He would break Selin to go ahead 6-5, but Selin got it back to force a tiebreaker. Acuna, a sophomore, began his comeback getting it to 5-5. It appeared the Rebels were on their way to reaching the quarterfinals, when Selin went up 4-0 in the third and had a game point to go ahead 5-0. Martin Selin won the first set 6-4 in his match against Diego Acuna, but Acuna came back strong in the second set, 6-1. Ole Miss needed one point to win the match and looked to its two seniors. Berg would go on to take the third set 6-4 to get within 3-2 with courts two and four in the third sets. Rebel Paul Ciorascu was down a set 6-3 against Johan Berg on court five, but he rallied to win the second 6-3. The win marks Hartman's first win over a top 10 opponent this year. He carried that momentum into the second set, which he won 6-1. The two battled back and forth in the first set going to a tiebreaker, where Hartman picked it up a notch to win 7-2. 3 ranked player, Al Garland in straight sets to give the Rebels a 3-1 lead. Junior All-American Alex Hartman played one of his best matches of the year knocking off the nation's No. ![]() Both Gard and Lindholm finished a combined 40-6 for the Rebels. He ended the year 22-2 in dual matches and won nine in a row.įreshman Catalin Gard won his eighth match in a row when he downed the Waves' Calle Hansen 6-0, 6-3 at the No. Sophomore Claes Lindholm defeated Pepperdine's Sebastien Graeff 6-1, 6-4 at No. Ole Miss gained a 2-1 lead by winning where they have all year, at Nos. Ole Miss went 16-0 this year when winning the doubles point, but only 3-6 when losing the opening point. Pepperdine has lost the doubles point only three times all season-to California, Notre Dame and Purdue. ![]() 3 match was tied 6-6 when the point was clinched. Pepperdine got on the board first by winning the doubles point. Overall it was a great team effort, we just lost." ![]() We had Pepperdine where we wanted them, they just battled back. We had game point to go up 5-0 in the third set on court four, and if we win that, we feel like we are going to win the match. "We positioned ourselves to win the match," head coach Billy Chadwick said. With the loss, the Rebels end their season at 19-6, while Pepperdine (24-5) goes on to face Georgia in the quarterfinals. COLLEGE STATION, Texas - The ninth-seed Ole Miss men's tennis team lost a hard-fought 4-3 match to eighth seed Pepperdine in the NCAA "Sweet Sixteen" Saturday at the Texas A&M Tennis Center.
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