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The University of Mississippi Athletics
Ole Miss
Auburn
No. 22 Rebels Drop Road Match at Auburn
3/18/2016 | Men's Tennis
AUBURN, Ala. - The No. 22 Ole Miss men's tennis team won the doubles point on the road at Auburn, but could not hang on in singles, falling 4-3 at the Yarbrough Tennis Center Friday.
The match began outdoors with the Rebels taking the doubles point in exciting fashion. For the second straight match, it came down to No. 3 doubles, where Stefan Lindmark and Gustav Hansson were able to win a tiebreaker 7-6(4) to clinch the point.
Singles began outdoors and the Rebels were up on most courts, before a 27-minute rain delay. Shortly after 4, play was moved indoors and the momentum started to shift. Auburn tied the match when Max Hinnisdaels defeated Lindmark 6-4, 7-5 at No. 1 singles.
The Rebels briefly regained the lead when sophomore Grey Hamilton finished off Brandon Laubser 6-4, 6-4 at No. 5 singles.
Junior Ricardo Jorge was one of four Rebels to win their first set, but once play resumed indoors, his opponent, Olle Thestrup, turned the match around, winning the second set 6-2 and then winning the final two games of the third set for 6-4 to square the match at 2-2.
Freshman Fabian Fallert lost his first set to Dante Saleh 6-3, but hung in there in the second set to get to a tiebreaker. Saleh won the breaker 7-4 to hand the Tigers a 3-2 lead.
At the time, Hansson was up early in the third set against Marko Krickovic, but Auburn's Conner Huertas del Pino finished off a comeback against Rebel freshman Filip Kraljevic 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 at No. 4 singles to clinch the win.
With Hansson up 4-1 in the third, Krickovic retired giving the Rebels the final point.
Notables…
• Ole Miss dropped to 7-5 overall, 2-3 in the SEC. They head to No. 24 Florida Sunday for a Noon CT match.
• Grey Hamilton improved to 4-1 in the SEC with his win.
• The Rebels have now won the doubles point in nine of their 12 matches.
• Fabian Fallert and Hamilton improved to 11-3 overall, 9-2 in dual matches and 5-0 in the SEC.
Quoting Head Coach Toby Hansson…
"We were in good position after the doubles and started off well in singles. Unfortunately, we were not able to continue the momentum. We need to put this match behind us and move forward. We have had some good memories against Florida and I know that the guys are hungry to bounce back on Sunday."
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