Ole Miss tennis sweeps Alcorn State
Published 9:57 am Sunday, February 10, 2019
- Ole Miss’ Tim Sandkaulen plays against Alcorn State at the William F. Galtney Indoor Tennis Center in Oxford, Miss. on Saturday, February 10, 2019. (Bruce Newman, Oxford Eagle)
OXFORD, Miss.– The Ole Miss Men’s Tennis team continued its home dominance with two 4-0 sweeps of Alcorn State on Saturday at the William F. Galtney Indoor Tennis Center.
Ole Miss is now 5-3 on the season and undefeated at home. Sophomore Cotter Wilson is also undefeated in four home matches. Wilson did not surrender a game all day in singles and doubles action.
MATCH 1: Ole Miss 4, Alcorn State 0
Wilson and teammate Fabian Fallert got the winning ways rolling with a swift 6-0 doubles decision. The duo of Tim Sandkaulen and Karlo Kranic provided a 6-2 victory to push the Rebels out front 1-0 early. Sebastian Rios and Simon Junk were leading 5-2 when the point was clinched. Wilson and Fallert’s tandem moved to 4-0 on the season.
In singles play, freshman Simon Junk was the first to complete his match, 6-2, 6-0, putting Ole Miss ahead 2-0. Wilson (6-0, 6-0) and Rios (6-0, 6-2) finished soon afterwards to give the Rebels a 4-0 victory.
MATCH 2: Ole Miss 4, Alcorn State 0
The second game went straight to singles competition. Alcorn State (0-10) withdrew its No. 1 player after the first match. The shuffling of players did not slow the Rebels’ momentum down.
Kranic and Wilson went unblemished, 6-0, 6-0, giving Ole Miss a quick 2-0 advantage. Rios followed with another dominant performance, 6-0, 6-1. The clincher came on court one when Sandkaulen prevailed in the final point for a 6-0, 6-4 decision.
RESULTS
MATCH 1
1. F. Fallert/ C. Wilson def. N. Rocha/ J. Parat, 6-0
2. T. Sandkaulen/ K. Kranic def. G. Popovski/ S. Stojanovski, 6-2
3. S. Rios/ S. Junk vs. I. Matas/ S. Rocca, 5-2 unfinished
1. T. Sandkaulen vs. G. Popovski, 7-5, 0-0, unfinished
2. F. Fallert vs. J. Parat, 6-3, 1-2, unfinished
3. K. Kranic vs. S. Stojanovski, 6-4, 0-1, unfinished
4. S. Junk def. I. Matas, 6-2, 6-0
5. C. Wilson def. Nuno Rocha, 6-0, 6-0
6. S. Rios def. S. Rocca, 6-0, 6-2
MATCH 2
1. T. Sandkaulen def. J. Parat, 6-0, 6-4
2. F. Fallert vs. S. Stojanovski, 6-2, 5-2, unfinished
3. K. Kranic def. Ivan Matas, 6-0, 6-0
4. S. Junk vs. N. Rocha, 6-3, 5-0, unfinished
5. C. Wilson def. S. Rocca, 6-0, 6-0
6. S. Rios def. K. Bowe, 6-0, 6-1
Ole Miss’ next match will be at the Blue Gray National Tennis Classic on Feb. 22-23 in Montgomery, Ala.