Lady Rebel Netters Fall To Auburn 6-1

OXFORD, Miss. The Ole Miss women’s tennis team fell to Auburn 6-1 Sunday afternoon at the Palmer/Salloum Tennis Center to drop to 4-9 overall and 0-3 in the SEC.  Auburn improved to 7-5 overall and 1-2 in the SEC.

The Lady Rebels fell behind early after losing the doubles point.  Nika Koukhartchouk and Soledad Podlipnik posted an 8-4 win at No. 3 doubles, but it was not enough, as Auburn rallied to win 8-6 at No. 1 doubles to clinch the point.

In singles, Auburn gained quick victories at Nos. 3 and 5 to go up 3-0.  Ole Miss got on the board, when Podlipnik finished off her 6-2, 6-3 win over Whitney Chappell at No .4 singles.

It would not be enough as the Tiger’s Melissa Koning won a first set tiebreaker against Lady Rebel Tokarieva on court two and went on to claim the second set 6-2 for the clinching victory.

The remaining two matches went three sets with Auburn taking both for the final 6-1 score.

The Lady Rebels will travel to Mobile, Ala., to take on the South Alabama Jaguars Wednesday at 11 a.m.

DOUBLES

#1 Koning/Haney (AU) def. Somers/Tokarieva (OM) 8-6

#2 Chifchieva/Chappell (AU) def. Cochran/Subramanian (OM) 8-2

#3 Koukhartchouk/Podlipnik (OM) def. Hastenrath/Adams (AU) 8-4

SINGLES

#1 Fani Chifchieva (AU) def. Ilona Somers (OM) 6-3, 1-6, 6-4

#2 Melissa Koning (AU) def. Kseniia Tokarieva (OM) 7-6, 6-2

#3 Alex Haney (AU) def. Nika Koukhartchouk (OM) 6-0, 6-0

#4 Soledad Podlipnik (AU) def. Whitney Chappell (OM) 6-2, 6-3

#5 Jill Hastenrath (AU) def. Preethi Subramanian (OM) 6-1, 6-0

#6 Kelly Adams (AU) def. Carlin Cochran (OM) 6-2, 4-6, 1-0(3)

The University of Mississippi Athletics

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