Dores host Mississippi St., Ole Miss

Vanderbilt currently sits in second place in the SEC Eastern Division

March 14, 2013

NASHVILLE – No. 13 Vanderbilt hosts Mississippi State on Friday at 4 p.m. and No. 54 Ole Miss on Sunday at 1 p.m. to finish up the Commodores’ four-match homestand at the Currey Tennis Center.

Last Time Out

No. 13 Vanderbilt (10-5, 3-1) went 1-1 over the weekend with matchups against the newest members of the SEC in Texas A&M and Missouri. The Commodores fell to the fourth-ranked Aggies, 4-3, Friday on a chilly night in Nashville. After dropping the doubles point, Vanderbilt fought back to tie the match, 3-3, before Courtney Colton fell in the No. 3 position, sealing the victory for Texas A&M. On Sunday versus No. 57 Missouri, Vanderbilt again dropped the doubles point, but this time the Commodores regrouped to sweep all six singles matches and take the match, 6-1. Frances Altick, Ashleigh Antal and Georgina Sellyn all won both of their singles matches over the weekend and are 4-0 in SEC play.

Vanderbilt Notables

Vanderbilt is 4-1 at home this season.
Lauren Mira and Georgina Sellyn are both ranked in the ITA Singles Rankings at Nos. 46 and 74, respectively.
Mira and Courtney Colton are the 29^th-ranked doubles team in ITA Doubles Rankings.
Colton leads the team with 17 wins this season.
Frances Altick and Ashleigh Antal are tied for the team lead with 11 wins in dual play.
Altick has won seven-straight singles matches, which is a team best.
Altick, Antal and Sellyn are all 4-0 to begin singles play in SEC matches.
Vanderbilt owns a 26-match win streak versus Mississippi State and is 29-7 all-time against the Bulldogs.
The Commodores are 4-2 against Ole Miss in the last six meetings.

About Mississippi State (6-6, 0-4)

Mississippi State went 0-2 in its first weekend of SEC road competition, falling to No. 62 Tennessee and No. 9 Georgia, respectively. Georgiana Patrasc nearly took down No. 21 ranked Brynn Boren of the Lady Vols, dropping the match in a close 6-2, 6-7(6), 1-0(9) decision at the No. 1 position. Alexandra Perper for the Lady Bulldogs also battled through a tough match, falling 6-4, 2-6, 1-0(4) to UT’s No. 43 ranked Kata Szekely on court 2. In the team’s Sunday match against No. 7 Georgia, Perper and Naomi Tran paired up at the top spot to take on UGA’s No. 9 ranked duo of Kate Fuller and Silvia Garcia, but were unable to topple the pair falling 8-7(6). Perper and Tran are the 46th-ranked doubles team in the ITA Doubles Rankings.

About No. 54 Ole Miss (2-8, 0-4)

Ole Miss dropped both its matches this past weekend on the road, falling to No. 9 Georgia, 6-1, and No. 62 Tennessee, 4-3. The Tennessee loss marked the Rebels’ third 4-3 SEC defeat in their first four and the team’s fourth 4-3 loss overall. The Rebels have lost the doubles point in six of their first 10 matches this year. Sophomore Julia Jones is 6-2 at No. 3 singles and 2-2 in the SEC. Sophomore Erin Stephens is 2-1 in the SEC and freshman Marija Milutinovic is 2-2. Caroline Rohde-Moe and Mai El Kamash are ranked Nos. 37 and 66 in the latest ITA singles rankings. Rohde-Moe and Milutinovic come in at No. 53 in the doubles rankings.

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Up Next

Vanderbilt begins its five-match road trip with stops at No. 12 Georgia Friday, March 22 at 3 p.m. and No. 44 Tennessee Sunday at 9 a.m.