The No. 21 ranked men's tennis (3-1) defeated Troy (1-2) Tuesday, Jan. 22 at the Yarbrough Tennis Center in Auburn by a score of 6-1.
The Tigers swept the doubles competition, winning all three matches easily. The first victory came from Auburn sophomore Lukas Ollert and freshman Joseph Van Dooren against Troy's Anas Rouchdi and Daniel Bustamante, winning 8-1. The doubles team of senior Andreas Mies and junior Daniel Cochrane coasted to an 8-3 win over Troy's Sami Ghorbel and Andre Stabile. The Auburn duo is currently ranked No. 2 in the nation for doubles.
Auburn fared well in the singles competition, winning five of six matches, three of which were won in only two sets. The Tigers' only loss came from the match-up of Van Dooren and Troy's Sami Ghorbel, which went three sets with Ghorbel coming out on top in the final set 6-2.
Last week the Tigers defeated Jacksonville State 7-0 and Mercer 7-0 to open the 2013 dual match season with a doubleheader at the Yarbrough Tennis Center. Auburn never lost a single set throughout the two matches and started the season with a record of 2-0.
After last week's match, Auburn Athletics reported Coach Eric Shore as saying, "I think they came out and did a good job. I thought we got better as the day went on. We have some things we need to work on. We're trying to get ready for next weekend. We got to play outdoors in the morning, which helped because we will be outside next weekend, and we're also preparing for Troy on Tuesday, who is much improved from last year. We're looking to continue our success on Tuesday."
Continuing their success was exactly what happened, as the Tigers easily handled Troy Tuesday. Next week, Auburn will compete against No. 22 Indiana, No. 11 Mississippi St. and No. 24 LSU Jan. 26-27 in Starkville, Miss.
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