Auburn men's tennis team beats the Citadel in double-header

The Auburn men's tennis team began their spring season versus the Citadel Bulldogs on Sunday, Jan. 18.
The Tigers won both matches against the Southern Conference team 7-0.
One of the key performers for the Tigers included senior captain Lukas Ollert, who won all four of his matches, including two doubles matches and two singles matches.
After the match Ollert said although the Citadel isn't the same as playing Georgia, he thinks these earlier, less competitive matches are desperately important.
"We get a lot of confidence by winning theses matches," Ollert said. "We can try new stuff and some of the stuff from practice. If it works out, then we know we can use it against the good opponents."
Lukas won his first singles match 6-2 6-4 and his second singles match 6-2 6-0.
Junior Marko Krickovic went undefeated, as well. His two wins in singles were some of the more dominate tennis played as he won the first 6-1 6-1 and the second 6-0 6-2.
Krickovic said after the match he felt he improved as the day went on and said most of his focus was on staying aggressive.
"I worked on stepping in more," Krickovic said. "I think the second match was actually really good. The first one was OK too, but the guy was just playing different."
Although most of the Auburn players won handily, senior Petar Tomic had a couple of close matches. He won his second tennis match by a score of 7-5 6-4, but his first singles match was the only three set match of the day.
Tomic pulled out the win 3-6 6-4 7-6.
"The thing is, when it's your first match of the season, guys are a little tight," said tennis head coach Eric Shore. "You need to play through that and the focus is a factor. That'll help you down the road when you're playing the tougher matches."
The Tigers are past the season opener unscathed, but the competition will be upped at the Ohio State ITA Kickoff tournament from Jan. 23-25.