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Friday, February 28
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No. 24 Women’s Tennis Falls in 4-3 Battle at Arkansas
2/28/2020 | Women's Tennis
Rebels Unable to Hold off Razorbacks in SEC Opener on Friday
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The red-hot No. 24 Ole Miss women's tennis team was quieted Friday, falling 4-3 to Arkansas in their SEC opener at Billingsley Tennis Center in Fayetteville.
The Rebels (8-3, 0-1 SEC) headed into singles with the advantage, after the senior duo of Tereza Janatova and Anna Vrbenska won 6-3, and the pairing of junior Sabina Machalova and senior Alexa Bortles clinched the point, winning 6-4 over the No. 22 ITA ranked duo of Lauren Alter and Tatum Rice.
Arkansas (6-3, 1-0 SEC) evened the contest with a two-set win on Court 5. Vrbenska soon answered for Ole Miss as she delivered a decisive two-setter of her own, 6-4, 6-3, and improved her dual record to 8-2 on the season.
The Razorbacks were quick to tie the match again with a victory on Court 1 as the theme of two-setters continued. Bortles gave Ole Miss its final lead after claiming the first set, 6-4 and finished the second set with a successful tiebreak, 7-6.
Freshman Victoire de Samucewicz nearly earned her first SEC win in her league debut. A product of Paris, France, de Samucewicz dropped the first, but battled back to force a third set. Laura Rijkers of Arkansas held tough and posted a 6-3 win to tie the match up once more.
As with the previous match, the deciding factor came down to Janatova, who led in her opening set 4-1, taking it 6-3 before falling in the second set 5-7 to enter into a third and final set to decide the contest. The finale would be tied as late as 4-4 before Rice would claim the last two games and snap the Rebels' four-match winning streak.
RESULTS
Arkansas 4, Ole Miss 3
M. Zerulo (Ark) def. No. 47 S. Machalova, 6-0, 6-4
T. Rice (Ark) def. T. Janatova, 3-6, 7-5, 6-4
A. Bortles def. J. Carr (Ark), 6-4, 7-6
A. Vrbenska def. Lauren Alter (Ark), 6-4, 6-3
K. Keller (Ark) def. K. Mize, 6-2, 6-2
L. Rijkers (Ark) def. V. de Samucewicz, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3
A. Bortles/S. Machalova def. No. 22 L. Alter/T. Rice (Ark), 6-4
A. Vrbenska/T. Janatova def. J. Carr/M. Zerulo (Ark), 6-3
K. Mize/G.A. Jones vs. L. Rijkers/T. Rice (Ark), 5-4, unfinished
UP NEXT
Ole Miss will host Kentucky in their conference home opener, welcoming the Wildcats Sunday for a 1 p.m. first serve. It is Oxford Country Club Day, where Ole Miss Men's Tennis alum Vinod Gowda will be honored.
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For more information on Ole Miss Women's Tennis, follow the Rebels on Twitter at @OleMissWTennis, on Facebook at OleMissWTennis and on Instagram at OleMissWTennis. Also follow Coach Beyers on Twitter, @MarkBeyers.
The Rebels (8-3, 0-1 SEC) headed into singles with the advantage, after the senior duo of Tereza Janatova and Anna Vrbenska won 6-3, and the pairing of junior Sabina Machalova and senior Alexa Bortles clinched the point, winning 6-4 over the No. 22 ITA ranked duo of Lauren Alter and Tatum Rice.
Arkansas (6-3, 1-0 SEC) evened the contest with a two-set win on Court 5. Vrbenska soon answered for Ole Miss as she delivered a decisive two-setter of her own, 6-4, 6-3, and improved her dual record to 8-2 on the season.
The Razorbacks were quick to tie the match again with a victory on Court 1 as the theme of two-setters continued. Bortles gave Ole Miss its final lead after claiming the first set, 6-4 and finished the second set with a successful tiebreak, 7-6.
Freshman Victoire de Samucewicz nearly earned her first SEC win in her league debut. A product of Paris, France, de Samucewicz dropped the first, but battled back to force a third set. Laura Rijkers of Arkansas held tough and posted a 6-3 win to tie the match up once more.
As with the previous match, the deciding factor came down to Janatova, who led in her opening set 4-1, taking it 6-3 before falling in the second set 5-7 to enter into a third and final set to decide the contest. The finale would be tied as late as 4-4 before Rice would claim the last two games and snap the Rebels' four-match winning streak.
RESULTS
Arkansas 4, Ole Miss 3
M. Zerulo (Ark) def. No. 47 S. Machalova, 6-0, 6-4
T. Rice (Ark) def. T. Janatova, 3-6, 7-5, 6-4
A. Bortles def. J. Carr (Ark), 6-4, 7-6
A. Vrbenska def. Lauren Alter (Ark), 6-4, 6-3
K. Keller (Ark) def. K. Mize, 6-2, 6-2
L. Rijkers (Ark) def. V. de Samucewicz, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3
A. Bortles/S. Machalova def. No. 22 L. Alter/T. Rice (Ark), 6-4
A. Vrbenska/T. Janatova def. J. Carr/M. Zerulo (Ark), 6-3
K. Mize/G.A. Jones vs. L. Rijkers/T. Rice (Ark), 5-4, unfinished
UP NEXT
Ole Miss will host Kentucky in their conference home opener, welcoming the Wildcats Sunday for a 1 p.m. first serve. It is Oxford Country Club Day, where Ole Miss Men's Tennis alum Vinod Gowda will be honored.
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For more information on Ole Miss Women's Tennis, follow the Rebels on Twitter at @OleMissWTennis, on Facebook at OleMissWTennis and on Instagram at OleMissWTennis. Also follow Coach Beyers on Twitter, @MarkBeyers.
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
2,1
#1 Singles Match
12
04
Martina Zerulo / 0 [ARK]
66
#2 Singles Match
123
654
Tatum Rice / 0 [ARK]
376
#3 Singles Match
12
67
Jackie Carr / 0 [ARK]
46
#4 Singles Match
12
66
Lauren Alter / 0 [ARK]
43
#5 Singles Match
12
22
Kelly Keller / 0 [ARK]
66
#6 Singles Match
123
163
Laura Rijkers / 0 [ARK]
636
Order of Finish:
5,4,1,6,3,2
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