April 12, 2015
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- The Auburn men's tennis team ended the regular season Sunday with a 4-1 conference loss at Kentucky, in matches played at the Boone Tennis Center in Lexington.
Kentucky won the doubles point, but Auburn's top tandem of Lukas Ollert and Marko Krickovic continued their strong showing with a 6-4 win over Beck Pennington and Kevin Lai in the number one position.
Auburn had several good starts in singles play as well. Oliver Plaskett was a 6-4 first set winner over Kevin Lai on court six, and won that match 6-4, 6-3. Dante Saleh and Marko Krickovic each won the tiebreaker in the first set, Saleh 7-4 over Trey Yates on court four and Krickovic 7-5 over Jerry Lopez on court two.
The Tigers finish the regular season with a 14-12 record (2-10 in SEC action). SEC tournament play at Texas A&M begins Wednesday; Auburn will face Arkansas in its first round match at noon CT Wednesday.
Kentucky 4, Auburn 1
Singles:
Beck Pennington (UK) def. Lukas Ollert (AUB) 6-2, 6-3
Marko Krickovic (AUB) vs. Jerry Lopez (UK) unfinished, 7-6 (7-5), 3-0
William Bushamuka (UK) def, Max Hinnisdaels (AUB) 6-4, 6-4
Dante Saleh (AUB) vs. Trey Yates (UK) unfinished, 7-6 (7-4), 3-2
Nils Ellefsen (UK) def. Petar Tomic (AUB) 6-2, 7-5
Oliver Plaskett (AUB) def. Kevin Lai (UK) 6-4, 6-3
Doubles:
Lukas Ollert/Marko Krickovic (AUB) def. Beck Pennington/Kevin Lai (UK), 6-4
Nils Ellefsen/Jerry Lopez (UK) def. Max Hinnesdaels/Joseph Van Dooren (AUB) 6-3
William Bushamuka/Trey Yates (UK) def. Oliver Plaskett/Petar Tomic (AUB) 6-3
Match Notes: Order of finish: Doubles (2, 1, 3); Singles (1, 5, 6, 3)