Ole Miss’ Arianne Hartono captures women’s tennis’ first national championship
Published 3:27 pm Monday, May 28, 2018
- BILL KALLENBERG Ole Miss tennis player Arianne Hartono, center, with assistant coach Grant Roberts, left, and head coach Mark Beyers, holds the NCAA championship trophy after defeating Pepperdine’s Ashley Lahey 6-4, 6-2, to take the singles crown at the Wake Forest Tennis Complex in Winston-Salem, N.C.Hartono is the first player in program history to win an NCAA Championship.
Ole Miss women’s tennis player Arianne Hartono capped her historic week at the top.
Hartono became the first player in program history to win a national championship Monday at the Wake Forest Tennis Complex. Hartono, a senior, defeated Pepperdine’s Ashley Lahey 6-4, 6-2 to claim the singles title.
Hartono was the first Ole Miss player to ever play for a national championship after rallying from a set down and saving a pair of second-set match points Sunday against Pepperdine’s Mayar Sherif before winning a third-set tiebreaker to snap Sherif’s 18-match winning streak and advance to the championship match. Hartono’s last three wins came against Pepperdine players.
The women’s SEC Player of the Year, Hartono finished the season 37-6 and capped her career with 17 straight victories.