with a comeback win against UT’s Petra Dizar.  The lone senior on the team lost the first set 6-4, but won the second 7-5. Since the overall match was already decided they played a supertiebreaker, which Somers prevailed 15-13.

The Lady Rebels will return home to host Southeastern Louisiana Thursday, Feb. 15 at 2 p.m. at the Palmer/Salloum Tennis Center, weather permitting. 

#20 Texas  6

#49 Ole Miss  1

DOUBLES

#1 Somers/Tokarieva (OM) def. Lancaster/Zauft (UT) 8-5

#2 Dizdar/Olson (UT) def. Koukhartchouk/Podlipnik (OM 8-5

#3 Default Ole Miss

SINGLES

#1 Petra Dizdar (UT) def. Ilona Somers (OM) 4-6, 7-5, 1-0 (13)

#2 Courtney Zauft (UT) def. Kseniia Tokarieva (OM) 6-0, 6-2

#3 Vanja Corovic (UT) def. Nika Koukhartchouk (OM) 6-0, 6-1

#4 Sarah Lancaster (UT) def. Soledad Podlipnik (OM) 6-3, 6-2

#5 Ristine Olson (UT) def. Carlin Cochran (OM) 6-2, 7-6(2)

#6 Default Ole Miss

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