OXFORD, Miss. – Opening its final weekend of regular-season competition, No. 21 Vanderbilt dropped a 4-0 decision Thursday afternoon to No. 26 Ole Miss at the Palmer/Salloum Tennis Center.
After a doubles decision that saw Ole Miss (10-7, 6-5 SEC) take wins at Nos. 1 and 3, Anessa Lee and Marcella Cruz earned first-set singles wins with Lee cruising through the first set 6-0 and Cruz coming from behind to take a 7-5 win. Both matches went unfinished, though, as Vanderbilt (12-8, 4-8 SEC) dropped matches on Nos. 2, 3 and 5.
The Commodores will close the regular season on Saturday afternoon with a visit to No. 41 Mississippi State. First serve is slated for 1 p.m. CT. After that, it will turn its attention to the SEC Tournament in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, which is set to start on April 19.
Results
Singles
1. #28 Sabina Machalova (OM) vs. #49 Christina Rosca (VU) 6-4, 5-4, unfinished
2. #63 Tiphanie Fiquet (OM) def. Emma Kurtz (VU) 6-2, 6-3
3. #110 Tereza Janatova (OM) def. Anna Ross (VU) 6-2, 6-4
4. Anna Vrbenska (OM) vs. Anessa Lee (VU) 0-6, 5-4, unfinished
5. Lillian Gabrielsen (OM) def. Holly Staff (VU) 6-3, 6-4
6. Reka Zadori (OM) vs. Marcella Cruz (VU) 5-7, 2-3, unfinished
Doubles
1. Alexa Bortles/Anna Vrbenska (OM) def. #54 Anna Ross/Holly Staff (VU) 6-3
2. Sabina Machalova/Tiphanie Fiquet (OM) vs. #58 Emma Kurtz/Marcella Cruz (VU) 5-4, unfinished
3. Tereza Janatova/Lillian Gabrielsen (OM) def. Christina Rosca/Anessa Lee (VU) 6-4
Match Notes:
Vanderbilt 12-8, 4-8 SEC; National ranking #21
Ole Miss 10-7, 6-5 SEC; National ranking #26
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1); Singles (2,3,5)
Official: Steven Sciple T-2:15 A-78
