Rebel Netters Top TCU 5-2

WACO, Texas -- The No. 9 nationally ranked Ole Miss men’s tennis team topped 32nd-ranked TCU 5-2 Thursday at the Baylor Tennis Center in their first outdoor match of the season.  The Rebels improved to 7-1 on the season as they get set to face No. 10 Baylor Friday at 3 p.m.  

Ole Miss fell behind early after dropping the doubles point.  The fourth-ranked pair of Jonas Berg and Bram ten Berge lost 8-3 at No. 1 and then Devin Britton and Tucker Vorster lost 8-4 at No. 2.

The Rebels got on the board when junior Kalle Norberg, ranked No. 32 in the nation, downed TCU’s Zach Nichols 6-2, 6-2 at No. 3 singles.  Freshman Marcel Thiemann defeated TCU’s Casey Powers 6-1, 7-5 at No. 6 to give Ole Miss a 2-1 lead.

Bram ten Berge made it 3-1 with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Christopher Price at No. 4 singles, and then Jonas Berg clinched the victory by defeating Kriegler Brink 6-2, 7-6(2) at the top spot.

“It was good to get this win in our first outdoor match,” head coach Billy Chadwick said.  “It was really windy. We had a great day, but we had to work hard to get the win.  We will need to step it up tomorrow against a very good Baylor team.”

Rebel freshman Otto Sauer won a third set supertiebreaker at No. 5 to complete the scoring.  TCU’s only singles win came when Slah Mbarek defeated 40th-ranked freshman Devin Britton in a third set tiebreaker. 

The Rebels and Bears will square off at 3 p.m. Friday.  Live scoring will be available by going to www.OleMissSports.com and clicking on the link in the calendar box. 

DOUBLES

1. Mbarek/Brink (TCU) def. (4) Berg/ten Berge (Miss.), 8-3

2. Nichols/Price (TCU) def. Britton/Tucker Vorster (Miss.), 8-4

3. Thiemann/Thiemann (Miss.) def. Simon/Seider (TCU), 8-1

Order of Finish: 3, 1, 2

SINGLES

1. Jonas Berg (OM) def. Kriegler Brink (TCU) 6-4, 7-6(2)

2. Slah Mbarek (TCU) def. Devin Britton (OM) 6-4, 5-7, 7-6(2)

3. Kalle Norberg (OM) def. Zach Nichols (TCU) 6-2, 6-2

4. Bram ten Berge (OM) def. Christopher Price (TCU) 6-3, 6-3

5. Otto Sauer (OM) def. Adrian Simon (TCU) 7-6(3), 6-7(5), 10-8

6. Marcel Thiemann (OM) def. Casey Powers (TCU) 6-1, 7-5

Order of Finish: 3, 6, 4, 1, 2, 5

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