University of Mississippi - Ole Miss Yearbook (Oxford, MS)

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SENIOR KAREM HARBOE is from Vill.) Ali mana, Chile. She won i LeiliTs while pLiylni) Ji Ole Misi. Athletics I 367

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I WOMEN ' S TENNIS STUCK IN THE MIDDLE The 2003-2004 Lady Rebels Tennis Team spent the season struggling against tough sec teams, but they added to the roster one of the best players in the country written bx TYLER NELSON photnoraphed by MAUHEW SHARPE esMte some short comings from a team p Tspective, the Ole Miss women ' s tennis team ud hcaci coach Mark Beyers had an overall successful 2003-2004 campaign. Individually, the Lady Rebels had a successful first half of the 2003-2004 season. But right before they began team competition, they got some great news via California. In mid-Januarv; Chloe Carlotti decided to transfer to Ole Miss from Fresno State. Carlotti, who began the year ranked No. 5 in the nation, was eligible to begin competition immediatelv. Chloe Carlotti beean the year ranked r o.. 5 m the nation and is a .two- time All American. A two-time All-American. Carlotti became the first player in the history of the Fresno Slate program to achieve 11-America honors more (han once. She finished the 2003 season with a 29-8 overall record and ranked No. 10 in sitigles. The team began the regular season on a tear, winning seven straight to Baylor Then Ole Miss hit a snag while going through the gauntlet of the SEC competition. In the conference, they only |)r(j(luccd two wins. That is until they t(Jok on Mississippi State. On April 10, the Ole .Miss women ' s tennis team i()|)pied rival .Mississi[)pi .Slate, 5-1, al the A.J. Pitts Centre to win its 15th straight against the Lady Bulldogs. With the win, the Lady Rebels improved to 11-10 overall and 3- 8 in the SEC. Now they prepared for the SEC Tournament the following weekend. On the first day of the tourney, the Lady Rebels, ranked No. 62 in the nation, snapped a four-match losing streak to 33rd-ranked South Carolina. In the first meeting between the two schools in the SEC Tournament, Ole Miss upped their lead in the overall series at 12-6. For the second year in a row, Ole Miss knocked olT the No. 8 seed and faced Florida in the quarterfinals. But it was for naught as the ninth-seeded Ole Miss tennis team fell to top- seeded and SEC Champion Florida, 4-0 at the SEC Tournament at the Brownlee O ' Currey Tennis Center Then leaning on the hope that their strength of schedule was enough to get them in to the NCAA Tournament, they were not one of the 64 teams selected. Though not all was lost as on May 5, Ole Miss received some good news as Carlotti and Virginia Tomatis were selected to the NCAA Individual Championsiiips in singles and doubles. Their luck was short lived as Manon Kruse and Carien Venter of Middle Tennessee defeated them first round of the NCAA Doubles Championship to a 6-3, 6-4 decision. Carlotti and Tomatis ended the year with a 14-7 overall record. They went 8-3 in the SEC at No. 1 doubles. The duo showing nabbed 2004 All-SEC second team in doubles as the conference postseason awards were announced. 366 I Iiii; Oi.i. Mi.ss 2005

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f ommr With a less than perfect season behind them, the Rebels saw a change in command AS David Cutcliffe was fired and Ed Orgeron was hired as the Rebel ' s new head coach The OLE Miss 200,.