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No. 10 Rebels Defeat LSU 4-2
3/30/2018 | Women's Tennis
BATON ROUGE, La. - Every road match in the SEC is tough, and LSU gave the No. 10-ranked Ole Miss women's tennis team everything they wanted Friday, but the Rebels came away with a gritty 4-2 win at the LSU Tennis Complex.
The Rebels struck first, winning the doubles point. No. 7 ranked Arianne Hartono and Alexa Bortles won 6-1 on court one. After LSU won on court two 6-2, Allie Sanford and Tereza Janatova closed out the point with a 6-2 win on court three.
Each team won three first sets in singles. Janatova gave the Rebels a 2-0 lead when she put up a double-bagel against Ashton Rabalais at No. 6 singles.
LSU answered with straight-set wins on courts four and three to tie the match at 2-2, but Hartono and Bortles finished off straight-set wins to close out the match 4-2. Hartono defeated Ryann Foster 6-4, 6-3 on court one and Bortles topped Luba Vasilyuk 7-5, 6-1 on court five.
Quick Hits…
• The Rebels are now 14-5 overall, 5-4 in the SEC.
• The Rebels improved to 7-1 on the road this year, including 4-1 in SEC matches.
• The Rebels have now won five straight doubles points.
• Arianne Hartono moved to 14-2 at No. 1 singles, 7-2 in the SEC.
• Tereza Janatova improved to 6-1 overall and 4-0 in dual matches.
• Alexa Bortles improved to 12-8 overall.
• Hartono and Bortles improved to 19-8 overall, 10-3 at No. 1 doubles.
#10 Ole Miss 4, LSU 2
Doubles
1. #7 Arianne Hartono/Alexa Bortles (OM) def. #27 Jessica Golovin/Eden Richardson (LSU) 6-1
2. Ryann Foster/Kennan Johnson (LSU) def. Sabina Machalova/Tea Jandric (OM) 6-2
3. Allie Sanford/Tereza Janatova (OM) def. Luba Vasilyuk/Ashton Rabalais (LSU) 6-2
Order of Finish: 1, 2, 3
Singles
1. #17 Arianne Hartono (OM) def. Ryann Foster (LSU) 6-4, 6-3
2. #90 Sabina Machalova (OM) vs. #120 Eden Richardson (LSU) 2-6, 6-2, 1-5, sus.
3. Jessica Golovin (LSU) def. #82 Tea Jandric (OM) 6-3, 6-3
4. Kennan Johnson (LSU) def. Anna Vrbenska (OM) 6-2, 6-3
5. Alexa Bortles (OM) def. Luba Vasilyuk (LSU) 7-5, 6-1
6. Tereza Janatova (OM) def. Ashton Rabalais (LSU) 6-0, 6-0
Order of Finish: 6, 4, 3, 5, 1
Courtside with Head Coach Mark Beyers...
"We are proud of the girls for picking up a third straight SEC road win against a good, well-coached LSU team in tough windy conditions. We are looking forward to trying to go 2-0 for the weekend on Sunday against Texas A&M."
Next up…
The Rebels continue on the road next facing Texas A&M Sunday at 12 p.m.
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