Tennis Makes Late Run vs. #12 Auburn

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – University of Missouri tennis made a late singles run but ended up on the wrong end of a 4-0 decision to No. 12 Auburn on Sunday in Southeastern Conference action at the Cooper Tennis Complex in Springfield, Missouri. 

Four of the six singles matches went to a third set with Mizzou leading or tied in all three unfinished matches.

Auburn started off with the doubles point, featuring winning scores of 6-4 at No. 2 and 6-3 at No. 3. The No. 1 match was unfinished with the 26th-ranked pairing of Carolyn Ansari and Ariana Arsenault leading 5-2 over Mae Canete and Inah Canaete.

The other Tigers struck quickly in singles with straight-set wins at No. 2 and No. 6 to move on the cusp of clinching the match. Mizzou fought back, as Inah Canete picked up a 7-5 win in the first set over Kaitlyn Carnicella in the third slot and Romary Cardenas Rifka took the first frame by a 6-3 margin in the fifth spot. Both matches went to a third set and were unfinished.

No. 1 singles was a see-saw battle between Mae Canete and 36th-ranked Ansari which saw a first-set tiebreaker in favor of Auburn and a 6-4 win by Canete in the second set.

Andrea Artimedi dropped her first set 6-2, won her second 6-1 and lost the third, 6-2, in the eventual match decider at No. 4 singles.

Matches were unfinished at No. 1 singles, No. 3 singles and no. 5 singles. Mizzou led at 1 and 3 and 5 was tied at four games apiece.

UP NEXT
Mizzou returns to the court next weekend, closing out SEC play against Arkansas on Friday and playing a doubleheader with Saint Louis on Saturday. Both matches are slated for the courts at the Country Club of Missouri with a noon CT first serve on Friday and a 9 a.m. start on Saturday. 

#12 Auburn 4, Missouri 0

SINGLES
1. #89 Mae Canete (MIZ) vs. #36 Carolyn Ansari (AU) 6-7 (3-7), 6-4, 0-1 uf
2. #44 Ariana Arsenault (AU) def. Emelie Schwarte (MIZ) 6-4, 6-4
3. Inah Canete (MIZ) vs. Kaitlyn Carnicella (AU) 7-5, 3-6, 2-1 uf
4. Angella Okutoyi (AU) def. Andrea Artimedi (MIZ) 6-2, 1-6, 6-2
5. Romary Cardenas (MIZ) vs. Adeline Flach (AU) 4-6, 6-3, 4-4 uf
6. Ali Despain (AU) def. Eleanor Fay (MIZ) 6-1, 6-2

DOUBLES
1. Inah Canete and Mae Canete (MIZ) vs.#26 Carolyn Ansari and Ariana Arsenault (AU) 2-5 uf
2. Adeline Flach and Angella Okutoyi (AU) def. Andrea Artimedi and Emelie Schwarte (MIZ) 6-4
3. Kaitlyn Carnicella and Ali Despain (AU) def. Romary Cardenas and Eleanor Fay (MIZ) 6-3

ORDER OF FINISH: Singles — 6 2 4 ; Doubles — 2 3