Lady Rebel Somers Grabs Top 10 Win On Sunday

OXFORD, Miss. For the third straight match, senior Ilona Somers grabbed a big win, knocking off Georgia’s No. 7 ranked Natalie Frazier, 6-4, 6-3, Sunday afternoon at the Palmer/Salloum Tennis Center.  Georgia won the overall match 6-1.

Somers, ranked No. 74 in the nation, notched wins over the No. 23 player last weekend, and the No. 35 player on Friday and is now 13-6 at No.1 singles and 5-4 in the SEC. 

“I knew I could beat these players, if I just kept working hard,” said Somers, after her win against Frazier.  “I love playing these type of matches. It elevates my game to another level.  It’s obviously tough with the team’s situation, but I just have to stay positive and try to win my matches.  Hopefully I can continue to play well and get some more big wins to get into the NCAA Singles Championship.”

Georgia (17-1, 9-1) swept the doubles and then only lost seven games total in the other singles matches on their way to the win. 

The Lady Rebels (4-16, 0-9) will head to Gainesville, Fla., Wednesday to conclude their match against Florida, which was postponed earlier in the season due to inclement weather.  Following that match, Ole Miss will return home to host arch-rival Mississippi State in the final regular season match Saturday at 1 p.m.

DOUBLES

#1 Y. Hyndman/Ivanov (UGA) def. Somers/Podlipnik (OM) 8-4

#2 Dancevic/K. Hyndman (UGA) def. Koukhartchouk/Tokarieva (OM) 8-4

#3 Frazier/Ueshima (UGA) def. Subramanian/Cochran (OM) 8-3

SINGLES

#1 Ilona Somers (OM) def. Natalie Frazier (UGA) 6-4, 6-3

#2 Monika Dancevic (UGA) def. Nika Koukhartchouk (OM) 6-1, 6-1

#3 Yvette Hyndman (UGA) def. Kseniia Tokarieva (OM) 6-0, ret.

#4 Kelley Hyndman (UGA) def. Soledad Podlipnik (UGA) 6-1, 6-2

#5 Darya Ivanov (UGA) def. Preethi Subrmanian (OM) 6-1, 6-1

#6 Naoko Ueshima (UGA) def. Carlin Cochran (OM) 6-0, 6-0

The University of Mississippi Athletics

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