The Auburn men's tennis team entered this weekend's ITA Kick-off Weekend ranked 39th nationally looking to get quality wins in their section which included No. 5 Ohios State, No. 41 Tulsa and No. 47 Purdue.
The Tigers lost their first match against the Ohio State Buckeyes 4-1.
Despite winning no matches, senior Lukas Ollert managed to take his singles match to three sets and was winning before the match was called. The score at the time of the stoppage was 7-5, 4-6.
Sophomore Maxime Hinnisdaels also made it to three sets before play had been stopped with a score was 6-2, 4-6, 3-1.
Despite the loss to the Buckeyes, Auburn won their second match against Purdue 4-1.
The only Tiger loss went to sophomore Petar Tomic by a score of 6-1, 6-3.
Victories went to Auburn's Ollert, junior Marko Krickovic and sophomore Donte Saleh.
The Tigers' next game will be Saturday, Jan. 31, as they take on Mercer in a double header at home.
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